Histone H3

(All numbering and residues are taken from first PDB file)

Bending Residue Dihedral Analysis

Residue
i
Residue
i+1
Distance of hinge axis to residue i in conformer 1
(A)
Distance of hinge axis to residue i in conformer 2
(A)
Change in psi (i)
(deg)
Change in phi (i+1)
(deg)
Angle of psi(i) axis to hinge axis conformer 1
(deg)
Angle of psi(i) axis to hinge axis conformer 2
(deg)
Percentage Progress
 PRO-38   HIS-39  1.6 1.7 -40.1 7.9 121.5 120.7 -16.7
 HIS-39   ARG-40  4.1 4.1 -4.4 3.9 69.7 74.1 -0.2
 ARG-40   TYR-41  7.7 7.8 5.5 -0.5 56.7 54.4 4.7
 TYR-41   ARG-42  10.8 10.8 2.0 -2.5 134.6 134.0 -1.0

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Graph shows rotational transition at bending residues and can be used to identify hinge bending residues.
Probably only informative for interdomain rotations greater than 20 degrees