Calmodulin

(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
 ASP-78   THR-79  3.9 4.7 -68.6 72.6 138.9 130.0 0.4
 THR-79   ASP-80  2.5 1.4 -178.3 38.8 86.8 77.9 1.0
 ASP-80   SER-81  2.7 3.5 155.9 8.2 78.7 69.6 94.5
 SER-81   GLU-82  6.5 6.4 -39.2 17.6 164.5 160.9 -14.1

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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