Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1

(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
 GLU-87   ILE-88  7.6 7.5 -15.2 17.6 131.2 138.6 2.7
 ILE-88   TYR-89  4.7 5.0 7.5 -33.4 107.3 100.8 24.3
 TYR-89   SER-90  1.9 1.7 16.7 5.3 29.3 30.7 53.4
 SER-90   PHE-91  2.4 2.6 6.3 -8.1 109.2 109.2 15.4

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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