Vimentin

(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
 ARG-378   HIS-379  2.2 3.4 10.7 -8.7 70.5 66.8 -1.5
 HIS-379   LEU-380  2.4 3.2 -5.4 8.9 63.3 66.6 -11.6
 LEU-380   ARG-381  3.4 2.9 -11.5 3.6 25.4 28.8 42.4

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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