Fab, Heavy Chain

(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
 SER-112   SER-113  5.7 5.3 26.8 -2.1 31.5 28.1 133.5
 SER-113   ALA-114  4.3 3.8 -42.2 18.3 78.6 86.2 -65.3
 ALA-114   LYS-115  2.9 2.3 2.0 11.4 76.8 81.9 37.0

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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