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
 LYS-75   MET-76  9.7 7.4 23.5 77.7 78.1 46.0 47.6
 MET-76   LYS-77  7.3 6.0 -177.8 8.4 120.6 80.6 -33.2
 SER-81   GLU-82  4.1 4.2 -118.5 61.9 52.9 66.4 37.3
 GLU-82   GLU-83  7.6 7.2 -41.4 26.5 128.5 133.6 -3.6

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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