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
 MET-72   ALA-73  0.8 0.8 22.6 -27.9 149.8 145.7 1.8
 ALA-73   ARG-74  2.0 2.1 34.2 -14.8 131.5 139.6 -7.8
 ARG-74   LYS-75  3.5 3.3 146.8 4.7 104.9 127.2 -45.8
 LYS-75   MET-76  3.5 2.0 -145.2 92.9 23.8 88.6 21.0
 MET-76   LYS-77  2.1 4.7 178.1 -15.2 93.1 127.2 54.9

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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