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-76   LYS-77  5.8 5.4 -5.0 -31.8 92.7 96.8 -6.3
 LYS-77   ASP-78  2.8 3.1 135.5 -101.3 133.4 98.6 -8.1
 ASP-78   THR-79  1.2 0.2 -145.6 -29.9 19.3 22.0 112.4
 THR-79   ASP-80  2.5 1.9 -7.5 24.5 81.4 46.9 -3.0
 ASP-80   SER-81  3.8 3.1 12.5 12.4 97.7 111.2 2.3

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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