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
 ALA-216   ARG-217  1.7 2.0 14.3 -0.6 8.7 13.7 61.8
 ARG-217   LEU-218  1.6 1.8 -14.8 16.4 103.4 96.9 -20.5
 LEU-218   ASP-219  5.4 5.5 -9.4 14.7 78.9 86.0 44.6

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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