Malate Dehydrogenase

(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
 ASP-33   ILE-34  8.4 7.1 176.3 -0.1 111.0 120.4 -120.2
 ILE-34   VAL-35  10.8 3.9 143.8 -32.2 132.3 90.7 59.3
 VAL-35   GLU-36  8.2 1.9 26.6 -40.3 61.4 110.8 -7.7
 GLU-36   GLY-37  7.7 2.8 -18.2 140.8 76.2 54.7 -49.7
 GLY-37   VAL-38  5.1 4.8 164.9 107.2 82.4 114.3 10.3

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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