Myosin Light Chain

(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
 THR-78   THR-79  6.0 5.9 11.9 -7.3 115.7 109.5 -0.5
 THR-79   LYS-80  3.8 3.9 6.8 -31.9 116.2 121.9 5.0
 LYS-80   ALA-81  0.8 0.7 -127.7 -15.1 8.8 5.2 95.5
 ALA-81   LYS-82  0.9 2.0 10.5 -14.4 120.1 118.4 0.4

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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