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-213   SER-214  2.6 3.5 -2.4 4.9 102.4 94.7 4.5
 SER-214   LEU-215  4.0 4.1 -17.1 8.3 38.1 29.6 33.6
 LEU-215   ALA-216  4.8 4.5 5.8 -15.7 126.9 125.4 24.2

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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