Microtubule Motor Protein Ncd

(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
 LEU-345   ARG-346  0.5 0.5 -7.3 -12.8 116.8 112.7 -14.1
 ARG-346   GLY-347  3.5 3.1 -38.1 78.5 144.3 150.3 50.9
 GLY-347   ASN-348  2.0 2.5 -72.7 114.0 120.7 114.7 43.5
 ASN-348   ILE-349  0.8 1.2 47.9 -8.0 26.9 33.2 44.3

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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