Calmodulin

(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-70   MET-71  12.5 13.1 -4.4 16.5 44.6 40.3 -7.3
 MET-71   MET-72  12.0 12.6 -16.8 3.1 44.2 62.7 6.3
 MET-72   ALA-73  11.9 11.7 5.1 -1.9 78.8 61.8 2.3
 GLU-84   ILE-85  6.5 5.9 11.9 -8.5 109.6 106.9 -0.1
 ILE-85   ARG-86  7.1 6.8 -9.1 8.8 4.6 9.2 2.2

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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