Fab Fragment, 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
 VAL-103   GLU-104  5.2 5.1 5.8 -20.5 82.4 85.5 -6.7
 GLU-104   ILE-105  1.7 1.5 -12.7 -15.5 25.9 18.2 173.3
 ILE-105   LYS-106  1.2 0.8 42.7 -23.4 114.7 105.3 -74.8

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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