Immunoglobulin 48G7 Germline Fab

(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
 ILE-106   LYS-107  4.7 5.1 9.2 3.1 58.3 58.4 89.9
 LYS-107   ARG-108  4.6 4.5 12.1 -6.2 52.7 57.2 73.9
 ARG-108   THR-109  1.8 1.9 -7.6 12.0 116.4 115.9 -25.8

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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