Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4A-I

(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-236   LYS-237  8.0 8.0 -2.5 13.6 136.8 125.8 34.3
 LYS-237   LYS-238  7.4 9.3 -5.1 69.1 150.6 163.7 177.4
 LYS-238   GLU-239  7.2 9.6 -18.8 -20.7 120.5 102.7 -29.0

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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