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
 LEU-69   THR-70  2.1 2.5 -20.7 11.2 36.7 33.1 6.8
 THR-70   MET-71  3.2 3.8 -4.5 6.6 66.0 53.1 2.5
 MET-71   MET-72  2.7 2.3 9.8 -11.5 117.1 126.3 1.7
 MET-72   ALA-73  2.1 1.4 41.9 38.0 150.9 145.8 -40.3
 SER-81   GLU-82  9.8 10.5 88.1 65.4 101.1 90.2 -55.3

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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