Cre Recombinase

(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
 ALA-127   GLY-128  10.0 10.0 -10.3 -4.6 91.4 85.6 15.1
 GLY-128   GLU-129  6.5 6.6 24.4 -11.3 35.1 32.8 100.7
 GLU-129   ARG-130  4.9 4.8 -2.8 9.0 78.2 75.8 -32.5

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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