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
 MET-71   MET-72  12.2 12.8 8.7 5.0 133.1 137.0 -6.1
 SER-81   GLU-82  4.9 1.4 93.9 -30.9 167.4 113.8 -24.6
 GLU-82   GLU-83  5.6 4.3 31.6 6.9 131.4 143.8 180.1
 GLU-83   GLU-84  2.7 1.7 -7.7 8.4 93.9 96.3 -3.1

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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