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
 LYS-75   MET-76  6.7 5.5 31.1 58.7 40.6 72.7 33.8
 MET-76   LYS-77  5.8 4.0 -151.5 -73.3 107.4 156.8 -101.2
 SER-81   GLU-82  4.8 6.4 112.4 44.0 62.4 108.3 71.7

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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