Major Prion Protein

(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
 GLY-195   GLU-196  1.8 6.2 -58.4 51.7 11.9 71.5 3.7
 GLU-196   ASN-197  0.9 5.9 -171.6 34.1 74.6 40.8 50.4
 ASN-197   PHE-198  3.8 3.3 -130.1 -1.6 32.5 36.6 67.9
 PHE-198   THR-199  5.4 5.5 -13.3 -1.0 57.4 57.1 4.0

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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