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  11.7 12.0 -7.1 -12.9 52.7 65.2 5.9
 MET-72   ALA-73  11.4 11.2 72.9 -115.5 73.1 54.8 -17.6
 SER-81   GLU-82  3.2 3.5 35.6 1.4 158.1 162.0 218.6
 GLU-82   GLU-83  2.7 3.1 -11.4 13.3 53.5 63.3 -2.1

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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