Rfcs

(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-231   SER-232  10.1 10.2 161.1 147.9 112.4 91.4 74.3
 SER-232   ARG-233  10.9 11.8 93.8 -101.5 104.9 80.8 -27.0
 ARG-233   ALA-234  8.0 8.9 -0.4 9.3 16.7 27.4 -52.3
 ALA-234   ARG-235  7.4 8.0 -10.2 -4.4 84.8 93.5 16.6

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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