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
 ALA-74   ARG-75  2.0 2.3 29.0 -2.6 137.7 138.2 -13.2
 ARG-75   LYS-76  4.5 3.6 168.8 14.7 145.1 139.8 95.0
 LYS-76   MET-77  4.2 2.1 86.8 37.8 120.1 119.7 -27.8

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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