Tropomyosin

(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-816   LEU-817  11.8 12.0 -16.0 14.8 64.8 60.7 -8.9
 LEU-817   GLU-818  8.5 8.7 0.2 -8.7 167.9 172.7 78.2
 GLU-818   LYS-819  9.8 10.0 15.7 -9.1 85.3 100.3 -66.7

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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