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
 ARG-74   LYS-75  2.6 3.5 -14.9 -5.7 75.8 68.3 0.9
 LYS-75   MET-76  3.6 4.4 25.8 63.8 153.3 134.0 -39.1
 SER-81   GLU-82  9.8 10.9 81.9 90.1 98.6 77.8 -49.0

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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