Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 4A-I

(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
 VAL-236   LYS-237  1.4 1.9 32.1 -14.1 120.1 127.2 -14.7
 LYS-237   LYS-238  3.4 2.8 31.9 63.0 150.2 136.7 -88.6
 LYS-238   GLU-239  4.5 4.8 -159.8 -15.2 60.9 33.6 207.8

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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