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  4.9 6.4 -43.7 6.9 98.8 105.0 -2.2
 LYS-75   MET-76  2.9 4.2 24.7 82.6 15.1 35.7 81.4
 MET-76   LYS-77  2.3 1.6 -166.3 4.1 114.1 150.9 -101.5

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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