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
 LYS-76   MET-77  2.9 5.3 -30.8 50.4 140.2 132.9 13.0
 MET-77   LYS-78  3.7 4.5 -50.0 11.2 127.6 82.2 -4.9
 LYS-78   ASP-79  0.9 1.0 153.3 3.7 86.8 137.4 103.3

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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