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(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-104   GLU-105  4.9 4.7 10.0 5.3 85.0 83.8 1.5
 GLU-105   ILE-106  1.9 1.6 -16.9 -23.1 26.4 29.6 101.2
 ILE-106   LYS-107  1.6 1.4 0.6 -4.3 115.6 113.3 -6.1
 LYS-107   ARG-108  3.8 3.5 4.3 -1.2 110.1 109.3 0.3

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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