Major Prion Protein

(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
 GLY-195   GLU-196  6.7 2.6 62.3 -43.9 111.5 166.6 -8.7
 GLU-196   ASN-197  6.0 1.5 -172.2 -52.7 43.6 76.2 -45.7
 ASN-197   PHE-198  2.9 4.1 161.8 -19.3 149.2 146.8 -73.9
 PHE-198   THR-199  5.0 5.4 -9.5 32.5 62.2 58.2 196.7
 THR-199   GLU-200  6.7 6.9 -8.3 -4.3 63.4 69.7 -198.3

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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