Alpha-1 Catenin

(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
 SER-507   ILE-508  4.3 3.4 26.0 31.1 71.6 76.2 37.5
 ILE-508   ASP-509  0.7 0.6 -37.6 -4.1 40.8 48.0 61.8
 ASP-509   ASP-510  0.8 1.6 -2.5 6.8 99.4 105.8 5.0

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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