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
 ASP-78   THR-79  3.8 5.0 18.1 19.2 130.7 142.3 -35.5
 THR-79   ASP-80  5.7 6.4 -57.0 1.7 72.2 34.2 51.5
 ASP-80   SER-81  4.0 3.4 -66.2 9.0 3.2 72.0 63.0
 SER-81   GLU-82  4.3 3.9 -58.7 -9.2 66.8 58.0 54.0
 GLU-82   GLU-83  7.2 7.2 -7.3 3.5 29.4 17.1 6.1

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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