While we're still on the subject of good model-building habits and
reviewing pitfalls, I've been shocked to download a couple of
structures recently that seem to have solvent channels chock full of
allegedly ordered water (many "layers" deep, and not exactly at 0.5A
resolution). To any new students out there: making Rfree go down a
bit by putting a water in every unexplained blob is NOT the same as
building a good model!
I'm afraid I reviewed one of these (sans coordinates) ... so sorry to
the community ... it wasn't obvious from table 1.
Phoebe
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Phoebe A. Rice
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
The University of Chicago
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