My fellow crystallographers, I wanted to take a poll. How many of you have ever had a protein atom on a Wyckoff position (AKA a special position). What kind of molecules have you found at special positions (it would have to contain the symmetry of the special position, right?) I'm thinking it is impossible to have a protein atom at a special position or am I exposing my ignorance yet again...
my experience is that only once I found an atom in a special position, it was a strange solvent molecule, that blew my mind for a while until I learned about special positions in crystallography. Looking forward to your responses, Gloria ************************************************************************ Gloria Borgstahl Eppley Institute for Cancer Research and Allied Diseases 987696 Nebraska Medical Center 10732A Lied Transplant Center Omaha, NE 68198-7696 http://sbl.unmc.edu Office (402) 559-8578 FAX (402) 559-3739 Professor Hobbies: Protein Crystallography, Cancer, Biochemistry, DNA Metabolism, Modulated Crystals, Crystal Perfection Interests: Manga, Led Zepplin, Cold Play, piano, BRAN, RAGBRAI, golf and lately superspace groups ************************************************************************
