Dear Eleanor,

The cell dimensions of the dataset with tNCS are 63.995   75.459  128.860
90.00  90.00  90.00 in P 2 21 21 space group.

But for the other dataset without tNCS of the same protein, the cell
dimensions are 64.203   65.319   76.443  90.00  90.00  90.00 in C 2 2 21.

So the cell volume of C2221 is 25% of the P22121. But I cannot index the
data to C2221 space group.

Thanks a lot.

Best wishes,

Qixu Cai


2012/8/1 Eleanor Dodson <eleanor.dod...@york.ac.uk>

> Are your unit cell and SG correct? I think you maybe should reindex to get
> a cell volume 25% of this one, and maybe SG P21
> That patterson peak is enormous..
> Eleanor
> On 1 Aug 2012, at 08:45, Qixu Cai wrote:
>
> Dear Randy,
>
> Thanks very much for your detailed explanation and helpful advice. I have
> run the phaser job just as you have said. This is the result.
>
> The resolution of this dataset is 2.45A.
>
> =====================================================================
>
> I added the three commands to phaser job for all alternative space groupof 
> P212121:
>
> TNCS USE ON
> TNCS NMOL 4
> TNCS PATT PERCENT 80.0
>
> The phaser got a SINGLE solution for space group P22121, and Rval=88.2
>
>    SOLU SET  RFZ=14.5 TFZ=22.3 PAK=0 +TNCS PAK=0 +TNCS PAK=0 +TNCS PAK=0
> LLG=2565LLG=4322
>    SOLU SPAC P 2 21 21
>    SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 91.7 89.4 90.3 FRAC 0.49 0.51 0.99 BFAC
> 0.00
>    SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 269.3 89.4 90.2 FRAC -0.01 -0.00 0.74
> BFAC 0.00
>    SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 269.0 89.1 90.0 FRAC 0.49 -0.00 1.00
> BFAC 0.00
>    SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 91.5 89.3 90.2 FRAC 0.99 0.51 0.74 BFAC
> 0.00
>
> After 50 cycles rigidbody refinement, R/Rfree=0.36/0.37
> After 50 cycles restraint refinement (with jellybody refine and twin
> refine), R/Rfree=0.31/0.35
> After several cycles of coot model building and restraint refinement,
> R/Rfree=0.27/0.31
> After finding waters, R/Rfree=0.2478/0.2984
>
> ===================================================================
> If I run phaser job without those three added commands, the phaser got
> single solution at P21212 space group (Rval=0.3%):
>
>
>    SOLU SET  RFZ=17.0 TFZ=20.1 PAK=0 LLG=457 TFZ==16.2 RFZ=16.3 TFZ=62.1
> PAK=0
>     LLG=2599 TFZ==19.8 (& TFZ=59.0 PAK=0 LLG=2403) LLG+=(2608 & 4349)
> LLG=4200
>     TFZ==22.2 PAK=0 RFZ=10.8 TFZ=56.4 PAK=0 LLG=5751 TFZ==22.5 LLG=9274
> TFZ==27.5
>    SOLU SPAC P 21 21 2
>    SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 90.0 90.7 270.1 FRAC -0.00 0.26 0.13
> BFAC -4.09
>    SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 271.2 89.4 90.3 FRAC 0.01 0.24 -0.38
> BFAC -3.00
>    SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 270.3 90.8 270.1 FRAC 0.50 -0.25 -0.12
> BFAC -1.25
>    SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 87.5 90.6 270.4 FRAC 0.02 0.26 -0.37
> BFAC 11.58
>
> And the electron density is worse than the P22121 solution.
>
> ======================================================================
> Just as I have said last email, I can also get single solution at P212121
> space group,
>
> and after 50 cycles rigidbody refinement and 50 cycles restraint
> refinement with jellybody and twin, I can get R/Rfree=0.30/0.33.
>
> But the electron density is worse than the P22121 solution, so I do not
> carry out the model building in coot.
>
> =======================================================================
>
> My questiones:
>
> 1) Is the P22121 solution is my correct solution? These three solutions
> really confused me.
>
> 2) Why the R/Rfree is high even after I have good electron density and
> have found waters? (R/Rfree=0.478/0.2984 for 2.45A data)
>
> 3) What's the function of the command "TNCS USE ON"? Is it necessary?
>
> 4) I found if I used twin refinement in refmac5, the R/Rfree would
> decrease about 0.02 comparing to without twinn refinement. Is it
> reasonable? Is there any tNCS refinement options in refmac?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Qixu Cai
>
>
>
>
> 2012/7/31 Randy Read <rj...@cam.ac.uk>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> The second Patterson peak is twice the first (considering lattice
>> translations, where 1 is equivalent to 0 modulo 1), and then if you triple
>> the first vector you'll get minus the first vector (again considering
>> lattice translations, i.e. 3/4 is equal to 1 - 1/4 which is equivalent to
>> -1/4), which is equivalent by symmetry to the first vector so wouldn't
>> appear in the peak list.  So the Patterson indicates 4 copies separated by
>> 0, 1, 2 and 3 times the top Patterson vector, in approximately the same
>> orientation.
>>
>> We've haven't fully dealt with the complications of multiple tNCS-related
>> copies in Phaser yet, but for this type of case there is a reasonable
>> treatment.  You should add two commands to the Phaser job:
>>
>> TNCS NMOL 4
>> TNCS PATT PERCENT 80
>>
>> The first says that the Patterson translation is repeated 4 times, and
>> the second will cause the second Patterson peak to be ignored.
>>
>> I'd suggest repeating the Phaser run with these commands and making sure
>> that you end up with the same solution as you got when the tNCS was
>> ignored.  When tNCS is ignored, it's possible to end up with a solution
>> that is only partially correct, which would be one explanation for having
>> some molecules that look better in density than others.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Randy Read
>>
>> On 31 Jul 2012, at 13:11, Qixu Cai wrote:
>>
>> > It's a P212121 dataset. I have used phaser to find four solution in ASU.
>> >
>> > This is the phaser log file:
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------
>> > PEUDO-TRANSLATIONAL NCS VECTOR
>> > --------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >   Space Group :       P 21 21 21
>> >   Patterson Symmetry: P m m m
>> >   Resolution of All Data (Number):        2.45  49.00 (22968)
>> >   Resolution of Patterson (Number):       5.00   9.99 (2364)
>> >   There were 2 non-origin distinct peaks (i.e. more than 15 angstroms
>> from the
>> >   origin)
>> >
>> > <!--SUMMARY_BEGIN-->
>> >   84.1% origin:   FRAC 0.500 0.000 0.250   (ORTH   32.0    0.0   32.2)
>> >   72.2% origin:   FRAC 0.000 0.000 0.500   (ORTH    0.0    0.0   64.4)
>> > <!--SUMMARY_END-->
>> >
>> >   More than one pseudo-translational ncs vector found
>> >      Correction factors will not be applied
>> >
>> >
>> > PS: I have used phenix.xtrige and found the p-value of
>> > pseudo-translational ncs is very little, which indicates the exist of
>> > the pseudo-translational ncs. And no twin found in this dataset.
>> >
>> > Now the problem is two in the four molecules of an ASU have worse
>> > electron density than the other two molecules. And after rigidbody and
>> > restraint refinement by refmac without "twin refinement", the R/Rfree
>> > is a little high (0.33/0.36). And if I turn on the "twin refinement"
>> > in refmac, the R/Rfree is 0.30/0.33.
>> >
>> > So, my question is, there is not twin in my data but
>> > pseudo-translational ncs, is it suitable to use "twin refinement" in
>> > refmac, which has a good R/Rfree result.
>> >
>> > Thanks a lot for your help.
>> >
>> > Best wishes,
>> >
>> > Qixu Cai
>> >
>> >
>> > 2012/7/31, Eleanor Dodson <eleanor.dod...@york.ac.uk>:
>> >> More details - what do you mean by pesudo-translational symmetry ?
>> >> Are there two molecules related by a translation vector? or its it
>> >> something more complicated?
>> >> Eleanor
>> >>
>> >> On 31 July 2012 10:47, Qixu Cai <caiq...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Dear all,
>> >>>
>> >>> Can I use the "twin refinement" to refine the pesudo-translational
>> >>> symmetry dataset?
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks a lot for your help.
>> >>>
>> >>> Best wishes,
>> >>>
>> >>> Qixu Cai
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Qixu Cai
>> > Email: caiq...@gmail.com
>> > School of Life Sciences,
>> > Xiamen University, Fujian, China
>>
>> ------
>> Randy J. Read
>> Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge
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>>
>>
>
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