Why not normalize each to its average b-factor? And...maybe they are not significantly different in the first place?
JPK On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Yarrow Madrona <amadr...@uci.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > Does anyone know a good method to compare B-factors between structures? I > would like to compare mutants to a wild-type structure. > > For example, structure2 has a higher B-factor for residue X but how can I > show that this is significant if the average B-factor is also higher? > Thank you for your help. > > > -- > Yarrow Madrona > > Graduate Student > Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Dept. > University of California, Irvine > Natural Sciences I, Rm 2403 > Irvine, CA 92697 > -- ******************************************* Jacob Pearson Keller, PhD Postdoctoral Associate HHMI Janelia Farms Research Campus email: j-kell...@northwestern.edu *******************************************