Yes, and the Zn is tetrahedral with a vacancy which makes then angles a bit 
more open. It's a good thing insulin makes nice crystals 😉

Cheers,
Robbie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eleanor Dodson <eleanor.dod...@york.ac.uk>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 12:59
> To: Robbie Joosten <robbie_joos...@hotmail.com>
> Cc: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] metal coordination at low resolution - restraints
> 
> I guess I have lived with Zn since I first learnt what a crystal was - ZN is 
> part
> of insulin secretion and whether it is or is not present is fundamental to the
> biochemistry..
> 
> I agree things have to be handled case by case - For insulin the three HIS are
> generated by symmetry and that causes horrible headaches for any restraint
> dictionary..
> And for Jan's case the resolution is excellent and the main links very clear. 
> (In
> fact they were not restrained but all distances finish up near to 2A as
> expected.) However maybe something can be learnt from this structure
> which would help the query which started us off!
> Eleanor
> 
> On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 11:49, Robbie Joosten <robbie_joos...@hotmail.com
> <mailto:robbie_joos...@hotmail.com> > wrote:
> 
> 
>       Hi Jan,
> 
>       If you want targets for your metal site you could have a look at
> MetalPDB (http://metalweb.cerm.unifi.it/). That has good tools to find
> similar sites and get some statistics you can use to generate case-specific
> restraints.
> 
>       Cheers,
>       Robbie
> 
>       > -----Original Message-----
>       > From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> <mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> > On Behalf Of Garib
>       > Murshudov
>       > Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020 12:44
>       > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>       > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] metal coordination at low resolution -
> restraints
>       >
>       > Hi Jan,
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >       On 8 Sep 2020, at 11:39, Jan Dohnalek
> <dohnalek...@gmail.com <mailto:dohnalek...@gmail.com>
>       > <mailto:dohnalek...@gmail.com
> <mailto:dohnalek...@gmail.com> > > wrote:
>       >
>       >       These are structural.
>       >
>       >
>       > Are they tetrahedral or octahedral? From the list of neighbours
> they do not
>       > look like tetrahedral. Some of them do look like octahedral.
>       >
>       >
>       >       They form the active site of our enzyme.
>       >
>       >
>       > So,are they  involved in reaction?
>       >
>       >
>       >       Normally there is no need to restrain these, they "behave".
>       >
>       >       But in general having such standard "restraint angles" available
>       > would be of use, I agree.
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       > For tetrahedral Zn we do have “bonds” and “angles” between Zn
> and
>       > coordinating residues. For general solution we need a bit different
> approach
>       > (e.g. coordination analysis).
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       > Regards
>       > Garib
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >       Jan
>       >
>       >
>       >       On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 12:22 PM Garib Murshudov <garib@mrc-
>       > lmb.cam.ac.uk <http://lmb.cam.ac.uk>  <mailto:garib@mrc-
> lmb.cam.ac.uk <mailto:ga...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> > > wrote:
>       >
>       >
>       >               What are these numbers?
>       >
>       >               If I understand these numbers correctly: none of your Zn
>       > atoms is structural (4 coordinated tetrahedral). If that is the case
> then you
>       > need specific links or restraints. If my reading of your numbers is
> correct
>       > then there could be some chemistry change of the surrounding
> residues.
>       >
>       >               If it is not structural Zn then it is likely that 
> coordination is
> 6.
>       > But without seeing coordinates and maps it is difficult to say what
> is there.
>       >
>       >               Regards
>       >               Garib
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >                       On 8 Sep 2020, at 11:11, Eleanor Dodson
>       > <eleanor.dod...@york.ac.uk
> <mailto:eleanor.dod...@york.ac.uk>  <mailto:eleanor.dod...@york.ac.uk
> <mailto:eleanor.dod...@york.ac.uk> > > wrote:
>       >
>       >                       Hmm - here is my problem - a list of ZN 
> contacts for
>       > the two molecules..
>       >                       residue 602 is a phosphate, and there possibly 
> should
>       > be a few more waters ..
>       >                       No idea how best to tackle it..
>       >                       E
>       >
>       >
>       >                        Z  401 ZN   A   W   21 N    A      2.057 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    8.73
>       >                        Z  401 ZN   A   W   21 O    A      2.220 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    8.76
>       >                        Z  401 ZN   A   H   26 NE2  A      2.000 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    8.39
>       >                        Z  401 ZN   A   D  139 OD1  A      2.085 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    8.61
>       >                        Z  401 ZN   A   Z  601 O2   A      1.927 X,Y,Z
>       > 0.60   10.74
>       >                        Z  401 ZN   A   O  821 O    C      2.006 X,Y,Z
>       > 0.40    7.51
>       >
>       >
>       >                        Z  402 ZN   A   H   80 ND1  A      2.033 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    8.94
>       >                        Z  402 ZN   A   H  135 NE2  A      2.032 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    8.70
>       >                        Z  402 ZN   A   D  139 OD2  A      2.024 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    8.70
>       >                        Z  402 ZN   A   Z  601 O2   A      2.131 X,Y,Z
>       > 0.60   11.05
>       >                        Z  402 ZN   A   O  821 O    C      1.829 X,Y,Z
>       > 0.40    7.81
>       >
>       >
>       >                        Z  403 ZN   A   H  145 NE2  A      2.027 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00   10.50
>       >                        Z  403 ZN   A   H  168 NE2  A      2.030 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00   10.19
>       >                        Z  403 ZN   A   D  172 OD2  A      2.062 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00   12.66
>       >                        Z  403 ZN   A   Z  601 O3   A      1.953 X,Y,Z
>       > 0.60   11.54
>       >                        Z  403 ZN   A   O  820 O    C      2.207 X,Y,Z
>       > 0.20    9.09
>       >                        Z  403 ZN   A   O  822 O    C      2.059 X,Y,Z
>       > 0.40   13.79
>       >
>       >
>       >                        Z  401 ZN   A   Z  402 ZN   A      3.349 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    8.73
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >                        Z  401 ZN   B   W   21 N    B      2.099 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    9.22
>       >                        Z  401 ZN   B   W   21 O    B      2.184 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    8.91
>       >                        Z  401 ZN   B   H   26 NE2  B      2.009 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    8.79
>       >                        Z  401 ZN   B   D  139 OD1  B      2.069 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    8.76
>       >                        Z  401 ZN   B   Z  601 O3   B      1.981 X,Y,Z
>       > 0.70    9.31
>       >
>       >
>       >                        Z  402 ZN   B   H   80 ND1  B      2.032 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    9.49
>       >                        Z  402 ZN   B   H  135 NE2  B      2.024 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    9.22
>       >                        Z  402 ZN   B   D  139 OD2  B      2.032 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00    9.70
>       >                        Z  402 ZN   B   Z  601 O3   B      1.973 X,Y,Z
>       > 0.70    9.58
>       >
>       >
>       >                        Z  403 ZN   B   H  145 NE2  B      2.027 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00   10.80
>       >                        Z  403 ZN   B   H  168 NE2  B      2.029 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00   10.65
>       >                        Z  403 ZN   B   D  172 OD2  B      2.089 X,Y,Z
>       > 1.00   13.12
>       >                        Z  403 ZN   B   Z  601 O4   B      1.938 X,Y,Z
>       > 0.70   14.10
>       >                        Z  403 ZN   B   O  825 O    C      2.322 X,Y,Z
>       > 0.20   10.61
>       >                       ~
>       >
>       >                       On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 10:47, Garib Murshudov
>       > <ga...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk <mailto:ga...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk>
> <mailto:ga...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk <mailto:ga...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> > >
> wrote:
>       >
>       >
>       >                               Hi Robbie and Eleanor
>       >
>       >                               There are links for Zn-His and Zn-Cys. 
> They
>       > meant to be used automatically, obviously something is not
> entirely right.
>       >
>       >                               Link names are:
>       >                               ZN-CYS
>       >
>       >
>       >                               It has a bond between Zn and S as well 
> as an
>       > angle:
>       >                               ZN-CYS   1 ZN      2 SG      2 CB      
> 109.000
>       > 3.000
>       >
>       >                               This also removes H of Cys to make 
> covalent
>       > bond between Zn and Cys.
>       >
>       >                               Similar links are available for Zn and 
> His ND1
>       > and Zn - HIS NE2
>       >                               Link names are:
>       >
>       >                               ZN-HISND
>       >                               ZN-HISNE
>       >
>       >
>       >                               Again these links have angles between 
> Zn and
>       > atoms of His.
>       >
>       >
>       >                               Angle centred at Zn is missing. But 
> these
>       > distances and angles defined in the link it should work fine.
>       >
>       >
>       >                               Regards
>       >                               Garib
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >                                       On 8 Sep 2020, at 10:40, Robbie
>       > Joosten <robbie_joos...@hotmail.com
> <mailto:robbie_joos...@hotmail.com>
>       > <mailto:robbie_joos...@hotmail.com
> <mailto:robbie_joos...@hotmail.com> > > wrote:
>       >
>       >                                       Hi Elanor,
>       >
>       >                                       The distances are in the 
> dictionaries
>       > but the angles involve three different residues so these cannot be
> in the
>       > current dictionary. We could add the program that generates these
>       > restraints to CCP4 though.
>       >
>       >                                       Cheers,
>       >                                       Robbie
>       >
>       >
>       >
>       >                                       -----Original Message-----
>       >                                       From: Eleanor Dodson
>       > <eleanor.dod...@york.ac.uk
> <mailto:eleanor.dod...@york.ac.uk>  <mailto:eleanor.dod...@york.ac.uk
> <mailto:eleanor.dod...@york.ac.uk> > >
>       >                                       Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2020
>       > 11:38
>       >                                       To: Robbie Joosten
>       > <robbie_joos...@hotmail.com
> <mailto:robbie_joos...@hotmail.com>
> <mailto:robbie_joos...@hotmail.com
> <mailto:robbie_joos...@hotmail.com> > >;
>       > Garib N Murshudov
>       >                                       <ga...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
> <mailto:ga...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk>
>       > <mailto:ga...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk <mailto:garib@mrc-
> lmb.cam.ac.uk> > >
>       >                                       Cc: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> <mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
>       > <mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> <mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> > ; Robert Nicholls <nicholls@mrc-
>       >                                       lmb.cam.ac.uk 
> <http://lmb.cam.ac.uk>
>       > <http://lmb.cam.ac.uk/> >
>       >                                       Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] metal
>       > coordination at low resolution - restraints
>       >
>       >                                       Robbie - could that be added to 
> the
>       > distributed dictionaries? Zn binding is
>       >                                       common and at low resolution
>       > distance restraints are not enough..
>       >                                       Eleanor
>       >
>       >                                       On Tue, 8 Sep 2020 at 10:33, 
> Robbie
>       > Joosten <robbie_joos...@hotmail.com
> <mailto:robbie_joos...@hotmail.com>
>       > <mailto:robbie_joos...@hotmail.com
> <mailto:robbie_joos...@hotmail.com> >
>       >
>       >       <mailto:robbie_joos...@hotmail.com
> <mailto:robbie_joos...@hotmail.com> > > wrote:
>       >
>       >
>       >                                       Hi Anna,
>       >
>       >                                       Yes you can do this in Refmac by
>       > adding external restraints. If you
>       >                                       have structural Zinc sites (Zn
>       > coordinated by 4 histidines or cysteines)  you
>       >                                       can also use PDB-REDO to 
> generate
>       > the restraints automatically. The
>       >                                       restraints are written to the 
> output
>       > so you can continue using them in
>       >                                       Refmac.
>       >
>       >                                       HTH,
>       >                                       Robbie
>       >
>       >                                       > -----Original Message-----
>       >                                       > From: CCP4 bulletin board
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>       >                                       <mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
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>       > On Behalf Of anna
>       >                                       > anna
>       >                                       > Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 
> 2020
>       > 11:28
>       >                                       > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
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>       >                                       > Subject: [ccp4bb] metal
>       > coordination at low resolution - restraints
>       >                                       >
>       >                                       > Dear all,
>       >                                       >
>       >                                       > quickly: is there a way to 
> restrain
>       > metal coordination geometry
>       >                                       (even angles)
>       >                                       > in refmac?
>       >                                       >
>       >                                       > I am refining a low resolution
>       > structure (3.3A) with 2 zinc binding
>       >                                       sites.
>       >                                       > I am pretty sure about metal
>       > position (strong anomalous signal)
>       >                                       and what
>       >                                       > are the residues involved in
>       > coordination since I solved the apo-
>       >                                       structure at
>       >                                       > good resolution and Zn-binding
>       > does not induce huge structural
>       >                                       variations.
>       >                                       > However, as you can imagine,
>       > electron density is poorly defined
>       >                                       and Refmac
>       >                                       > gives a very distorted 
> coordination
>       > geometry.
>       >                                       > I noticed that in phenix it 
> is possible
>       > to generate restraints with
>       >                                       readyset but
>       >                                       > I'd like to work with refmac.
>       >                                       >
>       >                                       > Many thanks for your 
> suggestions.
>       >                                       >
>       >                                       > Cheers,
>       >                                       > Anna
>       >                                       >
>       >                                       >
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