Dear Jonathan,

Isn't it six of one and sqrt(36) of the other ?

Best wishes,

Gerard.

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On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 04:52:39PM +0000, Hughes, Jonathan wrote:
> hey!
> thank y'all for the informative (and swift!) answers! but, if the B factor 
> (as defined) appears in a mathematical formulation, that doesn't make it an 
> "appropriate" parameter for mobility/uncertainty. wouldn't √B be better, in 
> the same way that, for humans, standard deviation (RMSD) is a more 
> appropriate parameter of variability than variance? or am i missing something?
> cheers
> j
> 
> Von: Ian Tickle <ianj...@gmail.com>
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. Mai 2021 18:32
> An: Hughes, Jonathan <jon.hug...@bot3.bio.uni-giessen.de>
> Cc: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Betreff: Re: [ccp4bb] (R)MS
> 
> 
> Hi Jonathan
> 
> It's historical, it's simply how it appears in the expression for the 
> Debye-Waller factor, i.e. exp(-B sin^2(theta)/lambda^2).  So it must have the 
> same units as lambda^2.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> -- Ian
> 
> 
> On Thu, 27 May 2021 at 13:25, Hughes, Jonathan 
> <jon.hug...@bot3.bio.uni-giessen.de<mailto:jon.hug...@bot3.bio.uni-giessen.de>>
>  wrote:
> o yes! but maybe the crystal people could explain to me why the B factor is 
> the variance (with units of Ų) rather than the standard deviation (i.e. RMS, 
> with units of Å) when, to my simple mind, the latter would seem be the more 
> appropriate description of variability in space?
> cheers
> jon
> 
> Von: CCP4 bulletin board 
> <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>> Im Auftrag von Pearce, 
> N.M. (Nick)
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. Mai 2021 12:38
> An: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
> Betreff: Re: [ccp4bb] Analysis of NMR ensembles
> 
> If you want something comparable to B-factors don’t forget to put the MSF in 
> the B-factor column, not the RMSF. Will change the scaling of the tube radius 
> considerably!
> 
> Nick
> 
> On 27 May 2021, at 11:16, Harry Powell - CCP4BB 
> <0000193323b1e616-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk<mailto:0000193323b1e616-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk>>
>  wrote:
> 
> Cool…
> 
> Purely for visualisation this does look like the approved CCP4 way -
> 
> <Screen Shot 2021-05-27 at 10.13.59.png>
> 
> Harry
> 
> On 27 May 2021, at 10:01, Stuart McNicholas 
> <000019a0c5f649e5-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk<mailto:000019a0c5f649e5-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk>>
>  wrote:
> 
> Drawing style (right menu in display table) -> Worm scaled by -> Worm
> scaled by NMR variability
> 
> in ccp4mg?
> 
> This changes the size of the worm but not the colour.
> 
> On Thu, 27 May 2021 at 09:56, Harry Powell - CCP4BB
> <0000193323b1e616-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk<mailto:0000193323b1e616-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk>>
>  wrote:
> 
> Anyway, thanks to all those who answered my original question - especially
> 
>        Tristan: Chimerax (+ his attached script)
>        Michal, Scott: Theseus (https://theobald.brandeis.edu/theseus/)
>        Bernhard: Molmol (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8744573/ )
>        Rasmus CYRANGE (http://www.bpc.uni-frankfurt.de/cyrange.html) and 
> https://www.ccpn.ac.uk/ (of course…)
>        Andrew (uwmn - not sure if this is buildable on a modern box)
>        Smita: PyMol (not sure if I’m allowed to say that on ccp4bb…)
> 
> or I could script it and use Gesamt or Superpose for the superposition if I 
> wanted to stay in the ccp4 universe and had the time to spare ;-)
> 
> Harry
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