Dear Gerlind,

Where did you get your mad_monlib.cif file? It shouldn't be neccesary for you 
to be manually modifying such restraint dictionaries (any more). You can 
generate these using AceDRG, either via CCP4i2 or Coot.

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Rob






Dr Rob Nicholls
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> On 3 Jun 2021, at 19:10, Gerlind Sulzenbacher 
> <gerlind.sulzenbac...@univ-amu.fr> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I am going litteraly mad (or just old).
> 
> I would like to make a covalent link between a carbohydrate moiety and and 
> ASP of my well-cheered protein.
> 
> The identifier for the carbohydrate moiety is MAD, chain C, res number 1.
> 
> The link is established between C5 of MAD and OD2 of ASP 518, chain A.
> 
> In the mad_monlib.cif I added the following:
> 
> data_link_list
> loop_
> _chem_link.id
> _chem_link.comp_id_1
> _chem_link.mod_id_1
> _chem_link.group_comp_1
> _chem_link.comp_id_2
> _chem_link.mod_id_2
> _chem_link.group_comp_2
> _chem_link.name
> ASP-MAD  ASP      .        .        MAD      .        .
>  bond_ASP-OD2_=_MAD-C5
> #
> data_link_ASP-MAD
> #
> loop_
> _chem_link_bond.link_id
> _chem_link_bond.atom_1_comp_id
> _chem_link_bond.atom_id_1
> _chem_link_bond.atom_2_comp_id
> _chem_link_bond.atom_id_2
> _chem_link_bond.type
> _chem_link_bond.value_dist
> _chem_link_bond.value_dist_esd
>  ASP-MAD  1 OD2     2 C5        .           1.370    0.040
> 
> In the entry PDB file I added the line:
> 
> LINK        OD2  ASP A 518                C5  MAD C 1
> 
> The log file of REFMAC tells me
> 
> INFO:     link is found (not be used) dist=   1.370 ideal_dist= 1.370
>             ch:AAA  res: 518  ASP              at:OD2 .->ch:CCC  res:   1  
> MAD              at:C5  .
> 
> And the expression "not be used" is certainly the case, as the distance of 
> the covalent bond changes from 1.37 to 1.6 Å.
> 
> The data resolution is 1.8 Å.
> 
> If somebody could please point out what I am doing wrong, I'd be very 
> grateful.
> 
> With best wishes,
> 
> Gerlind
> 
> 
> -- 
> Gerlind Sulzenbacher
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