Hello Anna

I have no idea why the map format is unacceptable without more details of how 
you created the file. Presumably it is in ccp4 format, but there are others. Is 
it a binary file or humanly readable? It's EM so cell dimensions are 
artificial, etc, I think.

Best wishes, Jon Cooper.
jon.b.coo...@protonmail.com

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On 26/09/2024 11:13, anna anna  wrote:

> Dear all,
> I am depositing my first cryoEM structure and I am facing the following 
> problem concerning the contour level of the map.
>
> Briefly, where do I find the value for the contour level to associate to the 
> uploaded map in Coot?
>
> Long story: I worked with coot and I am happy with my map when I set the 
> contour level at 0.115 V = 5.5 rmsd (actually "happy" is not the best 
> definition, I feel quite uncomfortable with this "by feeling" assignment but, 
> to what I understood, this is how it works...).
> Upon deposition, when I upload maps, a contour level is required but the 
> values from coot are not accepted, I have to provide the contour level 
> relative to the map value, like the one that you set in Chimera. Thus I 
> opened the map in Chimera and I set a contour level "by eye" but the 
> validation report revealed some problems: the total volume of the map is too 
> low and too many residues are highlighted as out of density. Probably I 
> should low the contour level but I don't want to go for a trial-and-error 
> approach, there must be a way to convert the contour level from coot (the one 
> that I used for modelling) in the one required for deposition!
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thank you,
> Anna
>
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