Hi Pavel, Interesting! I have always been told that one should include only what could be seen. In this scenario, I would model hydrogens only if I had a sub 1 A resolution or if I had Neutron diffraction data. Thanks for the documentation.
All the best ______________________________________________________ Rafael Marques da Silva PhD Student – Structural Biology University of Leicester Mestre em Física Biomolecular Universidade de São Paulo Bacharel em Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de São Carlos phone: +44 07861 273773 "A sorte acompanha uma mente bem treinada" ________________________________________________ ________________________________ De: Pavel Afonine <pafon...@gmail.com> Enviado: domingo, 2 de março de 2025 22:10 Para: Rafael Marques <rafael_mmsi...@hotmail.com> Cc: CCP4BB@jiscmail.ac.uk <CCP4BB@jiscmail.ac.uk> Assunto: Re: [ccp4bb] unknown density Hi Rafael, Regarding your question about hydrogens: it's a good practice to include them using the riding model towards the end of refinement, regardless of resolution. Hydrogens make up about half of the model atoms, contribute to the scattering, and about 85% of them have geometrically unambiguous positions based on their parent atoms. Including hydrogens also helps achieve more sensible model geometry by improving non-covalent interactions and reducing steric clashes. Some notes related to this: https://phenix-online.org/phenixwebsite_static/mainsite/files/newsletter/CCN_2012_01.pdf#page=18 All the best, Pavel On Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM Rafael Marques <rafael_mmsi...@hotmail.com<mailto:rafael_mmsi...@hotmail.com>> wrote: Hi Michael, It looks like PEG to me too. Have you used a smaller PEG as cryoprotectant. Such as PEG 200 or PEG400? Also, as an off topic thing, why are you refining hydrogens at this resolution? Best wishes ______________________________________________________ Rafael Marques da Silva PhD Student – Structural Biology University of Leicester Mestre em Física Biomolecular Universidade de São Paulo Bacharel em Ciências Biológicas Universidade Federal de São Carlos phone: +44 07861 273773 "A sorte acompanha uma mente bem treinada" ________________________________________________ ________________________________ De: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>> em nome de Kennedy, Michael <michael.kenn...@miamioh.edu<mailto:michael.kenn...@miamioh.edu>> Enviado: quinta-feira, 27 de fevereiro de 2025 19:57 Para: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK<mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>> Assunto: [ccp4bb] unknown density Hello All, We recently solved the structure of a protein at 1.8A. There is a large unknown density (see attached) at the interface between two protein molecules. The crystallization buffer was 0.2 M Li Sulfate, 0.1 M Tris,25% PEG 4000, 10% glycerol. The protein purification buffer was 250 mM NaCl, 20 mM Tris, 10% glycerol, 300 mM imidazole. Does anyone recognize this ligand or have an idea about what it might be? thanks Michael A. Kennedy, PhD Eminent Scholar and Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 106 Hughes Laboratory Miami University 651 East High Street Oxford, OH 45056 phone: 513-529-8267 fax: 513-529-5715 email: kenne...@miamioh.edu<mailto:kenne...@miamioh.edu> webpage: http://chemistry.muohio.edu/kennedy/ google scholars citations: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7rWzfjkAAAAJ NCBI My Bibliography https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1L3_kwfzxCU/bibliography/public/ Lab Twitter : @Kennedy_Lab ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 ________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/