Re: [ccp4bb] itc equipment

2007-12-06 Thread Chad Brautigam
Hey, Engin, I saw this instrument at the Protein Society meeting this summer. Looks impressive. Be aware that even though the volume will be significantly smaller, the concentration needed to get a measurable amount of heat will probably be higher (the Microcal rep I talked to confirmed this t

Re: [ccp4bb] itc equipment

2007-12-06 Thread Brett Collins
Dear Engin, We have just purchased a new iTC200 but are still waiting for it to arrive. I can update you when we've done some experiments in the new year to compare with the old Microcal. As you say we were attracted due to the reported low sample useage. You will have to realise though tha

[ccp4bb] itc equipment

2007-12-06 Thread Engin Ozkan
Fellow crystallographers and biochemists, This will be off topic. Does anyone have any experience with the new ITC Microcal is selling (itc200)? They claim that itc200 requires one seventh the sample volumes. We're especially interested in an equipment that would require less sample withou

Re: [ccp4bb] Unidentified ligand (electron density) found at active site

2007-12-06 Thread Dale Tronrud
Hi, Why is it that you are so reluctant to identify this compound as Ser-Gly? Its fit to the density is great. To wax historical, we saw unexpected density in the active site of "apo" Thermolysin. It appeared to be Val-Ala, but with refinement it developed into Val-Lys. It happens that

[ccp4bb] The BNL-Biology and NSLS Course on Synchrotron Data Collection: Please Apply

2007-12-06 Thread Robert Sweet
We are offering RapiData 2008, the tenth offering of our popular course: Rapid Data Collection and Structure Solving at the NSLS: A Practical Course in Macromolecular X-Ray Diffraction Measurement The course will be held 6-11 April 2008. Students could be at any level from advanced u

Re: [ccp4bb] SUMMARY: PEG MW vs. cryoprotectivity

2007-12-06 Thread Oganesyan, Vaheh
Phoebe, In addition to all other comments I like to add that have had several cases when crystals would not take/like any cryo agent at all. What I did is added 1% glycerol in the crystallization solution. That did not change crystallizability of any of the proteins I worked with, but as a result

Re: [ccp4bb] heavy metal source

2007-12-06 Thread R.M. Garavito
Joyce, In the US, we have often purchased HA compounds from Strem (http:// www.strem.com). They make a lot of different organometallic compounds as well. Michael R. Michael Garavito, Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry & Molecula

Re: [ccp4bb] SUMMARY: PEG MW vs. cryoprotectivity

2007-12-06 Thread price
Many thanks to all who replied. The answers were remarkably varied - see below. My own two bits worth - vitrification of mother liquor doesn't always lead to a nice, low-mosaicity, ice-free crystal freeze in our hands, although we're not willing to sacrifice a statistically significant number

Re: [ccp4bb] heavy metal source

2007-12-06 Thread Flip Hoedemaeker
Been Googling a bit, Methyl mercuric acetate is sold by Chemos in Germany, perhaps they have the others too. http://www.chemos-group.com/ Flip From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joyce, Gordon M.(NIH/NIAID) [F] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 4:32 PM To: CCP4

[ccp4bb] heavy metal source

2007-12-06 Thread Joyce, Gordon M.(NIH/NIAID) [F]
I am trying to locate a source for the following heavy atom compounds. Trimethyl lead acetate Triethyl lead acetate Methylmercury acetate Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have checked the usual suspects but haven't found anything as yet. Yours, M. Gordon Joyce, Vi

[ccp4bb] Permanent Crystallisation position

2007-12-06 Thread Pauptit, Richard A
A permanent protein crystallisation position at AstraZeneca in Boston, USA, advertised here earlier, is still vacant. The position is within Infection research and would involve crystallisation of antibacterial target proteins as part of an increased strategic interest in antibiotics. The positi

Re: [ccp4bb] [Fwd: [ccp4]: iso - anisotropic B factor refinement on Refmac5]

2007-12-06 Thread Garib Murshudov
This result means that you need to use TLS refinement and it may improve your statistics considerable. Garib On 6 Dec 2007, at 11:27, Ronan Keegan wrote: From: Rafael Couñago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 6 December 2007 04:58:51 GMT To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [ccp4]: iso - anisotropic

[ccp4bb] [Fwd: [ccp4]: iso - anisotropic B factor refinement on Refmac5]

2007-12-06 Thread Ronan Keegan
--- Begin Message --- Hi, I had a very curious result when doing a round of isotropic B factor refinement on Refmac5. After iso B my R is 19.2 and Rf 24.3. My resolution is 1.95, what does not justify anisotropic b-factor refinement. However I did it by mistake and it dropped my R to 17.8

[ccp4bb] BIOXHIT/BCO protein crystallography course in Oulu, Finland

2007-12-06 Thread Martyn Winn
Posted on behalf of Rik Wierenga: *' Applications are now welcome for the next spring BIOXHIT/BCO protein crystallography course in Oulu, Finland, entitled "The CCP4 structure determination pipeline", April 21-25, 2008. Briefly, it i