Re: [ccp4bb] Reindexing Orthorhombic

2009-04-16 Thread Jon Wright
James Stroud wrote: ... What is the operation to reindex such that real space is rotated 180 about z? These are in P212121. Isn't that the 21 along z in your orthorhomic space group? Just apply it to your MR solution instead, and add an affine normaliser if needed to superpose the solutions

[ccp4bb] Reindexing Orthorhombic

2009-04-16 Thread James Stroud
Hello All, I have two crystals (that I'll call "data set 1" and "data set 2") that seem to be isomorphic, but y and z are transposed between the two data sets. Reindexing data set 2 with the operators h => -h k => l l => k makes the axes match data set 1, but running MR with the prev

[ccp4bb] build fragment library from pdb based on a specific geometry

2009-04-16 Thread rui
Dear all, I want to pull out the sugar binding proteins from the pdb, however, there are so many different names for the ligand ( GAL, GLC, RIP... ) and it's not easy to get a complete list. If I want to pull out some fragments based on a specific geometry ( for instance, the glucose has C1 C2 C3 C

[ccp4bb] Absorption correction in HKL2000

2009-04-16 Thread Zheng Zhou
Hi, everyone I have a question about HKL2000 too. During scaling, there is a check option call absorption correction. I processed the data with and without it checked. With absorption correction checked, my rejection file is only 0.4%. When I leave it out, the rejection file is 0.8%. I read throu

Re: [ccp4bb] Calculation of angle between two helix of different subunits

2009-04-16 Thread Bernhard Rupp
> I don't think many job interviews for **crystallographers** these days include a question on how to calculate the angle between two vectors. I'd change that to **Structural biologists**. If you call yourself a bona fide crystallographer, probably a good idea to have the basic math handy. Won'

[ccp4bb] Physicist Postdoc Fellow (X-ray Scattering), Berkeley Lab, CA

2009-04-16 Thread Amy Pagsolingan
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) offers a unique postdoctoral position to be involved in the development and use of soft and hard x-ray scattering applied to material science. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the world-renowned Advanced Light Source (ALS), a nat

Re: [ccp4bb] problem with cns compile - solution

2009-04-16 Thread Leonard Thomas
Just an update, I ended up downloading binaries per Axel, and everything appears to be happy. Leonard Thomas Ph. D. Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory Manager University of Oklahoma Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 620 Parrington Oval Norman, OK 73019 lmtho...@ou.edu http://bar

Re: [ccp4bb] Calculation of angle between two helix of different subunits

2009-04-16 Thread Bart Hazes
Leiman Petr wrote: Every other week this question comes up! This is Geometry 101 or beginner's geometry!!! http://www.euclideanspace.com/maths/algebra/vectors/angleBetween/index.htm I am not sure if it possible to understand _anything_ in crystallography if it is not clear how to calculate an a

Re: [ccp4bb] Calculation of angle between two helix of different subunits

2009-04-16 Thread Christopher Colbert
What are you doing? Write this as an iPhone App! Charge $0.99 and you will be set! :-) Of course, I will need my $0.02 per App comission for giving the idea out. Thanks, Chris On Thu, 16 Apr 2009, Clemens Vonrhein wrote: >>>Hi, >>> >>>And if you want a simple and trivial awk script (based o

Re: [ccp4bb] Calculation of angle between two helix of different subunits

2009-04-16 Thread Clemens Vonrhein
Hi, And if you want a simple and trivial awk script (based on that google'ing that Charlie described): save attached file in your path, make it executable and run it e.g. as % vecang 1.23 3.45 6.78 9.87 7.65 5.43 Cheers Clemens PS: sorry it isn't in python/scheme or something similarly mode

Re: [ccp4bb] Calculation of angle between two helix of different subunits

2009-04-16 Thread Charlie Bond
I've previously done it by using the centroids of the Calphas from the first 4 residues and last 4 residues of the helix to define the vector (7 residues might be better if the helix is long enough). It seemed to work well enough by eye. From then on it is simple vector algebra (google 'dot p

Re: [ccp4bb] Calculation of angle between two helix of different subunits

2009-04-16 Thread Phil Evans
I suspect that PCA will only give you a good estimate of the helix direction with a long helix. I've done it (less elegantly perhaps) by superimposing an ideal helix which has its axis along z, then extracting angles from the superposition matrix. However I'm afraid I've not packaged this s

Re: [ccp4bb] Calculation of angle between two helix of different subunits

2009-04-16 Thread James Stroud
On Apr 16, 2009, at 2:29 AM, James Stroud wrote: On Apr 16, 2009, at 1:18 AM, Leiman Petr wrote: I am not sure if it possible to understand _anything_ in crystallography if it is not clear how to calculate an angle between two vectors! More difficult is deciding exactly how to define said v

Re: [ccp4bb] Calculation of angle between two helix of different subunits

2009-04-16 Thread James Stroud
On Apr 16, 2009, at 1:18 AM, Leiman Petr wrote: I am not sure if it possible to understand _anything_ in crystallography if it is not clear how to calculate an angle between two vectors! More difficult is deciding exactly how to define said vectors in the first place, especially when one i

Re: [ccp4bb] how to purify protein in its native form

2009-04-16 Thread ANDY DODDS
recently I have had much success stopping pesky proteins sticking to my SEC columns by sticking 10% galactose in my buffer. cheers andy 2009/4/16 conancao : > Hi: > >I have seen some protocols(IMPACT from New England Lab etc.) which can > overexpress protein with a tag then cut or displace th

Re: [ccp4bb] Calculation of angle between two helix of different subunits

2009-04-16 Thread Leiman Petr
Every other week this question comes up! This is Geometry 101 or beginner's geometry!!! http://www.euclideanspace.com/maths/algebra/vectors/angleBetween/index.htm I am not sure if it possible to understand _anything_ in crystallography if it is not clear how to calculate an angle between two vec