[ccp4bb] Lectureship in Structural Biology at the University of Adelaide, Australia

2011-09-26 Thread Grant Booker
Dear All Applications are invited from scientists in the fields of X-ray crystallography or Structural Biology. You will have a strong commitment to excellence in research and teaching, be expected to develop an active, externally funded research group and contribute to the undergraduate teachi

Re: [ccp4bb] Superpose, SSM

2011-09-26 Thread Robbie Joosten
One would assume that Windows software would read DOS/Windows type text files... Open the file in Wordpad. Unlike Notepad, it is able to work with Windows and Unix type text files. If you edit something and save the file, it will be in Windows style. If Superpose stops on that, it should really

[ccp4bb] Post-doctoral position in macromolecular crystallography at the Australian Synchrotron

2011-09-26 Thread Christine Gee
Dear all, A two year post-doctoral position associated with the macromolecular crystallography group at the Australian Synchrotron is currently open for applications. To read the position description and application instructions please go to http://www.synchrotron.org.au/index.php/about-us/working-

[ccp4bb] Rigaku high voltage tank

2011-09-26 Thread William G. Scott
Hi Citizens: We seem to run through high voltage tanks on our Raxis IV like guano goes through a goose. Has anyone else had this problem, and, more importantly, what is the best way to protect them. I am assuming it might have something to do with our electrical supply, which is a bit unrelia

Re: [ccp4bb] Desmond 3.0 Tutorial, Oct 5 in Boston, MA

2011-09-26 Thread William G. Scott
On Sep 22, 2011, at 9:29 AM, Ben Eisenbraun wrote: > Desmond 3.0 Tutorial 2.2 was quite impressive. (sorry.)

Re: [ccp4bb] renaming an holo PDB after the alo one

2011-09-26 Thread Francois Berenger
On 09/27/2011 09:55 AM, David Veesler wrote: Hi François, Chainsaw should do the job for you if you input a clustal alignment. Cheers David Thanks! I'm happy I asked. I'll give a try at chainsaw. Hope to not cut one of my fingers during the process... Le 26 sept. 2011 à 17:44, Francois Beren

Re: [ccp4bb] renaming an holo PDB after the alo one

2011-09-26 Thread David Veesler
Hi François, Chainsaw should do the job for you if you input a clustal alignment. Cheers David Le 26 sept. 2011 à 17:44, Francois Berenger a écrit : > Hello, > > I have one bound complexe (a ligand + a protein in holo conformation). > I also have the apo structure for a very similar protein. >

[ccp4bb] renaming an holo PDB after the alo one

2011-09-26 Thread Francois Berenger
Hello, I have one bound complexe (a ligand + a protein in holo conformation). I also have the apo structure for a very similar protein. Is there a tool to create a new PDB, whose coordinates are taken from the holo structure but residue names and numbers are taken from the alo structure (by look

Re: [ccp4bb] Local refinement strategy

2011-09-26 Thread Pavel Afonine
Hi Zhiyi, I am trying to refine a structure with two domains. The electron > density of one domain is reasonable, but that of the other domain is > poor. So, I am wondering whether the refinement by Phenix or Refmac > can be done locally with two parts, the first domain is refined with > normal r

Re: [ccp4bb] Superpose, SSM

2011-09-26 Thread James Stroud
I think something in your workflow is inserting dos line feeds (\n\r or \r\n, I can't remember which). If I have guessed correctly, you want to remove those "\r"s before proceeding (or never let them get in there in the first place). You claim to open it with MS something, which would insert do

Re: [ccp4bb] Superpose, SSM

2011-09-26 Thread Edward A. Berry
>>> The outputfile appears to have additional line feeds (see picture) which, >>> however are not seen in the windows notepad. What application ARE the extra lines seen in? Sounds like a problem with different newline conventions- vs vs - although I shouldn't have thought extra carriage return

Re: [ccp4bb] Superpose, SSM

2011-09-26 Thread Matthias Zebisch
Hi again, Thanks for your quick replies but I think I made myself not clear. here is what I'm doing: 1) superpose proteinA.pdb onto proteinB.pdb : works, but gives out proteinA_lsq1.pdb with extra empty lines (not the anisou lines ;o) ) 2) superpose proteinA_lsq1.pdb onto proteinC.pdb : do

Re: [ccp4bb] question regarding secondary-structure restraints

2011-09-26 Thread Tommi Kajander
-Just to make a note, there has actually been some discussion in the published literature recently (ok maybe past ten years) about what terms; simply steric (as originally) or hydrogen bonding etc might be needed to explain observed backbone angular values. Tommi On Sep 26, 2011, at 5:44 PM

Re: [ccp4bb] Superpose, SSM

2011-09-26 Thread Jacob Keller
I vaguely recall notepad doing something wacky with files in certain cases...why don't you get the excellent text editor NoteTab Light [sic] (I use it all the time--free and works great), then take a look at your files and see whether MS notepad altered the files. JPK On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 2:42

Re: [ccp4bb] Superpose, SSM

2011-09-26 Thread Ed Pozharski
On Mon, 2011-09-26 at 20:42 +0100, Matthias Zebisch wrote: > However, it is not > possible to use it within CCP4, eg. for a subsequent superposition. What do you mean by that? Do you get an error when you use the superpose output pdb with some other program? -- "I'd jump in myself, if I wer

[ccp4bb] Superpose, SSM

2011-09-26 Thread Matthias Zebisch
Dear CCP4 users, I am using the ccp4i version 6.2.0 under windows 7. I've come across a problem with superpose. The outputfile appears to have additional line feeds (see picture) which, however are not seen in the windows notepad. The structure can also be opened in coot and pymol. However, it

Re: [ccp4bb] STFC "consultation" on advisory panels

2011-09-26 Thread Peter Moody
Frank, I don't have a plan, but as the consultation seeks the views of the community. I would urge those with views to write to to STFC expressing them, and mention this to their friends/colleagues/students/PI. Although I suspect that the views of people from industry will have more weight than

Re: [ccp4bb] question regarding secondary-structure restraints

2011-09-26 Thread Dirk Kostrewa
Dear Nat, yes, I fully agree - all these restraints that improve the geometry either by restraining to high-resolution structures or by introducing H-bond restraints for secondary structures are very useful for low-resolution structures! I see your argument with the Ramachandran plot. But im

Re: [ccp4bb] question regarding secondary-structure restraints

2011-09-26 Thread Nat Echols
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:53 AM, Dirk Kostrewa wrote: > when I played with H-bond restraints for secondary structures for the > refinement of a 4.3 A structure (only a few weeks before they were > introduced in phenix), I've made the following observation: at low > resolution without H-bond restra

[ccp4bb] Solved: [ccp4bb] MOLREP fails when using "input fixed model"

2011-09-26 Thread Guenter Fritz
Sorry, I should have had a look also at the CCP4 site: updated version of molrep from Aug 8. http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/updates/linux/ccp4-6.2.0/bin/ Cheers Guenter Dear Zhong Chen and CCP4 users, I get the very same error on a Centos 5 box. Is there a solution yet? Best regards, Guenter Dear all,

Re: [ccp4bb] MOLREP fails when using "input fixed model"

2011-09-26 Thread Guenter Fritz
Dear Zhong Chen and CCP4 users, I get the very same error on a Centos 5 box. Is there a solution yet? Best regards, Guenter Dear all, Recently, I used MOLREP to molecular replacement. My OS is fedora 14 and CCP4 version is the newest one ccp4-6.2.0 . When I run a pdb file and mtz by MOLREP w

[ccp4bb] Post-doctoral Position in Structural Biology and Membrane Trafficking: CIC bioGUNE, Bilbao, Spain

2011-09-26 Thread Aitor Hierro
The position is available in the laboratory of Aitor Hierro to work in the area of *structural biology* and *membrane trafficking*. We study the interactions, in molecular mechanistic detail, that underlie the selectivity of cargo transport vesicles for recognizing the correct target membrane. We

[ccp4bb] PhD positions in structural biology

2011-09-26 Thread Remco Sprangers
Dear Colleagues, I would like to point your attention to a number of PhD positions in structural biology that are available through the international PhD program at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental biology in Tuebingen, Germany. For detailed information, please visit: http://www.p

Re: [ccp4bb] Direct method solution at 1.15A

2011-09-26 Thread Eleanor Dodson
At this resolution you may/ should be able to find anamalous scatterers using the anom signal from P and S. the SHELXC/D/(E) package is very good at this! Once you have the sites for the heavier atoms I would expect most direct methods programs couild extend that sub-structure. Certainly ACOR

Re: [ccp4bb] question regarding secondary-structure restraints

2011-09-26 Thread Dirk Kostrewa
Dear Nat and other interested colleagues, when I played with H-bond restraints for secondary structures for the refinement of a 4.3 A structure (only a few weeks before they were introduced in phenix), I've made the following observation: at low resolution without H-bond restraints for seconda