Re: [ccp4bb] Molecular Transform Superimposed on a Dataset

2012-01-13 Thread arka chakraborty
Hi all, I would like to ask some questions regarding this thread.. 1) What is exactly meant by "Fourier transformed electron density"?- according to my knowldege performing a fourier transform on the electron density gives you the structure factor back. So, how does it related to what Prof. James

Re: [ccp4bb] on the electronic density of several maps

2012-01-13 Thread Yuri Pompeu
Fenghui, What is your resolution? If your having trouble distinguishing between pro and leu I am guessing it is worse than 2.8 A. You may not be able to model side chains confidently with lower resolution data. You may have to make a call on wether or not to model side chains, and if your model

[ccp4bb] 5BrU

2012-01-13 Thread Dunten, Pete W.
Does anyone have the dictionary file for BrU, as in the brominated ribonucleotide? The distributed files include the deoxy version, 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine-5'-monophosphate. Best wishes, Pete

Re: [ccp4bb] on the electronic density of several maps

2012-01-13 Thread Bernhard Rupp (Hofkristallrat a.D.)
You might want to look at some images of side chain electron density. http://www.ruppweb.org/garland/gallery/Ch2/index_2.htm BR From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Dialing Pretty Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 2:22 PM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject:

Re: [ccp4bb] on the electronic density of several maps

2012-01-13 Thread Dale Tronrud
It's not the strength of the electron density it's the shape that is important. Dale Tronrud On 01/13/12 14:21, Dialing Pretty wrote: > > Dear All, > > For the electronic density of LEU and Pro in the electronic density map, > which is much stronger? > > For the electronic density of LEU an

[ccp4bb] on the electronic density of several maps

2012-01-13 Thread Dialing Pretty
Dear All, For the electronic density of LEU and Pro in the electronic density map, which is much stronger? For the electronic density of LEU and Lys in the electronic density map, which is much stronger? The reason I ask the above questions is I need to distinguish them in the electronic de

Re: [ccp4bb] RMSD of side chains

2012-01-13 Thread Ed Pozharski
On Fri, 2012-01-13 at 10:40 -0800, Ethan Merritt wrote: > Which of these two statements would be more useful: > 1) The RMSD for sidechain atoms between apo and holo was 0.678 Å. > or > 2) Only two residues exhibited a significant change of > conformation: Perhaps the same is true for the back

Re: [ccp4bb] RMSD of side chains

2012-01-13 Thread Robert Nicholls
> Let me put it this way. Suppose you were reading a paper about someone > else's structures. Which of these two statements would be more useful: > 1) The RMSD for sidechain atoms between apo and holo was 0.678 Å. > or > 2) Only two residues exhibited a significant change of conformation: >th

Re: [ccp4bb] Molecular Transform Superimposed on a Dataset

2012-01-13 Thread Dale Tronrud
I think you have to be a little more clear as to what you mean by an "electron density map". If you mean our usual maps that we calculate all the time the Patterson map is just the usual Patterson map. It also repeats to infinity, with the infinitely long Patterson vectors (infinitely high fre

Re: [ccp4bb] Molecular Transform Superimposed on a Dataset

2012-01-13 Thread Jacob Keller
I am trying to think, then, what would the Patterson map of a Fourier-transformed electron density map look like? Would you get the shape/outline of the object, then a sharp drop-off, presumably? Is this used to orient molecules in single-particle FEL diffraction experiments? JPK On Fri, Jan 13,

Re: [ccp4bb] RMSD of side chains

2012-01-13 Thread Ethan Merritt
On Friday, January 13, 2012 09:07:07 am Appu kumar wrote: > Firstly thanks to Robert Nicholls for making me aware of the software > necessary for side chain RMSD calculation. I have installed and now going > through manual to use it for exploiting the structural differences. Thanks > a lot. > > Se

Re: [ccp4bb] Molecular Transform Superimposed on a Dataset

2012-01-13 Thread Dale Tronrud
On 01/13/12 09:53, Jacob Keller wrote: > No, I meant the non-lattice-convoluted pattern--the pattern arising > from the Fourier-transformed electron density map--which would > necessarily become more complicated with larger molecular size, as > there is more information to encode. I think this will

Re: [ccp4bb] Molecular Transform Superimposed on a Dataset

2012-01-13 Thread Jacob Keller
No, I meant the non-lattice-convoluted pattern--the pattern arising from the Fourier-transformed electron density map--which would necessarily become more complicated with larger molecular size, as there is more information to encode. I think this will manifest in what James H called a smaller "gra

Re: [ccp4bb] Molecular Transform Superimposed on a Dataset

2012-01-13 Thread Yuri Pompeu
to echo Tim's question: If by pattern you mean the position of the spots on the film, I dont think they would change based on the complexity of the macromolecule being studied. As far I know it, the position of the spots are dictated by the reciprocal lattice points (therefore the real crystal l

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Re: [ccp4bb] RMSD of side chains

2012-01-13 Thread Appu kumar
Firstly thanks to Robert Nicholls for making me aware of the software necessary for side chain RMSD calculation. I have installed and now going through manual to use it for exploiting the structural differences. Thanks a lot. Secondly, for Ethan Merritt, I am seeking the information for comparing

Re: [ccp4bb] RMSD of side chains

2012-01-13 Thread Ethan Merritt
On Friday, 13 January 2012, Appu kumar wrote: > Dear ccp4 users, >Would you please guide me how to calculate > the RMSD of side chains alone without considering C-alpha backbone. > Is/are there any program/programs availble which do this job. I want > to know the RMSD of

[ccp4bb] Job posts - ICR, London, UK

2012-01-13 Thread Alessandro Vannini
Dear CCP4bb readers, a postdoctoral position and a scientific officer / higher scientific officer position are available at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR, Chelsea, London, UK), to undertakes crystallographic, single particle electron microscopy analysis and biochemical analysis of larg

Re: [ccp4bb] Metal won't strip from IMAC

2012-01-13 Thread Nadir T. Mrabet
Have run into a similar problem. Cleared the background color by running 2M NaOH together with 0.2M EDTA. Better replace BMT with TCEP (1 mM). Also keep in mind that adsorption is pH dependent, that is the higher the pH, the better is adsorption. Many proteins adsorb irreversibly above pH 7.0.

Re: [ccp4bb] JLigand distorts molecules

2012-01-13 Thread Garib N Murshudov
That is interesting. It works for me here and for few other people in other places. Can you exit and restart JLigand, can you send me a figure of what is happening? regards Garib On 13 Jan 2012, at 11:00, Wolfgang Skala wrote: > ccp4 is 6.2.0, > refmac5 is 5.7.0010 (the file you provided; fo

Re: [ccp4bb] Metal won't strip from IMAC

2012-01-13 Thread Prof. Dr. Arne Skerra
Hi Katherine, I recommend Zn-IDA Sepharose (Chelating Sepharose Fast Flow, GE Healthcare), which we have been using successfully for more than 20 years, since the early days of IMAC: Skerra et al. (1991) The functional expression of antibody Fv fragments in Escherichia coli: improved vectors a

Re: [ccp4bb] JLigand distorts molecules

2012-01-13 Thread Wolfgang Skala
ccp4 is 6.2.0, refmac5 is 5.7.0010 (the file you provided; formerly 5.6.0117), libcheck is 5.2 (formerly 5.1.14), dictionary is 5.28 I also tried each of the four refmac5-libcheck combinations, but without success. yours Wolfgang

Re: [ccp4bb] Molprobity Clashscore

2012-01-13 Thread Antony Oliver
Ok, I'm completed baffled... and have obviously started something unintentionally... NB: it was a joke! I was amused that Molprobity, after 'adding' hydrogens to my model, had 'improved' the clashscore of my model by an obviously unnecessary number of decimal places...! [0.0098 point

Re: [ccp4bb] JLigand distorts molecules

2012-01-13 Thread Garib N Murshudov
That is interesting. Do you use the latest ccp4 and dictionary that comes with it? What are the version of dictionary, libcheck, refmac Just typing refmac5 -i libcheck -i you should get version information. The version of the dictionary is on the top of a file head $CLIBD_MON/list/mon_lib_lis

Re: [ccp4bb] JLigand distorts molecules

2012-01-13 Thread Wolfgang Skala
Dear Garib, thanks for your reply. However, when I use the new versions, 3GP is an apparently random polyhedron which does not resemble 3'-GMP at all. Yours Wolfgang

[ccp4bb] RMSD of side chains

2012-01-13 Thread Appu kumar
Dear ccp4 users, Would you please guide me how to calculate the RMSD of side chains alone without considering C-alpha backbone. Is/are there any program/programs availble which do this job. I want to know the RMSD of side chains for protein comparison. Thank you in adva

Re: [ccp4bb] Lithium versus Sodium

2012-01-13 Thread Armando Albert
Dear Matt, We were working with Hal2p a lithium inhibited Ins-mono-PPase like protein 10 years ago. We had good biochemistry showing that lithium replaced mg at the active site. We grow crystals in presence of Li and we worked with 1.6 A diffraction data. Unfortunatelly we did not see any el