Re: [ccp4bb] Nucleic Acid Descriptors?

2024-12-27 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear Shawn, cpptraj from amber has a large number of parameters it can calculate, with some specific routines to nucleic acids. My hello to Rutgers, too! Jorge On 12/26/24 20:46, Shawn R wrote: Dear Colleagues, I am trying to characterize nucleic acid duplexes with paramet

[ccp4bb] pH electrodes for biological buffers

2024-10-08 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear all, I have learned that a common Ag/AgCl electrode should not be used with solutions containing Tris (what buffer else?), proteins, some other, due to the contact of silver to these components - precipitation, I believe. I have learned a Ross type electrode can overcome this problem (du

Re: [ccp4bb] program to complete (or to change) side chains to specific rotamers

2024-02-07 Thread Jorge Iulek
ted, another way to do build-by-rotamer is with these awk programs that I wrote long before coot was a thing.  I still find them useful for certain tasks. I have created a git repo for them here: https://github.com/jmholton/build_pdb HTH, -James Holton MAD Scientist On 2/6/2024 8:24 AM, J

[ccp4bb] program to complete (or to change) side chains to specific rotamers

2024-02-06 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear all, As I cannot find by myself, maybe someone can indicate here. I would like a program, command line - not gui, that I would simply indicate residues and the desired rotamer, and so it will change the coordinate file to complete/change side chains accordingly, say, somehow lik

Re: [ccp4bb] Fwd: radiation damage and image discard

2023-11-01 Thread Jorge Iulek
far as we can tell [3] Cheers Clemens [1] https://www.globalphasing.com/autoproc/ [2] a paper describing this in detail is under review atm [3] like most software developers we tend to get feedback if something doesn't work ;-) On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 10:48:54AM -0400, Jorge I

[ccp4bb] Fwd: radiation damage and image discard

2023-10-31 Thread Jorge Iulek
Hi, Well, it seems there are already many good indications to study and to work on. Thanks, Oliver, Kay, Harry and Graeme! Now, brain and hands on! Jorge Forwarded Message ... Dear all, I have found many fundamental studies on image processing and refine

[ccp4bb] radiation damage and image discard

2023-10-30 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear all, I have found many fundamental studies on image processing and refinement indexes concerning the decision on cutting resolution for a dataset, always meant to get better models, the final objective. Paired refinement has been a procedure mostly indicated. I have been searching studi

Re: [ccp4bb] symmetry possibilities

2022-07-26 Thread Jorge Iulek
On Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:10:04 -0300, Jorge Iulek mailto:jiu...@gmail.com>> wrote: >Dear all, > > > We had some data collections at a Synchrotron. Crystals are a >kind of brush like (lattice strains, to use a term by Dr. Bergfors, >though we e

Re: [ccp4bb] symmetry possibilities

2022-07-26 Thread Jorge Iulek
inning" (in contrast to merohedral twinning, which involves two twin domains); maybe this helps to find additional pointers. best wishes, Kay On Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:10:04 -0300, Jorge Iulek mailto:jiu...@gmail.com>> wrote: >Dear all, > > >    

Re: [ccp4bb] symmetry possibilities

2022-07-26 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear Dom.     Yes, Zanuda must also give more insights, well pointed (it goes straight to my question "Should I look at anything else to establish twin P1 is the best way to refine this structure?"). By the way, though we have not gone through P1 in/extensively for while, a brief overview ha

Re: [ccp4bb] symmetry possibilities

2022-07-26 Thread Jorge Iulek
Thank you, Edward, for sharing this. I will read through the (extensive) details of the work. J. On 7/22/22 10:25 PM, Edward A. Berry wrote: As for your second question, whether refining in a lower symmetry affects the R-factors, On 7/20/22 10:10 AM, Jorge Iulek wrote: Related, and a

Re: [ccp4bb] symmetry possibilities

2022-07-22 Thread Jorge Iulek
Thanks Kay and Ralf for your input. I will check out the reference pointed and search for more. Best wishes, Jorge Forwarded Message Subject:symmetry possibilities Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 11:10:04 -0300 From: Jorge Iulek To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Dear

[ccp4bb] symmetry possibilities

2022-07-20 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear all, We had some data collections at a Synchrotron. Crystals are a kind of brush like (lattice strains, to use a term by Dr. Bergfors, though we employed good effort for purification), but we took advantage of the Synchrotron microfocus.     Some of the datasets (images) clearly s

[ccp4bb] symmetry possibilites

2022-07-20 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear all,     We had some data collections at a Synchrotron. Crystals are a kind of brush like (lattice strains, to use a term by Dr. Bergfors, though we employed good effort for purification), but we took advantage of the Synchrotron microfocus.     Some of the datasets (images) clearly sh

[ccp4bb] alternatives for sealing wells in hanging drop assays

2020-10-07 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear all,     Just going to test some polycarbonate coverslips, I wonder what alternatives might there be for sealing wells (using traditional 24 well plates) besides vacuum grease. One idea was to move forward "lower plastic disposal" and recover them (slips) after an "easy" cleaning. I cou

Re: [ccp4bb] coiled-coil "degree"

2018-08-31 Thread Jorge Iulek
As a matter of fact, no, it is not. But it must be available soon! Yours, Jorge On 08/30/2018 01:13 PM, Pius Padayatti wrote: this sounds like an ABC transporter structure just a guess On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 6:03 AM, Jorge Iulek <mailto:jiu...@gmail.com>> wrote:

[ccp4bb] Fwd: Re: [ccp4bb] coiled-coil "degree"

2018-08-30 Thread Jorge Iulek
e indicated. Yours, Jorge On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 6:03 AM, Jorge Iulek <mailto:jiu...@gmail.com>> wrote: Dear all,     I am working currently on a structure that, nicely, presents two different orientations between its domains when one compares monomers of the te

[ccp4bb] coiled-coil "degree"

2018-08-28 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear all,     I am working currently on a structure that, nicely, presents two different orientations between its domains when one compares monomers of the tetramer in the asymmetric unit.     I notice, in this nature gift, that a helix, probably central (in its role) for the relation (orie

Re: [ccp4bb] NAD dihedral for C2N-C3N-C7N-N7N

2017-05-20 Thread Jorge Iulek
nar with the six-membered ring.  As always, check you CIF! Dale Tronrud On 5/17/2017 12:46 PM, Jorge Iulek wrote: Dear all, I came across some difficulty to refine a NAD molecule in

[ccp4bb] NAD dihedral for C2N-C3N-C7N-N7N

2017-05-17 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear all,     I came across some difficulty to refine a NAD molecule in a structure, specially its amide of the nicotinamide moiety.     A (very) brief search in deposited structures seems to point that not so ever the C2N-C3N-C7N-N7N dihedral is

Re: [ccp4bb] different resolution cutoffs for integration and scaling

2017-02-21 Thread Jorge Iulek
d not investigate. My hypothesis why this occurs agrees with yours. Nothing should prevent you to make use of this effect! best, Kay On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 08:24:58 -0300, Jorge Iulek wrote: Dear all,     I have been noticing, with many datasets, processed the

Re: [ccp4bb] How many reflections per shell for good statistics - data processing

2017-02-21 Thread Jorge Iulek
tes, but then less shells are the consequence. The best compromise will probably sit in a shallow optimum, so it does not matter too much if you deviate from it. best, Kay On Mon, 20 Feb 2017 08:19:09 -0300, Jorge Iulek wrote: Dear all,     Is

[ccp4bb] different resolution cutoffs for integration and scaling

2017-02-20 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear all,     I have been noticing, with many datasets, processed the duet xds/scale, that when one integrates to a resolution limit which is (a little) higher than the one used for scaling/merging, the statistics (and here I mean R-symm, R-meas,

[ccp4bb] How many reflections per shell for good statistics - data processing

2017-02-20 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear all,     Is there any study to recommend the (minimum) number of reflections for adequate statistics in each shell during image processing? I mean, for indexes like R_meas or R_symm or CC1/2, it might be important to know the number of total

Re: [ccp4bb] Fwd: Re: [ccp4bb] coot space bar translate rather slow at host machine but not in virtual machine

2015-05-18 Thread Jorge Iulek
om source, so for now use the workaround above. Marcin On Sun, May 17, 2015 at 11:10:41AM -0300, Jorge Iulek wrote: Thanks Carlos Contreras-Martel and Lu Zuokun for pointing me to check graphic driver problems (or update them from the vendor, by the way, controller model Intel HD 4000). Takin

[ccp4bb] Fwd: Re: [ccp4bb] coot space bar translate rather slow at host machine but not in virtual machine

2015-05-17 Thread Jorge Iulek
question, though maybe it escapes the discussion list scope, that I must search further: how (and where) different are the resources used by the virtual machine compared to the host machine, such that this graphical behavior is different. Yours, Jorge On 05/16/2015 08:39 PM, Jorge Iulek wrote

[ccp4bb] coot space bar translate rather slow at host machine but not in virtual machine

2015-05-16 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear all, My machine has openSuSE 12.3, a lenovo ideadpad with 8 cores (4 are virutal) and 8 GB memory. For a number of coot versions in it (including the newest one), coot answers slowly to rotating, but specially the space bar translate is even more slow (from residue x to x+1 etc.)

Re: [ccp4bb] relative intensity of ice rings

2012-06-27 Thread JORGE IULEK
tallographica F, co-editor e-mail: mbfro...@post.tau.ac.il Tel: ++972-3640-8723 Fax: ++972-3640-9407 Cellular: 0547 459 608 On Jun 27, 2012, at 21:00 , JORGE IULEK wrote: I thank for the references and the comprehensive discussion from Dr. Holton. Also, for the reference indicated by Dr. B

Re: [ccp4bb] relative intensity of ice rings

2012-06-27 Thread JORGE IULEK
TH, -James Holton MAD Scientist On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Edward A. Berry wrote: Maybe figure 4 in Viatcheslav Berejnov et al. Vitrification of aqueous solutions J. Appl. Cryst. (2006). 39, 244–251 ? JORGE IULEK wrote: Hi, all, I thought I could easily find a reference to comment u

[ccp4bb] relative intensity of ice rings

2012-06-26 Thread JORGE IULEK
Hi, all, I thought I could easily find a reference to comment upon the relative intensity of rings in an image due to diffraction by polycrystal ice, but no luck googling for that. A reference that would contain a picture (with visual relative intensities) would be even better. Of course absol

Re: [ccp4bb] Anisotropic data - How to deal with ?

2007-11-23 Thread Jorge Iulek
Concerning what Pierre asked, one point to remember at structure refinement is to test and probably use TLS tensors. I had one case with serious anisotropy in the data due a libration axis parallel to a crystallographic axis. TLS lowered dramatically the R's and maps were neatly better.

Re: [ccp4bb] Fw: Re: [ccp4bb] Twinning

2007-10-23 Thread Jorge Iulek
ee to be too close to R ? here they appear to be too different ! in other words: if Rfree is not 'really free due to twin law' i would expect R/Rfree to be too close, not too far ! A. On Oct 23, 2007, at 13:58, Jorge Iulek wrote: John, One other point to be added, althou

[ccp4bb] Fw: Re: [ccp4bb] Twinning

2007-10-23 Thread Jorge Iulek
John, One other point to be added, although that might not justify all your observations, is to be sure that the R-free set was chosen respecting the twin law. Both phenix and CNS (not automatically) can do this. Of course, as pointed before, when you change your R-free set, you should "ann

[ccp4bb] alternating strong/weak intensities in reciprocal planes - P622

2007-08-27 Thread Jorge Iulek
Dear all, Please, maybe you could give some suggestions to the problem below. 1) Images show smeared spots, but xds did a good job integrating them. The cell is 229, 229, 72, trigonal, and we see alternating strong and weak rows of spots in the images (spots near each other, but rows more sepa