Re: [ccp4bb] J. Struct. Biology EndNote style

2007-08-07 Thread Ngo Duc Tri
Dear Mr. Artem, I think you can download this style from http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyledetail.asp?SORT=2&PAGE=1&METH=0&DISC=none&JOUR=structural&BSRT=none&FF1=none&FF2=none&FF3=none&CITE=none&DKEY=714200664522dAA%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20B There are other styles for many kinds of journal. I

[ccp4bb] Postdoctoral Position at UCLA

2007-08-07 Thread Duilio Cascio
An NIH-funded postdoctoral position is available immediately for a highly motivated individual with a strong interest in structure and function of membrane transport proteins. This collaborative project will be done in the laboratories of Dr. Jeff Abramson (Department of Physiology) and Dr.

[ccp4bb] Surface complementarity

2007-08-07 Thread Rosemary Harrison
Hi, I would like to use the SC program but I m having some problems. Unfortunately the "examples" webpage is not active anymore so I am fumbling a bit in the dark. I can get as far as sc xyzin xxx.pdb but then it asks for Selection commands: and I dont know what to type in. Can anyone

[ccp4bb] Could anyone get me the HKL2MAP 0.2 sources?

2007-08-07 Thread Wim Cossement
Hi, I've tried sending an E-mail to Thomas Schneider as listed on the HKL2MAP web page in order to get my copy but this guy has not replied in over one month (holidays?) so I was hoping some of you fellow crystallographers could provide me with it or point out an alternative to get it since I

[ccp4bb] AstraZeneca US permanent PX position

2007-08-07 Thread Pauptit, Richard A
I would like to draw your attention to a protein crystallography position advertised on the AstraZeneca jobs web pages. This is a permanent position in a new structure biology team being established at our site in Boston, Massachussets. The position would suit an experienced, all-round, hands-on

Re: [ccp4bb] Surface complementarity

2007-08-07 Thread Rizkallah, PJ (Pierre)
Hi Rosemary, The SC manual URL http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/dist/html/sc.html does contain all the information you need, but I agree it takes some deciphering. The basic parameters are the selections of two 'molecules' whose interface you want to study. For that purpose, the script or line input is real

[ccp4bb] needles vs crystals

2007-08-07 Thread shivesh kumar
Dear all, I am trying to crystallize a 7kDa protein with MPD as a precipitant.I got the needles with precipitation in two days at 30% and in 4-5 days,needles appear in all the drops(pH 3.8-4.8).The concentration of protein is around 20mg/ml and the volume of mother liquor in 500microlt.What should

Re: [ccp4bb] needles vs crystals

2007-08-07 Thread Roger Rowlett
One approach is to try modifying your current condition with additives. We have had some occasional successes with polyol, salt, or solvent additives modifying crystal morphology from needles to something more tractable. Hampton research has a good list of 10X additives in their catalog. In our

[ccp4bb] highly soluble proteins

2007-08-07 Thread Yvonne Leduc
Our lab is trying to crystallize a highly soluble (100+ mg/ml) protein with a molecular weight of 35 kd. The protein was screened against 1536 conditions at 20 mg/mL. Most drops were either clear or produced "bubbles" (often oily looking). The few that had precipitate contained high concentration

Re: [ccp4bb] highly soluble proteins

2007-08-07 Thread Jack Tanner
Try adjusting the pH close to the pI to reduce solubility. > From: Yvonne Leduc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 10:17:18 -0600 > To: > Subject: [ccp4bb] highly soluble proteins > > Our lab is trying to crystallize a highly soluble (100+ mg/ml) protein

[ccp4bb] Postdoc position: Structural biology of intracellular signalling systems

2007-08-07 Thread Clemens Steegborn
Postdoctoral Position in Structural Biology / BiochemistryWe are looking for a highly motivated Postdoc for our laboratory at the Institute for Physiological Chemistry at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany. Our work involves biochemical and structural studies on cellular signalling systems with rel

Re: [ccp4bb] needles vs crystals

2007-08-07 Thread mjvdwoerd
Shivesh, In addition to the comments that have been made already, I would try seeding with the needles (or pieces thereof) - macroscopic, or take a couple of needles and crush them up into really small pieces and use various dilutions of these very small pieces for seeding. You could do that

[ccp4bb] CCP4 mailing list

2007-08-07 Thread Thomas Stout
Has anyone else noticed that they're only getting some of the postings on the CCP4 mailing list? Lately I've been noticing that I often see responses to queries, but not the query itself. This was further highlighted for me recently when I never received my own posting back from the mailing l

Re: [ccp4bb] highly soluble proteins

2007-08-07 Thread artem
Yvonne, Several 'old' proteins have been crystallized from insanely high concentraitons - concanavalin A for instance can be grown from 100-250 mg/ml solutions by means of 'salting in' using microdialysis. This is of course highly labor-intensive and also expensive on the protein side. Look at th

Re: [ccp4bb] needles vs crystals

2007-08-07 Thread James Pauff
Shivesh, Having gone down the "needles vs. crystals" route recently, my two suggestions would be: 1) Lower the protein concentration to 10 mg/ml 2) Slightly lower your precipitant percentage, say to 26%. My situation involved PEG4000, and I noticed that modifying the protocol to PEG8000 at a sl

Re: [ccp4bb] highly soluble proteins

2007-08-07 Thread M T
First i think that your protein concentration is to low... A common rule is : protein concentration is good when 50% of your conditions are precipitates and 50% are clears drops. If most of your drops are clear, i think that you must increase your protein concentration (a screen from Hampton can he

[ccp4bb] Merging datasets

2007-08-07 Thread Kianoush Sadre-Bazzaz
Dear CCP4, I have a couple of datasets native and heavy-atom-derivatized. The spacegroup and cell dimensions of all are the same (or very similar). For some reason I cannot merge any of the datasets together. If for example I rescale one native dataset by itself, my Rmerge is about 10%, but

[ccp4bb] Position for PSI Knowledgebase development

2007-08-07 Thread Paul Adams
=== Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Software Developer II === Software Developer II Job ID: 20930 Division: Phy

[ccp4bb] Beam time at X6A NSLS

2007-08-07 Thread Stojanoff, Vivian
Beam time available @ X6A http://protein.nsls.bnl.gov The X6A NIGMS beam line at the NSLS allows for fast access to beam time at any time of the year. Check availability and schedule your own time directly on the web, as easy as 1, 2, 3, ... Next available time August 11th. For comments or f

Re: [ccp4bb] highly soluble proteins

2007-08-07 Thread Stephen Graham
Reductive methylation of amino groups (lysines and the N-terminus) is a fairly routine chemical modification that should drop the solubility of your protein. An easy-to-use protocol can be found in Walter et al (2007) "Lysine Methylation as a Routine Rescue Strategy for Protein Crystallization."