[ccp4bb] the FCCC license

2012-08-21 Thread Tim Gruene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear all, the FCCC license for the program scwrl4 (http://dunbrack.fccc.edu/scwrl4/license/index.html) says that "Licensee will take all reasonable precautions to avoid any unauthorized disclosure of SCWRL4.0." I may misunderstand the meaning of the

Re: [ccp4bb] the FCCC license

2012-08-21 Thread Ian Tickle
Tim, doesn't para 12 of the Agreement cover that: "If SCWRL4.0 is installed on computers owned by a corporation or other legal entity, then this agreement is formed by and between FCCC and such entity ("Licensee"). You represent and warrant to FCCC that you have the authority to bind Licensee to t

Re: [ccp4bb] the FCCC license

2012-08-21 Thread Tim Gruene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear Ian, it depends whether George Sheldrick's group can be considered a 'legal entity', or whether the next available legal entity would be the Inorganic Chemistry Dpt. - in the latter case I would not think I have the authority to bind the Dpt. to

[ccp4bb] predicting membrane-association domain

2012-08-21 Thread Tanner, John J.
Sorry for the off-topic post… Does anyone know of software that predicts the membrane-association domain of peripheral membrane proteins using sequence and/or atomic coordinates? Thanks. John J. Tanner Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Missouri-Columbia 125 Chemistry Buildi

[ccp4bb] IUCr checkCIF server.

2012-08-21 Thread Niu Tou
Dear Collegues, Does anybody know how to use the server http://checkcif.iucr.org/? I have downloaded structure factor and structure model cif files of a structure from PDB. However it looks this server only accept one single file, it does not work if these two files are uploaded separately. My ques

Re: [ccp4bb] IUCr checkCIF server.

2012-08-21 Thread Richard Gildea
Hi, The interface for uploading both structure factor and model files can be found here: http://journals.iucr.org/services/cif/checking/checkfull.html Checkcif is mainly intended for checking the structural details of small molecule CIF files - I have no idea what it will make of mmcif-format PD

Re: [ccp4bb] Problem with Coot on Mountain Lion

2012-08-21 Thread Florian Nachon
On 15 août 2012, at 02:23, Wataru Kagawa wrote: > Hi Jinyi, > > Do you have two versions of python installed? > Maybe executing "fink remove python" will solve the problem (?) Hi, After updating to Mountain Lion, coot crashed when launched from the phenix GUI. But launching coot from the term

[ccp4bb] Purify non-stable protein

2012-08-21 Thread Theresa Hsu
Dear all I made deletion mutation of a stretch of 20 amino acids on my protein. I can purify and crystallize wild type protein but not the mutated. Mass spec on gel separated protein shows degradation of mutant losing about another 150 amino acids. Is there any way of purifying this non-stable

Re: [ccp4bb] Purify non-stable protein

2012-08-21 Thread Das, Debanu
Hi Theresa, The deletion probably led to a folding problem, making it susceptible to residual proteases. You might try the following: -Lysis and purification in the presence of 1mM EDTA, which can help to neutralize proteases in addition to the protease inhibitor, without significant leaching

Re: [ccp4bb] Purify non-stable protein

2012-08-21 Thread Bosch, Juergen
In addition I would try expressing very late and short. Growing up your cells to the maximum OD600 and then inducing for as short as you can at lower temperature e.g. 16-20 ˚C Your protein might be degraded while expressed. Jürgen On Aug 21, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Das, Debanu wrote: Hi Theresa, The

Re: [ccp4bb] Purify non-stable protein

2012-08-21 Thread Roger Rowlett
Need more information: 1. Do you actually know the smaller protein is actually your target protein, or is it an impurity protein present in host cells? It could be that your truncation simply does not express well, and the darkest band in your crude lysate is something else. 2. Are you d

Re: [ccp4bb] IUCr checkCIF server.

2012-08-21 Thread Paul Emsley
On 21/08/12 19:02, Niu Tou wrote: Does anybody know how to use the server http://checkcif.iucr.org/? I have downloaded structure factor and structure model cif files of a structure from PDB. However it looks this server only accept one single file, it does not work if these two files are uplo

Re: [ccp4bb] Purify non-stable protein

2012-08-21 Thread Ho Leung Ng
In addition to the other very good suggestions, you could consider using a purification tag at both the N- and C-termini of your protein to only pull out full length protein. I've had success with Flag+His and MBP+His. Ho Ho Leung Ng University of Hawaii at Manoa Assistant Professor, Department

[ccp4bb] protein sequence database with conservation score annotation

2012-08-21 Thread 商元
Hi,everyone, Does anyone here could recommend such a database for me? I've searched the web and only find tools like 'consurf'. Databases like 'consurf' are important for the analysis of the current known structures. However, for the original discoveries of new domains, sequence databases with s

Re: [ccp4bb] protein sequence database with conservation score annotation

2012-08-21 Thread Robbie Joosten
Dear Yuan Shang, HSSP provides multiple sequence alignments with conservation scores per position. It is originally PDB derived in the sense that a multiple sequence alignment already exists for each PDB entry. You can also make HSSP entries from sequence alone, but you should contact the HSSP m

Re: [ccp4bb] Purify non-stable protein

2012-08-21 Thread Arnaud Goepfert
Dear Theresa, You could try to add 50 mM of L-Arg and 50mM L-Glu to your buffers during purification. These amino acids are effective in preventing protein aggregation and precipitation and protect samples from proteolytic degradation. Cheers, Arnaud On Aug 21, 2012, at 10:15 PM, Theresa Hsu