[ccp4bb] Software to Produce Linear Map of Surface Accessible Residues

2010-11-02 Thread Buz Barstow
Dear All, I'm looking for a software program to produce, given a 3D atomic structure of a molecule, a linear map showing the surface accessibility of residues in a protein structure. Would any one know of a program that can produce this sort of map. Thanks! and all the best, --Buz

Re: [ccp4bb] Software to Produce Linear Map of Surface Accessible Residues

2010-11-03 Thread Buz Barstow
t; which you could convert into the total fraction per residue with not too much > effort. > > Is this what you are looking for? > > Cheers, Tim > > On Tue, Nov 02, 2010 at 10:36:56AM -0400, Buz Barstow wrote: >> Dear All, >> >> I'm looking for a software

[ccp4bb] Peptide Crystallization

2011-05-25 Thread Buz Barstow
Dear all, I am considering trying to crystallize a small peptide (around 15 amino acids). The peptide is soluble in neutral water or buffer (pH 7.0) until at least 10 mM (13 mg/mL), and adopts a turn conformation when bound to Zn. What are your thoughts on attempting this? If you think that i

[ccp4bb] Advice on Over-expressing and Purifying Metalloproteins

2010-05-04 Thread Buz Barstow
Dear all, I am trying to purify a metalloprotein (a hydrogenase) using affinity chromatography. I have produced two tagged versions of the enzyme: one with an N-terminal 6x histidine affinity tag, and the other with a C-terminal 6x his-tag. The tagged proteins are both tied to an IPTG-inducibl

[ccp4bb] Crystallographic Experiment with NADH and a Flavoprotein

2007-12-29 Thread Buz Barstow
Dear All, I'm planning an experiment to study the oxidation of NADH by a flavoprotein at cryogenic temperatures to facilitate collection of X- ray diffraction data. In planning this experiment, I have seen a few obstacles that I am looking for help in overcoming. 1. There are no structur

[ccp4bb] Calculation of Selection Volumes

2008-01-04 Thread Buz Barstow
Dear All, I'd like to find a way to calculate the volume of an arbitrary selection of atoms in a protein structure. Could anyone suggest a program that could perform this task, ideally, one that could be called from inside pymol and calculate the volume of a pymol selection? Thanks! and a

[ccp4bb] Principal axes and moment of inertia matrix

2008-01-09 Thread Buz Barstow
Dear All, Does anyone have a python routine that can be used to calculate the moment of inertia matrix and principal axes of a selection of atoms? Thanks! and all the best, --Buz

[ccp4bb] Installing coot on MacOSX 10.5

2008-04-17 Thread Buz Barstow
Dear All, I'm having trouble installing coot on MacOSX 10.5.2 on my MacBook Pro (Core Duo model). I would like to install coot using fink, but am getting stuck when it comes to installing ruby. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Also, are there any alternative solutions to installi

Re: [ccp4bb] Installing coot on MacOSX 10.5

2008-04-17 Thread Buz Barstow
Scott Contact info: http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/ On Apr 17, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Chris Richardson wrote: On 17 Apr 2008, at 6:07 PM, Buz Barstow wrote: I'm having trouble installing coot on MacOSX 10.5.2 on my MacBook Pro (Core Duo model). I would like to install coot using fink,

Re: [ccp4bb] Installing coot on MacOSX 10.5

2008-04-17 Thread Buz Barstow
lot of bugs, so the pain you are being subjected to now will be worth it. Bill William G. Scott Contact info: http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/ On Apr 17, 2008, at 1:48 PM, Buz Barstow wrote: Hi Bill, Thanks for your advice! Ruby now installs on my machine, as does Coot (which is what

Re: [ccp4bb] Installing coot on MacOSX 10.5

2008-04-17 Thread Buz Barstow
:34 PM, Buz Barstow wrote: Hi Bill, Thanks a lot for your advice. Coot now installs and runs, however, I do get some warnings; ** (coot:20738): WARNING **: Error loading pixmap file: /sw/share/ coot/pixmaps/connect-to-ccp4.svg ** (coot:20738): WARNING **: Error loading pixmap file: /sw/share

Re: [ccp4bb] Activity of a mutant enzyme compared to wild type - puzzle

2008-06-12 Thread Buz Barstow
Hi Subbu, Here's my two cents. Your project sounds really interesting. You mentioned in your email that the active site and associated waters in the active site of the wild type and mutant enzymes are "identical". It's worth noting that even very small (on the 1/10th of an angstrom level)

[ccp4bb] Fixing a bond length in refmac

2008-08-12 Thread Buz Barstow
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[ccp4bb] Software for Drawing Protein Secondary Structure

2008-08-22 Thread Buz Barstow
Dear All, Does anyone know of a program that is capable of drawing the secondary structure of a protein molecule? I'd really like to be able to take a protein molecule, and draw the secondary structure out along a line, indicating the positions of secondary structural elements like sheets

[ccp4bb] Summary: Software for Drawing Protein Secondary Structure

2008-08-25 Thread Buz Barstow
Dear All, Thanks for your suggestions about software to map out the secondary structure of a protein onto a line. I've compiled all of the suggestions into one list: http://tardis.nibio.go.jp/joy/ http://www.biochem.ucl.ac.uk/~roman/procheck/manual/examples/plot_06.html http://webclu.bio.wzw

[ccp4bb] Adding Non-natural Base to RNA Model in Coot

2009-03-27 Thread Buz Barstow
Dear All, I'd like to add substitute a natural base (adenine) for a non-natural base (2-aminopurine), in a molecular model of an RNA molecule. I'd like to do this with CCP4 and Coot. Could I ask for some help please? Thanks! and all the best, --Buz

Re: [ccp4bb] Adding Non-natural Base to RNA Model in Coot

2009-03-30 Thread Buz Barstow
On Mar 28, 2009, at 8:37 AM, Paul Emsley wrote: Buz Barstow wrote: Dear All, I'd like to add substitute a natural base (adenine) for a non- natural base (2-aminopurine), in a molecular model of an RNA molecule. I'd like to do this with CCP4 and Coot. Could I ask for some help plea

Re: [ccp4bb] Adding Non-natural Base to RNA Model in Coot

2009-03-30 Thread Buz Barstow
Hi Bill, Sorry if my first message was confusing. I do want to convert from A to 2AP. I'm working on following Paul Emsley's suggestions. Thanks! and all the best, --Buz On Mar 28, 2009, at 11:48 AM, William Scott wrote: On Sat, March 28, 2009 5:37 am, Paul Emsley wrote: B

[ccp4bb] Protein Sequence Analysis Software

2009-07-14 Thread Buz Barstow
Dear all, I'm sorry for the somewhat non-ccp4 related questions, but here goes; 1. Could anyone recommend a good mailing list for bioinformatics related problems, where I might be able to re-ask question 2. 2. Does anyone know of some good software for visualization of the domain analysis

[ccp4bb] Extracting Amino Acid Sequence from PDB File

2009-08-13 Thread Buz Barstow
Hi All, Does anyone know of a program that can extract the amino sequence of a protein from a PDB file and output it as a FASTA file? Thanks! and all the best, --Buz

Re: [ccp4bb] Extracting Amino Acid Sequence from PDB File

2009-08-13 Thread Buz Barstow
Thanks Mark! --buz On Aug 13, 2009, at 5:45 PM, Dr. Mark Mayer wrote: try PDBSET (ccp4) Hi All, Does anyone know of a program that can extract the amino sequence of a protein from a PDB file and output it as a FASTA file? Thanks! and all the best, --Buz -- +++

[ccp4bb] Summary of Extracting Amino Acid Sequence from PDB File

2009-08-17 Thread Buz Barstow
Dear All, Thanks to everyone who replied to my query about extracting an amino acid sequence from a PDB file! Here is a summary of responses of my query; 1. Use SwissPDBViewer 2. Use Pymol 1.2 load $TUT/1hpv.pdb save 1hpv.fasta # or by selection save 1hpv_A.fasta, chain A 3. With Phen