Re: [ccp4bb] Protein crystallizes while concentration

2010-02-19 Thread M T
I see some solutions to your problem and one works well for me on a small protein domain. I had exactly the same problem of crystallization during concentration and in my case I solve the problem by heating the crystal suspension. The validation of the protocol was made with support of 1D NMR to

[ccp4bb] Position available at Diamond Light Source

2010-02-19 Thread David Hall
Dear BBers I would like to draw your attention to a scientific instrumentation support post (http://www.diamond.ac.uk/Home/Jobs/Current/DIA0547.html) available at Diamond Light Source. Whilst this position is principally working for the tuneable MX beamline I04

Re: [ccp4bb] Expression of a protein of 43KDa

2010-02-19 Thread Victor Bolanos-Garcia
Hi In addition to what Fred and others have said, it is important to remember there are several native, stress-responsive proteins of E. coli that show good affinity for metal ions. Hence, they can be easily co-purified by immobilised metal affinity chromatography (IMAC). This seems particularly

Re: [ccp4bb] phi/psi angle display in coot

2010-02-19 Thread Paul Emsley
Ethan Merritt wrote: On Thursday 18 February 2010 14:48:57 Paul Emsley wrote: Ursula Schulze-Gahmen wrote: I am a new user of Coot and I haven't found an easy way of displaying the phi/psi angle of a specific residue while I am rebuilding. I found of course the Ramachandran plot, but i

[ccp4bb] PEG interaction with Trp in active site

2010-02-19 Thread Marek Frischerkase
Hello, sorry for my off topic question. I found a PEG molecule bound to the active site of my enzyme structure. And I did not expected it there, though I used PEG as precipitant in the crystallization condition. Now I'm wondering how could bind PEG with its hydrophobic nature at all in the

Re: [ccp4bb] anomalous difference fourier maps

2010-02-19 Thread Gerard Bricogne
Dear all, This is a remark I have wanted to make for a long time but managed so far to repress. However, this case is absolutely clear: Ivan was not asking for general advice on how to carry out a general task, but how to perform a specific task with the CCP4 software. In response we

[ccp4bb] The X6A workbench winter session

2010-02-19 Thread Stojanoff, Vivian
The X6A workbench: Advanced Structural Biology Tools (http://protein.nsls.bnl.gov) We would like to invite you to participate in this four day hands-on course at the NIGMS Research Facility at the National Synchrotron Light Source. This course is intended for beginners who would like to obtain

Re: [ccp4bb] anomalous difference fourier maps

2010-02-19 Thread Dirk Kostrewa
Dear Gerard, I can only agree with you - I've also noticed a growing and sometimes irritating cross-advertisement of non-CCP4 programs on the CCP4BB over the last months (mainly Phenix). Unless, the specific task that was asked for, can only be (reasonably) solved with non-CCP4 programs, such

Re: [ccp4bb] anomalous difference fourier maps

2010-02-19 Thread Vellieux Frederic
Hi Dirk, When it happens that I reply to a ccp4bb message and that the answer, or solution I may have (which I think is better or more appropriate) involves using non-ccp4 programs, I do it off-list. By replying privately to the person who asked the question. Fred. Dirk Kostrewa wrote:

Re: [ccp4bb] anomalous difference fourier maps

2010-02-19 Thread George M. Sheldrick
I am inclined to agree with Gerard. Of course if there is a specific question to CCP4bb about SHELX, I try to answer it. Since I am too lazy to maintain my own bb, this is very convenient. However I have stopped 'poaching', for example for the thread in question I resisted the temptation to

Re: [ccp4bb] Expression of a protein of 43KDa

2010-02-19 Thread mjvanraaij
Dear Armando, Two similar, but not identical experiences: - we expressed a protein and got some ugly small crystals. Then the Edman degradation results on the purified protein came in and turned out to correspond to chloramphenicol transferase (same size as our protein). - expressed a

[ccp4bb] domain contact surface

2010-02-19 Thread Jane Bailey
Dear all, I am trying to calculate the domain-domain contact surface from one chain. I see AREAIMOL to only tell you the accessible surface area/residue. Could any other software/webserve could specify residues in the contact surface and calculate the total contact area? Thanks J.

Re: [ccp4bb] anomalous difference fourier maps

2010-02-19 Thread Edward A. Berry
The guidelines for the CCP4BB are extremely broad and certainly include discussion of other software packages. Since the original poster's question had to do with a specific problem with CCP4, it would have been appropriate for Pavel to prefix his reply with something like I hope you receive an

Re: [ccp4bb] domain contact surface

2010-02-19 Thread Pierre Rizkallah
You would have to cheat a little bit, and relabel the second domain chain id to something different. Or you can split the pdb file into two. That would still be necessary for using the EBI PISA server at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/msd-srv/prot_int/pistart.html as I have just been doing. In my case I

Re: [ccp4bb] PEG interaction with Trp in active site

2010-02-19 Thread xaravich ivan
Is this the active enzyme or an inactive mutant? does your substrate have any similarity with PEG (size, conformation, bulk etc?) would you assume that if there was a substrate bound to the active site and say a few waters, and/or metal ions it would probably fill the space which in this case PEG

Re: [ccp4bb] [ccp4] domain contact surface

2010-02-19 Thread Matthias Haffke
Dear Jane, try to split your protein into two chains (e.g. domain 1 -- chain A / domain 2 -- chain B in a PDB file) and use the PISA server for processing. Besides several interfaces with symmetry mates, one should represent your domain/domain interface based on chain A/B you've chosen.

Re: [ccp4bb] anomalous difference fourier maps

2010-02-19 Thread David J. Schuller
On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 10:37 -0500, Edward A. Berry wrote: The problem is not that the phenix team was so quick to promote their software, but rather that now 14 hours after the original post, no one has answered the CCP4 question. The original poster returned to indicate that he had received

Re: [ccp4bb] was: anomalous difference fourier maps

2010-02-19 Thread Pavel Afonine
Hi Everyone, my apologies for those who got irritated. I guess when someone got stuck with something and asks for help, he/she deserves a solution for the problem. Providing with a solution is what I have in mind replying to the questions. The only reason why I reply to the whole list and not

Re: [ccp4bb] anomalous difference fourier maps, or how to keep chastity of CCP4BB

2010-02-19 Thread Felix Frolow
I guess Phenix people are just trying to help. After all they are not selling us Zinger sewing machines (zin...@sewing CO, my apology) nor they are trying to push us Kirby (http://www.consumeraffairs.com/in_home/kirby.htm, no apology) vacuum cleaners using naive chastity of CCP4BB site. They are

Re: [ccp4bb] PEG interaction with Trp in active site

2010-02-19 Thread Soisson, Stephen M
Any chance that it is myristate or some other fatty acid? Good luck- Steve On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 3:42 AM, Marek Frischerkase frischerkasema...@yahoo.de wrote: Hello, sorry for my off topic question. I found a PEG molecule bound to the active site of my enzyme structure. And I did not

Re: [ccp4bb] anomalous difference fourier maps

2010-02-19 Thread xaravich ivan
ok I think I should say something here.For some reason I was unable to find REPLY-ALL button and my reply did not go to everyone first so I had to write another message.I got the answer to my original query and I used CCP4 (CAD) and coot as suggested by Jan. Having said that I did not know that

Re: [ccp4bb] anomalous difference fourier maps

2010-02-19 Thread Eleanor Dodson
I guess it is a BB hosted by CCP4, but I think it serves a much wider community of structural biologists, and it is valuable for that community that there are suggestions about how to solve problems using SHELX, or BUSTER or PHENIX software.. Certainly I learn new tricks. So speaking as a

Re: [ccp4bb] domain contact surface

2010-02-19 Thread Jane Bailey
Ed Pozharski wrote: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/msd-srv/prot_int/pistart.html Try PISA server - it will identify contacts and report total buried surface area per contact. On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 16:42 +0100, Jane Bailey wrote: Dear all, I am trying to calculate the domain-domain contact surface

Re: [ccp4bb] Protein crystallizes while concentration

2010-02-19 Thread Han Remaut
Dear Daniel, You can also try adding 100-200 mM ammonium hydroxide. The jump in pH will dissolve your crystals. If you then set up your protein drop above the buffer of your liking, vapor diffusion will bring the pH back down to the original value, and in the process hopefully lead to

Re: [ccp4bb] domain contact surface

2010-02-19 Thread Pierre Rizkallah
Hello Again, The buried surface area is twice the interface area, because the interface is counted twice when working out the solvent accessible area which disappeared upon interfacing, once on molecule 1 and once on molecule 2. This is a matter of definition. While I prefer to quote the

Re: [ccp4bb] anomalous difference fourier maps

2010-02-19 Thread Gerard Bricogne
Dear Ivan, It is great to have confirmation that you got answers to your initial question that enabled you to solve your problem. The idea of the BB is that, in exchange for the gift of other people's contribution to solving your problem, you are expected to share the solution with the other

[ccp4bb] To calculate Domain-domain orientation

2010-02-19 Thread Jane Bailey
Dear all, Problem is coming one after another. I got another question about how to calculate the domain/domain orientations (tilt and twist angles). Sorry I probably disturb a bit often I searched a lot, but no publication says how it was calculated. Does anybody know anything about

[ccp4bb] Fwd: [ccp4bb] anomalous difference fourier maps

2010-02-19 Thread Charles W. Carter, Jr
Begin forwarded message: From: Charles W. Carter, Jr car...@med.unc.edu Date: February 19, 2010 10:28:55 AM EST To: George M. Sheldrick gshe...@shelx.uni-ac.gwdg.de Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] anomalous difference fourier maps I'm also inclined to join this discussion. I agree with both Gérard

[ccp4bb] ACA 2010, structural enzymology - mechanistic: call for abstracts

2010-02-19 Thread Allen M. Orville
American Crystallographic Association, Inc 2010 Annual Meeting Chicago, IL July 24-29, 2010 http://www.amercrystalassn.org/content/pages/2010-meeting “CALL FOR PAPERS” Abstract Submission Deadline - March 31, 2010 Session Name: 01.05 Structural Enzymology: Mechanistic (BioMac) ­ Day:

[ccp4bb] coot, atom connectivity

2010-02-19 Thread Ursula Schulze-Gahmen
I have another basic question about the definition of the connectivity in residues. The side chains of my Se-methionines show up as disconnected atoms. There is no bond between the Se and the neighboring C atoms. Which library or data files contain the information about bond distances etc? Or how

Re: [ccp4bb] how to keep chastity of CCP4BB [was: Re: anomalous difference fourier maps, or how to keep chastity of CCP4BB]

2010-02-19 Thread Paul Emsley
The current remit of CCP4BB is protein crystallography. As such, contributions from Phenix developers are welcome. Having said that, if the question is about how to perform some operation(s) with CCP4 then they perhaps ought to be somewhat circumspect in their response. If after a week or so

Re: [ccp4bb] anomalous difference fourier maps

2010-02-19 Thread xaravich ivan
Hi Everyone, I hope everyone gets this email. Below are the two answers I got on how to solve my problem using ccp4.I actually emailed another person who wanted to know how I did it. So I got to transfer what I learned immediately. But his email was offline not through the forum. The