Re: [ccp4bb] Protein rapidly precipitates when off ice

2017-07-15 Thread Nicholas Larsen
Did anyone suggest adding any known ligand? If your protein happens to bind some compound/peptide/DNA/RNA/whatever, including that other partner could dramatically change it's solution properties and be an easy fix for your handling/formulation issues. Good luck! On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 6:33 AM,

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-15 Thread Andreas Förster
Dear John, I can't answer your questions with the limited information you supply, but I would recommend contacting the company that sold you the detector. Most probably that's the maker of your diffractometer. They'll be able to help you out. If it's something that requires repair, they might

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-15 Thread Gerard Bricogne
Dear John, Having just seen Andreas's message regarding the best source of support to address your enquiry, I have a further remark to make about your instrument. As this is a lab instrument, the Omega axis would be vertical, and indeed the beam stop shadow (vertical on the top module)

Re: [ccp4bb] Protein rapidly precipitates when off ice

2017-07-15 Thread Kevin Jin
Hi Chris, In your Ni-NTA buffer, the total [Na+] could be greater than 530mM after titration. Likely, your protein likes higher concentration salt for surface charge stabilization. Adding Glycerol may further modify the charge distribution and make the protein happy in the solution. For further

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-15 Thread Keller, Jacob
Regarding daftness, it seems that the detector is wider than tall, which should improve the ratio of Lorentz-problematic reflections to good, fast-moving ones. So I assume it was a choice between that and excluding some spots in the gap--an appropriate calculation could be done to see whether

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-15 Thread John Hardin
Thank you Gerard. This seems to be a very valid point. I myself cannot fully rule out the possibility that greater minds than mine may present compelling arguments for installation with a horizontal gap orientation. Yet… taking your point, it is admittedly difficult for me to see any advantage

Re: [ccp4bb] Pilatus Issues

2017-07-15 Thread John Hardin
Thank you for the advice. I had hoped to ascertain the frequency of this issue amongst the user base and perhaps learn whether there is anything at all that we users can do to reduce the likelihood of its reoccurrence. I suspect that this is a rare issue and that it is likely an electronics