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use ncs restraints instead of constraints. you could leave out restraints for sidechains for which you have clear evidence in the density that they do not obey the ncs. you can experiment with different ncs weights to see which gives you the lowest rfree and smallest rfree-r.

most of the old wisdom still applies today - see e.g.:

- G J Kleywegt & T A Jones, "Where freedom is given, liberties are taken", Structure, 3, 535-540 (1995).
  -> http://xray.bmc.uu.se/cgi-bin/gerard/reprint_mailer.pl?pref=28

- G J Kleywegt & A T Brunger, "Checking your imagination: applications of the free R value", Structure, 4, 897-904 (1996)
  -> http://xray.bmc.uu.se/cgi-bin/gerard/reprint_mailer.pl?pref=37

- G J Kleywegt, "Use of non-crystallographic symmetry in protein structure refinement", Acta Crystallographica, D52, 842-857 (1996)
  -> http://xray.bmc.uu.se/cgi-bin/gerard/reprint_mailer.pl?pref=35

- G J Kleywegt & T A Jones, "Model-building and refinement practice", Methods in Enzymology, 277, 208-230 (1997)
  -> http://xray.bmc.uu.se/gerard/gmrp/gmrp.html

- G J Kleywegt, "Experimental assessment of differences between related protein crystal structures", Acta Crystallographica, D55, 1878-1884 (1999).
  -> http://xray.bmc.uu.se/cgi-bin/gerard/reprint_mailer.pl?pref=55

--dvd

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