Dear all:
I am currently refining a structure solved by MAD and somehow the R
factor got stuck around 30% with 2.2 resolution.
There are four molecules in one ASU. Two had very good density map
and the other two were not equally good.
I tried using NCS during refinement but it did not help much.
Then I checked my data. Actually I found that there are alternate
layers of strong and weak reflections.
THe crystal is in a thin-plate shape with orthorombic space group.
Then I looked at my molecular replacement solution from Phaser using my
native data.
Actually phaser gave two sets of solutions, which showed slightly
different positions.
You can also see that there is a translation inside the same set of solution.
SOLU SET RFZ=12.8 TFZ=21.4 PAK=0 LLG=452 RFZ=10.7 TFZ=47.9 PAK=0 LLG=1693
RFZ=13.0 TFZ=47.6 PAK=0 LLG=2791 RFZ=10.7 TFZ=46.1 PAK=0 LLG=4045
SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 184.052 0.185 175.770 FRAC -0.49889
-0.00218 -0.00000
SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 225.116 0.167 134.696 FRAC -0.47056
0.49706 0.00051
SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 359.333 31.677 180.633 FRAC 0.75769
-0.71475 -0.14004
SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 359.373 31.969 180.711 FRAC 0.73074
-0.21423 -0.14108
SOLU SET RFZ=12.8 TFZ=21.4 PAK=0 LLG=452 RFZ=10.7 TFZ=47.9 PAK=0 LLG=1693
RFZ=13.0 TFZ=47.6 PAK=0 LLG=2791 RFZ=10.7 TFZ=47.3 PAK=0 LLG=4042
SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 213.115 0.173 146.741 FRAC -0.49931
-0.00269 0.00045
SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 248.173 0.254 111.665 FRAC -0.47091
0.49661 0.00101
SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 359.399 31.602 180.578 FRAC 0.75808
-0.71455 -0.13980
SOLU 6DIM ENSE ensemble1 EULER 359.378 31.255 180.361 FRAC 0.78370
-0.21555 -0.13830
I remember there is a discussion in CCP4bb about the same topic with the
focus of pseudo-symmetry or translational pseudo-symmetry.
Can anybody give some troubleshooting about my issue?
Thanks a lot and have a nice weekend,
Jerry McCully
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