What's wrong with cis-peptides? there are plenty of those in the PDB,
independent of the presence of proline. If they fit the density better and
neighbouring residues are happy, just go with it. The refinement suggests that
this could indeed be the case.
Boaz
Boaz Shaanan, Ph.D.
Dept. of Life Sciences
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva 84105
Israel
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: 972-8-647-2220 Skype: boaz.shaanan
Fax: 972-8-647-2992 or 972-8-646-1710
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From: CCP4 bulletin board [[email protected]] on behalf of Jason Porta
[[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 6:16 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ccp4bb] Fixing cis peptides
Hi everybody,
I am currently refining a 2.2 A crystal structure with a very mobile subdomain.
The initial density for this subdomain was very weak, however, I was able to
rebuild it using low resolution omit maps (and some perturbing of atomic
coordinates). When I refine the structure, four of the peptide bonds go into
the cis position. When I fix it manually, many clashes are introduced, and even
then, the structure just refines back into the cis positions.
Does anyone have a good technique for dealing with cis bonds? Or any advice on
how I could fix this?
regards,
Jason P
