Apologies - I didn't notice the plane group..
Although I think if the sym ops are correctly listed in the P4121 file they
will just be applied as given..
Eleanor

On 12 April 2012 11:58, Ian Tickle <[email protected]> wrote:

> I didn't realise the CCP4 suite could handle the plane groups: where
> are they listed (they're not in symop.lib or syminfo.lib)?  Or are
> they doing some clever projections of the space groups?
>
> Cheers
>
> -- Ian
>
> On 12 April 2012 11:48, Eleanor Dodson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Cad will do this correctly
> > Reflection utilitied - merge mtz ( rather confusing job title - sorry..)
> > mtz in - the P4121.mtz data
> > Output - P41212-ext.mtz
> >
> > Defne mtz output
> >
> > Select define limit for refl;action by Laue code select P1
> >
> > then you will get a list of all P1 reflections with phases correctly
> > modified.
> >
> > If you really want to work in P1 you will need to change the space group
> in
> > P41212-ext.mtz
> > Easiest way is
> > mtzutils hklin1 P4121-ext.mtz hklout P41212-ext-symP1.mtz
> > SYMM P1
> > end
> >
> > DONT change the G of P41212.mtz before doing the extension - the program
> > needs the P41212 sym ops to change the phases correctly..
> >
> > If you want the coordinates extended too
> > use pdbset to get a P1 set of cds..   (Coordinate utilities
> > Edit pdb
> >  select pdbset and "generate chains by symmetry operators"
> > eleanor
> > Eleanor
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12 April 2012 06:51, Henning Stahlberg <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Everybody,
> >>
> >> I am working in a P4212 plane group, which is a p4 symmetric structure
> >> with a screw axis in addition. My map has in the unit cell two 4-fold
> >> symmetric structures, one if which is upside-down with respect to the
> other
> >> one.   If using expand in sftools, then the resulting map is p4
> symmetrized
> >> in the center between two p4-symmetric structures, which is wrong. This
> is
> >> probably the phase origin problem referred to here:
> >> http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/dist/html/sftools.html#expand
> >>
> >> Would anybody have a suggestion how I can expand the p4212 MTZ file to
> >> full p1, but with properly respecting the symmetry phase origin?
> >>
> >> My illiterate guess would be to either
> >> 1) shift the phase origin in the p4212 MTZ file by (180.0;0.0); then use
> >> sftools with "expand 1" to create the full reflection sets in p1; then
> shift
> >> back by (180.0;0.0);   or
> >> 2) use sftools with the command "expand 1", and then modify (invert?)
> the
> >> phases of the reflections in the quadrants that have wrong phases.
> >>
> >> In option 1) I am not sure if it is possible to shift phase origin,
> while
> >> staying in p4212 symmetry.  How could I do that?
> >> In option 2) I would probably get into deep water the next time I work
> >> with another symmetry, like p6212, or p2121, where I would have to deal
> not
> >> with quadrants but with triangles of 60deg angle?
> >>
> >> Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.
> >>
> >> All the best,
> >>
> >> Henning.
> >>
> >> Henning Stahlberg, PhD
> >> Prof. for Structural Biology, C-CINA, Biozentrum, University Basel
> >> Mattenstrasse 26 | D-BSSE | WRO-1058 | CH-4058 Basel | Switzerland
> >> http://c-cina.org | Tel. +41-61-387 32 62
> >
> >
>

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