Umm - this is tricky.
First of all you need to reindex the C2221 data into the P21 cell - do you
know the operator?
 then expand that data set to spacegroup P21. There is a cad option to do
this..
Then add that FreeR to the re-processed P21 data.
Eleanor


On 24 March 2013 14:37, Appu kumar <appu.kum...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry for the misconception. Yes i am expanding the space group from
> merged mtz file.  Actually i have enough number of images collected. when i
> indexed, integrate, and scale the data in either C2221 or P 21, it fetches
> the  overall 98% completeness. But when i am trying to reindex the data
> from C2221 to P21 keeping the Rfree flag of C2221, the completeness of data
> reduced drastically to 40%. This is what i am not getting. I am a beginner
> so i have to read a lot which i am doing also, but i had few  practical
> confusion which i shared  and off course  i am getting good response. Thank
> you all for your kind response  and educating me on the problem i faced.
> Thank you all for your valuable response.
>
> On 24 March 2013 15:15, vellieux <frederic.velli...@ibs.fr> wrote:
>
>>  Hello,
>>
>> Here we deal with symmetry and the unique part of reciprocal space (the
>> reciprocal space "asymmetric unit" so to speak).
>>
>> C222(1) has eight asymmetric units (international tables, space group 20);
>>
>> P2(1) only has two. Assuming that Friedel's law does apply, then the
>> minimum rotation range to collect a non-redundant data set (one observation
>> per reflection) is 90 degrees, provided that the crystal is "correctly" and
>> perfectly aligned. Normally with our current data collection methods where
>> the crystal is randomly oriented, we would collect more than 90 degrees
>> (180 degrees, or 360 degrees with the Pilatus detectors on an intense SR
>> beamline where you cannot really check during data collection how well the
>> crystal fares during exposure to the X-rays - "shoot first, think later".
>>
>> The "reciprocal space" asymmetric unit in C222(1) is smaller.
>>
>> I assume that what you are doing is to take the reduced data set file (an
>> MTZ file probably) and reduce the symmetry from C222(1) to P2(1). You will
>> not cover the monoclinic reciprocal space asymmetric unit by doing so.
>>
>> The way to do it is to take the file from processing, before
>> (crystallographic symmetry) merging of the equivalents, and perform the
>> scaling and merging in the P2(1) space group. Or reprocess the data frames
>> in P2(1) if you have lost the unmerged data file.
>>
>> Now of course this will still give you a poor completeness if you have
>> used a strategy to optimize data collection in the orthorhombic space group
>> (you won't have collected enough data then for good completeness in the
>> monoclinic space group).
>>
>> I hope this is clear !
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> Fred.
>>
>>
>> On 24/03/13 11:20, Appu kumar wrote:
>>
>> I run the phenix.xtriage to evaluate the twining but it suggest no
>> twining. When i reindex from C2221 to P21, the completeness of data reduced
>> from 95 % to 35% whereas the map is very good and Rwork and Rfree are 26/31
>> for 2.2 resolution. I do not understand why the completeness of data
>> reduced so much on reindexing. please Can anyone explain this phenomenon.
>> Thank you
>>
>> On 24 March 2013 13:30, Matthias Zebisch <
>> matthias.zebi...@bbz.uni-leipzig.de> wrote:
>>
>>>  the p21 c2221 ambivalence can mean severe twinning (i had a similar
>>> case just now - try several crystals from the same condition) !
>>> What do the twinning statistics suggest?
>>>
>>> cheers, Matthias
>>>
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>>> University of Oxford,
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>>>
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>>>
>>>   On 3/24/2013 7:46 AM, Appu kumar wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you for the quick reply. After molecular replacement , i have done
>>> only few cycle of refinement in refmac. I have not done any solvent
>>> modification or NCS averaging. I have initially indexed the data in C2221
>>> but Rfree was not decreasing so i reindexed the data in  data in P121 space
>>> group keeping the Rfree flag of C2221. While analysing the symmetry mates ,
>>> i found large space but no density. structure of Ligand binding domain is
>>> almost identical with 90% identity in sequence. I am stuck with this
>>> problem and don't know how to process further.
>>> Please give me your valuable suggestion. I will appreciate your effort.
>>> Thank you
>>> Appu
>>>
>>> On 24 March 2013 02:38, Raji Edayathumangalam <r...@brandeis.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Appu,
>>>>
>>>>  I am not sure that I have a complete sense of the issue at hand since
>>>> some of the information needed to think your issue through is missing in
>>>> your email. For example, to what high resolution cut-off were the data
>>>> measured? What resolution limits were used for the MR search? How do the
>>>> unit cell dimensions and space group in the two cases compare?
>>>>
>>>>  I am guessing the ligand binding domain in your protein has the
>>>> identical sequence to that of the published ligand binding domain that you
>>>> use as a template in your MR search. In any case, here are a couple of my
>>>> thoughts:
>>>>
>>>>  (1) It might be worth setting up different runs of MR with different
>>>> numbers for expected copies (not just two copies but also one copy and
>>>> three copies just in case you have one of the extreme cases of solvent
>>>> content)?
>>>>
>>>>  (2) If the MR solution is correct and there is physical room for a
>>>> DNA binding domain in your lattice (check by displaying symmetry mates),
>>>> perhaps the DNA binding domain is disordered. In that case (and if all
>>>> attempts with current data fail), you may have to crystallize the protein
>>>> in presence of DNA.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Good luck!
>>>> Raji
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Appu kumar <appu.kum...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear members,
>>>>>
>>>>>                           I am doing a molecular replacement of a
>>>>> transcription factor whose ligand binding structure(24000 Da) is available
>>>>> in PDB but not for the DNA binding(13000 Da). When i am searching for the
>>>>> two copies from ligand binding domain as a template model, i am getting
>>>>> very good solution but i am not getting any density for the DNA binding
>>>>> domain to build up in density. The space gorup is P 1 21 1 (4) and unit
>>>>> cell parameters are Unit Cell:   57.43   69.36  105.99   90.00   90.00
>>>>> 90.00. Please guide me how to get the complete model structure. Table 
>>>>> below
>>>>> show the matthews statistics
>>>>>
>>>>>                          For estimated molecular weight   37000.
>>>>> Nmol/asym  Matthews Coeff  %solvent       P(2.20)     P(tot)
>>>>> _____________________________________________________________
>>>>>   1         5.71            78.46         0.00         0.01
>>>>>   2         2.85            56.91         0.62         0.70
>>>>>   3         1.90            35.37         0.37         0.29
>>>>>   4         1.43            13.82         0.00         0.00
>>>>> _____________________________________________________________
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The phaser molecular replacement gives the following table.
>>>>> istogram of relative frequencies of VM values
>>>>>    ----------------------------------------------
>>>>>    Frequency of most common VM value normalized to 1
>>>>>    VM values plotted in increments of 1/VM (0.02)
>>>>>
>>>>>         <--- relative frequency --->
>>>>>         0.0  0.1  0.2  0.3  0.4  0.5  0.6  0.7  0.8  0.9  1.0
>>>>>         |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
>>>>>    10.00 -
>>>>>     8.33 -
>>>>>     7.14 -
>>>>>     6.25 -
>>>>>     5.56 -
>>>>>     5.00 -
>>>>>     4.55 -
>>>>>     4.17 -
>>>>>     3.85 --
>>>>>     3.57 ---
>>>>>     3.33 ------
>>>>>     3.12 ----------
>>>>>     2.94 **************** (COMPOSITION*1)
>>>>>     2.78 -----------------------
>>>>>     2.63 --------------------------------
>>>>>     2.50 -----------------------------------------
>>>>>     2.38 ------------------------------------------------
>>>>>     2.27 --------------------------------------------------
>>>>>     2.17 -----------------------------------------------
>>>>>     2.08 --------------------------------------
>>>>>     2.00 --------------------------
>>>>>     1.92 ---------------
>>>>>     1.85 -------
>>>>>     1.79 ---
>>>>>     1.72 -
>>>>>     1.67 -
>>>>>     1.61 -
>>>>>     1.56 -
>>>>>     1.52 -
>>>>>     1.47 * (COMPOSITION*2)
>>>>>     1.43 -
>>>>>     1.39 -
>>>>>     1.35 -
>>>>>     1.32 -
>>>>>     1.28 -
>>>>>     1.25 -
>>>>>
>>>>> $TABLE : Cell Content Analysis:
>>>>> $SCATTER
>>>>> :N*Composition vs Probability:0|3x0|1:1,2:
>>>>> $$
>>>>> N*Composition Probability
>>>>> $$ loggraph $$
>>>>> 1 0.306066
>>>>> 2 0.00141804
>>>>> $$
>>>>>
>>>>>    Most probable VM for resolution = 2.27817
>>>>>    Most probable MW of protein in asu for resolution = 92664.2
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank a lot in advance
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   --
>>>> Raji Edayathumangalam
>>>> Instructor in Neurology, Harvard Medical School
>>>> Research Associate, Brigham and Women's Hospital
>>>> Visiting Research Scholar, Brandeis University
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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