BTW, I forgot to mention that phenix.autosol also gave similar result.

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 5:46 PM, Chen Zhao <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am now trying to phase a structure in C2 using anomalous scattering at
> 5-6 A. It is hard to improve the derivative resolution at the moment.
> Shelxd is able to locate 6 sites with a distinct CC and FOM. After density
> modification in shelxe, the contrast of the two enantiomers is 0.59/0.38
> for SAD and 0.7/0.3 for MAD. When I looked at the electron density, the
> maps from SAD and MAD are similar, and the solvent boundary is quite clear.
> However, the problem is that the electron density blob passes through the
> 2-fold rotation axis, even at 3 rmsd contour level. Also, the unit cell
> seems to be too small for the molecule. I am afraid that the space group
> assignment is wrong, but I am a beginner so I nearly have no clue. I did
> reprocess the data in P1 and looked at the self-rotation function with a
> radius at 200 A. From the list it seems that there is only one 2-fold
> rotation axis. I am quite confused. Could anybody give me some hint of this
> problem?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance!
>
> Sincerely,
> Chen
>

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