Hi Monica,

 

Calculate the mean B-factor of all atoms that making interactions with each 
ligand in monomer A and B.

Use those means values as  B-factors for each ligand respectively.

Adjust manually the occupancies, in order  the B-factors for each ligand  to 
stay after refinement close to the above values.

 

In order to calculate occupancies more precisely,  it would help to have the 
un-liganded structure and thus the  location of  the water molecules in each 
binding site.

If you have the above information you could refine water molecules and ligands 
simultaneously in the binding site and get accurate refined occupancies. 

 

George

 

From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Monica 
Mittal
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 1:04 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ccp4bb] ligand occupancy

 

Dear all

 

I have a protein which is dimer having one ligand binding site in each monomer. 
I refined the crystal structure with ligand in both sites finally. I refined 
will full occupancy of 1 for ligands (same in both). But now i want to see is 
there any difference in the occupancy of both ligands in ligand binding sites 
of monomer A and B. Is there any way i can get any information about the 
occupancy of ligands in two monomers like one is binding more tightly than 
another so that i can get an idea about their differential binding contacts 
also. 

 

Thank you very much in advance.

 

Regards

Monica 

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