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P.S.: For clarity, I meant to say 'calculate' (with full-matrix
refinement) instead of 'collect'.

Tim

On 05/07/2014 04:52 PM, Tim Gruene wrote:
> Dear Bernhard,
> 
> I just happen to collect the correlation between ADP and occupancy
> for a publication I am involved in.
> 
> At 1.5A (!) resolution, the correlation for a single ion between
> both figures is greater than 90% - there is certainly not a clear 
> difference between these factors.
> 
> One of the reasons might actually be visualised from the URL you 
> posted: At 2.5A resolution (the resolution this thread is about)
> the number of electrons for Zn with B=30 drops from 30 to 25, which
> is not so great a difference, at 1.5A it drops to about 20, which
> is still not so great a difference, i.e. the B-factor weight is not
> too far off from being constant at 'protein' resolution ranges.
> 
> Best, Tim
> 
> On 05/07/2014 02:58 PM, Bernhard Rupp wrote:
>>> the negative difference density surrounding your metal ion
>>> shows that the lower occupancy could not be fudged by a higher 
>>> B-factor
> 
>> Because there is a clear difference between high B-factor and
>> low occupancy: High B factor attenuates high resolution
>> scattering most, while lower occupancy just evenly scales the
>> scattering curve down. Ergo, the FT - the Electron density - also
>> looks different, with a low occupancy causing a WIDER scattering
>> curve than a comparable high B-factor, thus transforming into a
>> NARROWER peak compared to high B-factor.
> 
>> So, you could adjust (within physically meaningful limits) B and
>> n to 'reshape' the electron density. If you have a negative 
>> difference density 'ring', your 'observed' density there is less 
>> than the model density, and by reducing n you could reduce the 
>> wings of the model electron density peak, thus achieving a
>> better match.
> 
>> There is also the possibility that you have - perhaps in addition
>> - some truncation ripples, which are most prominent around heavy 
>> atoms.
> 
>> Figures 9-6 and 9-5 BMC. This app allows to generate the
>> different scattering curve shapes, and a similar app lets you FT
>> it. http://www.ruppweb.org/new_comp/scattering_factors.htm
> 
> 
>> Best, BR
> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: CCP4 bulletin board 
>> [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of 
>> herman.schreu...@sanofi.com Sent: Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2014 14:25
>> To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] Refining
>> Metal Ion Occupancy
> 
>> Dear Chris,
> 
>> In my experience, modern refinement program manage quite well to 
>> deconvolute occupancy and B-factor. In your case the negative 
>> difference density surrounding your metal ion shows that the
>> lower occupancy could not be fudged by a higher B-factor. I would
>> just refine occupancy and B-factor at the same time and let the 
>> refinement program do the deconvolution. If your density maps
>> would still indicate problems, you always can try to manually 
>> deconvolute.
> 
>> By the way, your formulation <attempt to "flatten" the negative 
>> density> sounds like some cheap trick, when in fact you try to
>> get a model that more accurately reflects your observed
>> diffraction pattern.
> 
>> Best, Herman
> 
> 
>> -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: CCP4 bulletin board 
>> [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] Im Auftrag von Chris Fage
>> Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Mai 2014 19:03 An: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
>> Betreff: [ccp4bb] Refining Metal Ion Occupancy
> 
>> Hi Everyone,
> 
>> In my 2.5-angstrom structure, there is negative Fo-Fc density 
>> surrounding a metal ion after refining in Phenix. From anomalous 
>> diffraction I am certain of the metal's identity and position in 
>> each monomer. Also, the ion is appropriately coordinated by
>> nearby side chains. Should I be refining the occupancy of the ion
>> in attempt to "flatten" the negative density? I am considering
>> soaking the metal ion into crystals or cocrystallizing and
>> collecting additional datasets.
> 
>> Thanks for your help!
> 
>> Regards, Chris
> 
> 
> 

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Institut fuer anorganische Chemie
Tammannstr. 4
D-37077 Goettingen

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