Hi Bernhard,

the attached PDF displays data from Phil Coppens' web site. The
difference is really small and if you take the B-value into account,
there are much greater errors that prevent you from noticing this
difference.

I spent a few months on Cromer-Mann-Parameters about a year ago, and as
usual, it was a frustrating (albeit very educational) exercise trying to
beat shelxl ;-)

Cheers,
Tim

On 06/20/2014 01:14 PM, Bernhard Rupp wrote:
> Thanks, Pavel, George. 
> 
> I think the difference is indeed marginal for the scattering function except 
> for
> 
> the part close to f000, which may be the major reason why it works fine with 
> the atoms.
> 
> But in principle there is nothing that prevents us from using the correct 
> Cromer-Mann 
> 
> coefficients for the ions by interpreting an atom record eg. Fe2+ as the 
> appropriate ion-
> 
> although our scattering functions despite being ideal seem good enough for at 
> least standard
> 
> refinement.  
> 
> I cannot find a figure right now but ‘ll plot a few graphs of atom vs ion 
> scattering functions
> 
> from C-Ms when I get to it…
> 
>  
> 
> Thx, BR
> 
> From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of George 
> Sheldrick
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2014 9:41 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] refine an ion atom with different status
> 
>  
> 
> I agree with Pavel. Even for accurate small molecule data with R-values below 
> 3% the differences are hardly significant, the 'B-factors' compensate so 
> well. The large majority of small molecule structures are refined with 
> neutral atom scattering factors even if ions are present. The calculated 
> scattering factor for an isolated ion in the gas phase is not really 
> appropriate for the environement of an ion in the crystal anyway. 
> 
> George
> 
> 
> On 06/20/2014 07:18 AM, Pavel Afonine wrote: 
> 
> Hi Bernhard, 
> 
>  
> 
> phenix.refine makes use of charge if specified in PDB file (rightmost column 
> after the chemical element type) to use appropriate form-factors. However, 
> occupancies and B-factors are very efficient mops to accommodate a broad 
> range of discrepancies between model and reality. So whether the effect of 
> using charge is going to be noticeable, I guess, depends on the data quality 
> (resolution, completeness, etc) and how strong the effect itself is.
> 
>  
> 
> Also, it should be relatively easy to make a numerical experiment with 
> calculated data to see how the total scattering brakes down into individual 
> contributions.
> 
>  
> 
> Pavel
> 
>  
> 
> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Bernhard Rupp <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> “.. change the valence of ion or metal except by changing the occupancy”
> 
>  
> 
> Changing the occupancy is entirely different from changing valence. The 
> former scales the scattering function proportionally, while the elimination 
> of outer shell electrons predominantly reduces the very low resolution part 
> (starting at f000) of the scattering function. Verifying the correct 
> scattering function (e.g. Fe+++ vs Fe++ vs Fe atomic) used by the refinement 
> program could be useful. I am curious: Garib, Pavel, Busters: How is that 
> currently implemented?  
> 
>  
> 
> Best, BR  
> 
>  
> 
> From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wang, 
> Bing
> Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 10:44 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [ccp4bb] refine an ion atom with different status
> 
>  
> 
> Hi CCP4 guys,
> 
> I have a structure with heme containing an ion atom in it. Except the 4 
> coordinated nitrogen atoms in the heme, this ion also coordinates with one 
> histidine residue and one ligand. But I found two negative red balls (top one 
> and bottom one) around the ion, which is perpendicular to the heme plate and 
> keeping in the same line with the histidine and my ligand (See the figure 
> Ion_100 from coot in the attachment). I guess this ion has different status 
> in it (e. g. mixture of Fe2+ and Fe3+). I simply tried the lower occupancy of 
> ion. It clearly eliminate the negative ball at the bottom and most of the 
> negative balls at the top, but also produced one more positive peak with 
> slight movement instead of the negative ball at the bottom (See the figures 
> Ion_90, Ion_85, Ion_80). The numbers in the image name represents the 
> different occupancy ("100" means 100%, "80" means 80%).
> 
> So any suggestions to solve this problem? Except changing the occupancy, is 
> there a more precise way to change the valence of ion or metal in coot, and 
> then refine in Refmac or Phenix? 
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Bing
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Dr Tim Gruene
Institut fuer anorganische Chemie
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