Well - PG P6/mmm (possible SG P6522)   will have peaks at kappa = 180 omega
= 90 phi = 0 30 60 etc..

But if there is only one molecule / asymm unit there cant be an extra
2-fold.

How big are the relative domains? Your interesting domain couldnt just be
cleaved off could it?
Eleanor






On 29 April 2015 at 12:59, Peer Mittl <[email protected]> wrote:

> We are working with a multi-domain protein crystallized in SG P6_5 with
> one molecule per asymmetric unit. The structure was refined at 2.00 A
> resolution with reasonable R-factors but unfortunately the domain we are
> most interested in seems to be disordered. Interestingly, the self-rotation
> function shows peaks on the kappa=180° plane (omega=90°, phi=19° (and every
> 30°)), with more than 50% origin peak height. Therefore, we are wondering
> if perhaps the space group assignment might be sub-optimal. Any
> explanations how these self-rotation peaks could occur and how we could
> extract meaningful information to resolve the disordered domain are welcome.
>
> Best regards,
> Peer
>
> P.S. Some additional information: pointless suggests SG P6_5, the data
> doesn't seem to be twinned (L-test), the refined part of the structure has
> no "internal symmetry" and refinement in P1 doesn't reveal the "lost"
> domain.
>
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