Похоже, что вы уже решили структуру. Почему вас беспокоит плотность ваших 
кристаллов? Кристаллы бывают разные.

First of all Fab by itself is already almost 50 kDa, so complex with antigen 
should be more than 50 kDa. Because you already solved the structure calculate 
the molecular mass based on your pdb file and rerun Matthews with correct mass. 
New numbers may be quite a bit different. Good indication of relatively low 
crystal density and consequently loose packing is the resolution of your data 
set. If you did not throw away data beyond 2.9A I’d suggest use them all. The 
reflections are too valuable to throw away. If data beyond some resolution is 
weak then they will have low contribution to the structure. Best if you 
calculate electron density maps at different resolutions at the end of 
refinement, compare them and use resolution that makes difference.



Regards,

Vaheh
8-5851

From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of 
Koromyslova, Anna
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 12:32 PM
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [ccp4bb] Problem with a cell content

Dear CCP4 members,

I am working on a structure of a protein in complex with an antibody fragment 
(approx. 50kDa together). Molecular replacement with closely related proteins 
always comes up with one complex in the asymmetric unit, although MW of protein 
to which Matthews applies is 125kDa and corresponds to two complexes.
Phaser gives two warnings:
Large non-origin Patterson peak indicates that translational NCS is present.
Solutions with Z-scores greater than 27.2 (the threshold indicating a definite 
solution) were rejected for failing packing test

I couldn’t get a solution with two subunits although I have tried multiple 
combinations including only conserved parts of both proteins and different 
space groups including P1. Phenix Autobuild also yielded only one complex.

So, the question is whether I can use that structure as is despite very high 
solvent content (80%) or should I try smth else. I would be very grateful for 
any suggestions.

When the solution with a single complex is refined the statistics are the 
following:

R-work                  0.2129
R-free                  0.2459
Matthews Coefficient: 6.22
Percentage Solvent: 80.22
Resolution range (Å)  48.34  - 2.9 (2.98  - 2.9)
Space group                         P 62 2 2
Unit cell  167.45 167.45 143.538 90 90 120
Multiplicity                      19.1 (18.3)
Completeness (%)                    99.44 (94.39)
Mean I/sigma(I)                     24.59 (2.71)
Wilson B-factor                            64.28
R-merge                   0.1256 (1.186)
R-meas                           0.1291
CC1/2                     0.999 (0.85)
CC*                        1 (0.959)

Thank you very much for your help,

Anna


Dr. Anna Koromyslova, Postdoctoral researcher
German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), F150
Im Neuenheimer Feld 242
D-69120 Heidelberg
Germany

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