Dear Asmita, (and all who may be interested)

In Gourinath & Himmel et al. Structure 11:1621-1627 (2003), I normalized 
B-factors 
of several crystal structures for comparisons, using a simple applications of 
statistics.  
Any such analysis must be viewed with caution, of course, because it relies on 
the 
assumption that the crystal structures in question were well-refined with 
little model 
bias.  Otherwise, it may be useful set all B-factors in a structure to one 
value (well 
below the average B, since B-factors tend to refine up much more easily than 
refining 
down) and run through a round of refinement in which B-factors are the last 
parameter 
refined.  Then, normalize and do the comparison.  

In my case, I looking at how the difference between B-factors of one particular 
helix 
(the "SH1 Helix") and the whole structure changed over several different 
conformations 
of the protein, and I had to look at a variety of crystal structures to do the 
comparison 
and demonstrate a possible trend.

I hope this helps.

-Daniel M. Himmel

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