Hi,

The dimensions for a native are 58 103 220, with small differences for the 
derivatives.

Best,

Carmela.

> On 3 Dec 2017, at 18:18, Sridhar Prasad <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
>   Can you please share the unit cell dimensions.
> 
> Cheers,
> Sridhar
> 
> On Dec 3, 2017 9:13 AM, "Carmela Garcia" <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I know that some years ago a similar situation was discussed here, and I 
> wonder if someone has new insights about these problems.
> 
> My protein is a dimer in solution. I tried several derivatives for SAD, and 
> all my datasets seem to have the same problem, including the native crystals. 
> I processed the data with XDS and the space group determination was done with 
> Pointless, being a P212121. 
> 
> Checking the quality of the data, I found several problematic results:
> 
> - Translational NCS is detected. There is a peak at (0.50, 0.40, 0.50)
> - The L test suggests twinning (L statistic = 0.41)
> - The mean acentric moments I from input data have the following values:
>       <I^2>/<I>^2 : 4.396 
>       <I^3>/<I>^3: 34.478
>       <I^4>/<I>^4: 361.084
>       All these values are way higher than the expected ones for non-twinned 
> data.
> - The twinning fraction from L-test is 0.22
> 
> This would all suggest that my space group is wrong, and that I should 
> proceed in a lower symmetry group, but I don’t know how should I continue. I 
> know about cases where a P43212 or a P41212 were suggested but in fact the 
> correct space group was P212121, but I would not know how to continue going 
> down. Checking my images, I can see some streaky spots, and the crystals grow 
> first as needles that eventually become plates and rarely crystals. All these 
> would be a clear indicative of twinning, but I would not expect to have the 
> same results with different derivatives. We thought about some kind of 
> reticular twinning, and I wonder if there is a way to solve it. 
> 
> Any idea about how to proceed or to identify the problem would be welcome.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Carmela.
> 
> 
> 
> Carmela Garcia-Doval
> University of Zurich
> Department of Biochemistry
> Winterthurerstrasse 190 
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> CH-8057 Zurich
> Switzerland
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