I think Jacob is right. As long as protein crystals contain about 10% "dark 
matter"* not accounted for in any model, we cannot fake a "true" electron 
density map and it is then not surprising that an 2mFo-DFc map is closer to a 
model-based fake map than a map based on experimental phases.
HS

*This "dark matter" causes the best Rfactors for protein crystals to be ~15% 
instead of the 5% measurement errors and may include disorder, anisotropy, 
imperfectly modelled solvent etc.



-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Keller, 
Jacob
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 6. Dezember 2018 04:37
An: [email protected]
Betreff: [EXTERNAL] Re: [ccp4bb] Experimental phasing vs molecular replacement

>>That said, model phases are not so bad.  In fact, in all my experiments with 
>>fake data the model-phased 2mFo-DFc map always has the best correlation to 
>>the "true" map.  If you substitute the "true" phases and use the 2mFo-DFc 
>>coefficients you actually make things worse. Counter-intuitive, but true.

I don't understand what you mean by true and fake here--can you clarify? How 
are the true map and phases generated (from an original true model, I assume?), 
and how are the fake data generated? (Also from the true model?) I am wondering 
whether there is some circular reasoning?

JPK

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