Hi Erik,

Have you tried Achesym?

http://achesym.ibch.poznan.pl

Kowiel, M., Jaskolski, M. & Dauter, Z. (2014). ACHESYM: an algorithm and
server for standardized placement of macromolecular models in the unit cell.
Acta Cryst. D70, doi:10.1107/S1399004714024572.

Best

Ricardo Padua

On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 4:06 PM Klontz, Erik <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
> I'm working on a protein that I believe is tetrameric based on AUC, gel
> filtration, and crystallography. However, although my asymmetric unit has 4
> chains, I cannot form the tetramer within the asymmetric unit. Instead, the
> asymmetric unit has two half-tetramers ('dimers'), and each full tetramer
> is completed by pairing up with another half-tetramer from a symmetry mate.
> If I load this structure into PISA, it recognizes that each of the 'dimers'
> forms a stable assembly, but cannot seem to assemble the tetramer. However,
> if I the generate symmetry mates in pymol to create a new PDB for the
> biological tetramer and give this to PISA, it recognizes a stable tetramer.
>
>
> Specifically, chains A and C in the original PDB pair with chains A and C
> of the second symmetry mate generated in pymol, while chains B and D in the
> original pair with chains B and D of the third symmetry mate. How do I use
> this knowledge to generate a 3x4 rotation with translation matrix for PDB
> deposition?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Erik Klontz
>
>
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Ricardo Padua
HHMI Research Associate
Kern Lab
Dept. of Biochemistry, MS009
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA 02454, USA

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