Hello,

Two days ago I was asking about R free rising. The problem was xds adds R free 
flags already and then re-introduced them in Phenix, causing R free to rise.
I would like to thank you for your answers, they were most helpful.

Best,
Nika


From: Nika Žibrat
Sent: ponedeljek, 02. november 2020 11:26
To: [email protected]
Subject: R free rising


Hello,



I am trying to solve an X-ray structure of a protein of which the structure is 
already known. My aim is to only seek for ligands (soaking) and interpret any 
conformational changes. Since I am using a model with 100% sequence identity 
from PDB I am not doing Autobuild after Molecular phasing and continue directly 
with phenix.refine according to reccomendations (10 rounds). In accordance with 
X-triage I am also using NCS default settings in the refinement.



This refinement produces solid R free and R work values around 0.29 and 0.22. 
The problem becomes when I want to manually edit the structure, correct the 
loops which are changed upon binding of the ligand, and correct any outliers. 
This results in R free slightly lower than R work. Upon refining, R work drops 
normally while R free rises significantly (for 0.2 -0.3). I have been trying to 
crack this for a few days with no success.



I read that slightly lower R free can be normal in such cases but nevertheless 
both R values should drop, and haven't found anything about the big rise of 
this value after refinement. It feels like I am missing something, since this 
is my first time solving a structure. Any advice?



Thank you,

Nika



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