Hello, K will always have a higher B-factor for a given piece of density due to 
it having a larger atomic number. Is the K B-factor much higher than those of 
neighbouring atoms and, if not, it's probably the best interpretation? Cheers, 
Jon.C.

Sent from ProtonMail mobile

-------- Original Message --------
On 8 Sep 2022, 14:07, smita yadav wrote:

> Dear Community,
> Can you tell me. if we fit some metal in X-ray structure and its geometry and 
> other properties are satisfied but showing some higher B-factor. does it 
> validate to put that metal-ligand.ligand. At one site 2 metals such as K and 
> NA fit, but K shows a higher B-factor, but other parameters such as geometry 
> and other fit better for K instead of NA. So, out of the two ligands at the 
> same site which one would be more favorable to be fit. --
>
> On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 6:35 PM smita yadav <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Community,
>> Can you tell me. if we fit some metal in X-ray structure and its geometry 
>> and other properties are satisfied but showing some higher B-factor. does it 
>> validate to put that metal-ligand.ligand. At one site 2 metal such as K and 
>> NA fits, but K shows higher
>> --
>>
>> Regards,
>> Smita Yadav
>> Ph.D SRF
>> Regional Centre for biotechnology,
>> Haryana-121001.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Smita Yadav
> Ph.D SRF
> Regional Centre for biotechnology,
> Haryana-121001.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link:
> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1

########################################################################

To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link:
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1

This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list 
hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at 
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/

Reply via email to