Is that the right way round? Atomic no K 19,  Na 11

Call something K when it should be NA - B factor will shoot to reduce the
atom contribution.
Call something Na when it should be K - B factor will become very small..

As you say - check which fits best with the surrounding atoms..



On Thu, 8 Sept 2022 at 14:16, Jon Cooper <
0000488a26d62010-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk> wrote:

> 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.
>
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> On 8 Sep 2022, 14:07, smita yadav < sm...@rcb.res.in> 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 <sm...@rcb.res.in> 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.
>
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