Hi everyone,

I always thought it is better to truncate so that biologists looking at the 
structures are not misled?
Not sure it the best aproach though...

Olga



> On 10 Mar 2023, at 02:45, Bernhard Lechtenberg 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Rhys,
>  
> I am also all for leaving side chains and letting the B-factors deal with the 
> weak/absent density.
>  
> I don’t think there is a consensus, but I kind of remember that somebody did 
> a poll a few years ago and if I remember correctly the main approaches were 
> the one described above, or trimming the side-chains.
>  
> Bernhard
>  
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> From: CCP4 bulletin board <[email protected]> on behalf of Rhys Grinter 
> <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, 10 March 2023 at 12:26 pm
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: [ccp4bb] To Trim or Not to To Trim
> 
> Hi All,
>  
> I'm trying to crowdsource an opinion on how people deal with modelling side 
> chains with poorly resolved electron or cryoEM density.
>  
> My preference is to model the sidechain and allow the B-factors to go high in 
> refinement to represent that the side chain is flexible. However, I'm aware 
> that some people truncate sidechains if density is not present to justify 
> modelling. I've also seen models where the sidechain is modelled but with 
> zero occupancy if density isn't present. 
>  
> Is there a consensus and justifying arguments for why one approach is better?
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Rhys
>  
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