Hello everyone, The issue with the crystal is its multi-lattice nature; even the truncated protein, which has been crystallized, exhibits multi-lattice characteristics (detectable only after XRD).
I have multiple native and selenium datasets with similar unit cell parameters. (One axis is excessively long.) The XRD images were processed using XDS in the P2 spacegroup, with unit cell parameters as follows: a = 27.75 Å, b = 293.9 Å, c = 34.6 Å, and β = 113°. The XDS-processed data were integrated with the data reduction tool AIMLESS in the CCP4i2 suite. In CRANK2, the Estimation of Matthews coefficient (Program used: GCX) suggested the presence of monomer NCS with a solvent content of 63.6%. The FA estimation and substructure detection were performed by SHELXC, which detected a very weak signal below 3.4 Å. Substructure determination was carried out using SHELXD, yielding a maximum figure of merit of 27.8 after 640 trials and suggesting 11 atoms in the substructure with an occupancy of at least 25%. Phasing and substructure refinement were conducted using the BP3 program, resulting in an FOM of 0.2. During hand determination, the programs suggested combined DM (density modification) FOM and phasing CLD score for hand one as 6.0 and for hand two as 4.783375. The tool didn't choose the hand because the value is less than the threshold. Density modification with Fourier recycling suggests that the final FOM for hand one and hand two is 0.428 and 0.482, respectively, while REFMAC5 gives the R factor and Rfree factor as 0.4262 and 0.4912. One of the MR templates (model with balbes) works(For MR, Identity with the PDB template is 21%), but R & Rfree are stuck at 33 & 37 for the 2.7 Angstrom cut-off (the total resolution in the dataset is 2 Angstrom). The R & Rfree is not decreasing for the dataset. I have played with detector distances for spot resolution, but at one pHi the spots have merged as a single spot, while at 90 degrees will give us the streak of spots. Looking forward to hearing from you regarding dataset processing ideas for multi-lattice crystals(Native & Se dataset) and structure solution strategy. Thank you. Regards Devbrat ######################################################################## 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/
