P.S. Apologies for a misattribution: it was Pedro Matias, not Pietro
Roversi, who directed you towards the SHARP/autoSHARP package.

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On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 02:55:39PM +0100, Gerard Bricogne wrote:
> Dear Kai,
> 
>      What Artem refers to as "Bricogne's phasing suite" is the same
> thing as the SHARP/autoSHARP package that Pietro Roversi was pointing
> you towards (thank you Pietro and Artem :-) ).
> 
>      If things don't work out, the problem is more likely to reside in
> the SAD data themselves rather than in choosing the right program.
> There are many ways of doing bad SAD experiments. We would be happy to
> help you (off-line) determine whether this is the case, and to advise
> you on how to do a better experiment.
> 
> 
>      With best wishes,
> 
>           Gerard.
> 
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> On Sat, Jul 11, 2026 at 08:59:15AM -0400, Artem Evdokimov wrote:
> > I assume modeling with AF or Boltz does not provide useful model?
> > 
> > You can try cross mapping Met residue positions from model on to your xray,
> > first.
> > 
> > Then try Bricogne's phasing suite and Solve, sometimes Shelx is not the
> > best :)
> > 
> > Artem
> > 
> > - Cosmic Cats approve of this message
> > 
> > On Sat, Jul 11, 2026, 08:55 PIETRO ROVERSI <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > > Dear Kai,
> > >
> > > How many KDaltons in the asymmetric unit?
> > >
> > > P
> > >
> > > Dr. Pietro Roversi, PhD
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> > > *A:* [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > > *Oggetto:* [ccp4bb] SAD
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> > > I am currently processing a SAD dataset collected from a Se-Met
> > > derivative. According to the matthews_coef calculation in CCP4, there
> > > should be 20 heavy atom sites in the asymmetric unit.
> > > However, due to the very weak anomalous signal, the occupancy refinement
> > > in SHELX shows only one site with an occupancy above 1.0, one site around
> > > 0.4, and the remaining 15 sites all converging to approximately 0.3.
> > > Given this situation, I would be very grateful for any suggestions on how
> > > to obtain reliable initial phases. Are there any specific strategies,
> > > software settings, or alternative approaches (e.g., density modification 
> > > or
> > > partial structure refinement) that you would recommend to make the most of
> > > this weak signal?
> > > Thank you in advance for your time and insights.
> > > Best regards,
> > > Kai Zhang
> > >
> > >
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