Phil,

> 1) If I phosphorylate a THR, it comes up with the wrong chirality 
> at  
> CB. Looking at the dictionary file generated libcheck_TPO.cif,
> for some reason it specified it a "both" chirality which is wrong
> 
>  TPO      chir_02  CB     CA     CG2    OG1       both
> 
> Editing this to match THR.cif
> 
>  TPO      chir_02  CB     CA     OG1    CG2       positiv
> 
> gives the correct chirality (after rebuild or regularisation)

That's something for Garib to fix in the library. I hope he reads this.

> 2) Since there are no rotamers for TPO, I tried using the chi 
> angles  
> editing,but picking the CA-CB bond rotates the main chain instead 
> of  
> the side chain

Try clicking a main chain atom first and you should be able to change
the rotation of the side chains. The (usual) Coot rule applies: The part
of the first atom clicked stays and the rest rotates. I guess you
clicked a side chain atom first...

B

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Dr. Bernhard Lohkamp
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