Quoting Bob Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Rolf Huehne wrote: > >> >> In the case of PDB entry '4otb' there are 6 different biomolecules which >> all look very similar. Each biomolecule consists of different sets of 2 >> chains (out of 12) from the asymmetric unit plus 2 copies of these >> chains generated by symmetry operations. So in the end you will have 6 >> slightly different hexamers if you generate all biomolecules. >> >> >> > And would you want to generate them all at the same time? Where do these > different hexamers come from? >
No, I would only generate one at a time. As far as I understand it they are the result of imperfect packing in the crystal. As a consequence it is not possible to reduce the asymmetric unit to less than 12 chains for '4otb'. Regards, Rolf ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
