Re: [ccp4bb] Unidentified density

2023-02-21 Thread Lau Kelvin
+++1 Glycerol
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On 21 Feb 2023, at 14:34, David Lawson (JIC) 
mailto:david.law...@jic.ac.uk>> wrote:

Hi Zeya,

Did you cryoprotect with glycerol perhaps?

Dave

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Dear all
 We have solved the structure of nanobody at 1.25 angstrom. We observe some 
unidentified density near the serine. Please have a look at the figures. 
Protein was purified in PBS buffer (137 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 8 mM Na2HPO4, and 
2 mM KH2PO4) and the crystallisation condition has 0.1 M BIS-TRIS pH 5.5, 2.0 M 
ammonium sulfate. Any ideas what this could be? I tried SO4 and PO4 but didn’t 
satisfy the observed electron density.
I appreciate any help you can provide.
Thanks
Zeya
Zeyaul Islam, PhD
QBRI - Qatar Biomedical Research Institute
P.O. Box: 34110
Doha – Qatar
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Re: [ccp4bb] Unidentified density

2023-02-21 Thread David Lawson (JIC)
Hi Zeya,

Did you cryoprotect with glycerol perhaps?

Dave

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Dear all
 We have solved the structure of nanobody at 1.25 angstrom. We observe some 
unidentified density near the serine. Please have a look at the figures. 
Protein was purified in PBS buffer (137 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 8 mM Na2HPO4, and 
2 mM KH2PO4) and the crystallisation condition has 0.1 M BIS-TRIS pH 5.5, 2.0 M 
ammonium sulfate. Any ideas what this could be? I tried SO4 and PO4 but didn’t 
satisfy the observed electron density.
I appreciate any help you can provide.
Thanks
Zeya
Zeyaul Islam, PhD
QBRI - Qatar Biomedical Research Institute
P.O. Box: 34110
Doha – Qatar
Tel: +974 445 46690




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Re: [ccp4bb] Unidentified density

2023-02-21 Thread Robbie Joosten
This is always hard to see this way, but it looks like glycerol at first 
glance. Try to fit that.

Cheers,
Robbie

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> Dear all
> 
>  We have solved the structure of nanobody at 1.25 angstrom. We observe some
> unidentified density near the serine. Please have a look at the figures. 
> Protein
> was purified in PBS buffer (137 mM NaCl, 2.7 mM KCl, 8 mM Na2HPO4, and 2
> mM KH2PO4) and the crystallisation condition has 0.1 M BIS-TRIS pH 5.5, 2.0 M
> ammonium sulfate. Any ideas what this could be? I tried SO4 and PO4 but
> didn’t satisfy the observed electron density.
> 
> I appreciate any help you can provide.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Zeya
> 
> Zeyaul Islam, PhD
> 
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Re: [ccp4bb] Unidentified density in coot

2014-06-23 Thread Nicholas Larsen
Looks like you're on the twofold axis, which will make interpretation
challenging.  Anything you put in may end up being too close to itself in
the neighboring AU.  What happens if you put in a water and display the
symmetry?


On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Shanti Pal Gangwar gangwar...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Dear All

 I have solved a structure of my protein at 3.0 A. The crystallization
 condition is consisting of PEG400, NaCl, MgCl2 and Sodium citrate. The
 protein was purified in HEPES buffer.
 I can see an unidentified electron density blob in coot and I am not able
 to figure out what it could be?

 I have attached the snapshot of that blob with this mail. I request
 everyone to please help me in identification of this blob.

 Thanking you in advance.







 Shanti Pal


 
 Best regards
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 School of Life Sciences
 Jawaharlal Nehru University
 New Delhi-110067
 India
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Re: [ccp4bb] Unidentified density in coot

2014-06-23 Thread Antony Oliver
Dear Shanti

Looks like you’re looking down the symmetry axis - so this could simply be 
‘noise’, or a superposition of two bound ligands on top of each other… what’s 
your cryo-protectant?

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On 23 Jun 2014, at 13:17, Shanti Pal Gangwar 
gangwar...@gmail.commailto:gangwar...@gmail.com wrote:

Dear All

I have solved a structure of my protein at 3.0 A. The crystallization condition 
is consisting of PEG400, NaCl, MgCl2 and Sodium citrate. The protein was 
purified in HEPES buffer.
I can see an unidentified electron density blob in coot and I am not able to 
figure out what it could be?

I have attached the snapshot of that blob with this mail. I request everyone to 
please help me in identification of this blob.

Thanking you in advance.







Shanti Pal



Best regards
Shanti Pal Gangwar, Ph.D
School of Life Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067
India
Email:gangwar...@gmail.commailto:email%3agangwar...@gmail.com


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Re: [ccp4bb] Unidentified density in coot

2014-06-23 Thread Isaac Westwood
Dear Shanti Pal,

did you use ethylene glycol as cryoprotectant? It may even be there in
small amounts in your PEG400 solution. As Nicholas and Tony have said, this
could be noise (or could be distorted due to noise) as it's on a 2-fold
axis. From those pictures, it looks to me like one molecule of ethylene
glycol (Coot - Get Monomer - EDO). Don't forget to drop the occupancy to
0.5, though!

Best

Isaac


On 23 June 2014 13:17, Shanti Pal Gangwar gangwar...@gmail.com wrote:

 Dear All

 I have solved a structure of my protein at 3.0 A. The crystallization
 condition is consisting of PEG400, NaCl, MgCl2 and Sodium citrate. The
 protein was purified in HEPES buffer.
 I can see an unidentified electron density blob in coot and I am not able
 to figure out what it could be?

 I have attached the snapshot of that blob with this mail. I request
 everyone to please help me in identification of this blob.

 Thanking you in advance.







 Shanti Pal


 
 Best regards
 Shanti Pal Gangwar, Ph.D
 School of Life Sciences
 Jawaharlal Nehru University
 New Delhi-110067
 India
 Email:gangwar...@gmail.com





Re: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

2012-10-17 Thread RHYS GRINTER
Is this density on an 2 fold axis?

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Sent: 17 October 2012 12:07
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

Dear all,
I have been working on the crystal structure of an enzyme in which I found the 
unidentified density (see images in attachments). Crystallization condition has 
Peg 1000, Peg 1500, Ethylene glycol, Tris and MPD. Does any one has any idea 
what it could be?
Thanks
--
best regards
Sudhir Kumar
Research Scholar
C/O Dr. S. Gourinath
Structural Biology Laboratory
SLS, JNU,
New Delhi-110067


Re: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

2012-10-17 Thread Vandna Kukshal
I think it might be PEG. u should try to fit that.


On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:13 AM, RHYS GRINTER 
r.grinte...@research.gla.ac.uk wrote:

 Is this density on an 2 fold axis?
 
 From: CCP4 bulletin board [CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Sudhir
 Kumar [sudhir.1...@gmail.com]
 Sent: 17 October 2012 12:07
 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
 Subject: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

 Dear all,
 I have been working on the crystal structure of an enzyme in which I found
 the unidentified density (see images in attachments). Crystallization
 condition has Peg 1000, Peg 1500, Ethylene glycol, Tris and MPD. Does any
 one has any idea what it could be?
 Thanks
 --
 best regards
 Sudhir Kumar
 Research Scholar
 C/O Dr. S. Gourinath
 Structural Biology Laboratory
 SLS, JNU,
 New Delhi-110067




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Re: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

2012-10-17 Thread Luthra,Amit
I think it's MPD. I have also observed in my crystals.

Amit Luthra, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
The Radolf Laboratory
Department of Medicine
University of Connecticut Health Center

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To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

I think it might be PEG. u should try to fit that.


On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 7:13 AM, RHYS GRINTER 
r.grinte...@research.gla.ac.ukmailto:r.grinte...@research.gla.ac.uk wrote:
Is this density on an 2 fold axis?

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On Behalf Of Sudhir Kumar [sudhir.1...@gmail.commailto:sudhir.1...@gmail.com]
Sent: 17 October 2012 12:07
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UKmailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

Dear all,
I have been working on the crystal structure of an enzyme in which I found the 
unidentified density (see images in attachments). Crystallization condition has 
Peg 1000, Peg 1500, Ethylene glycol, Tris and MPD. Does any one has any idea 
what it could be?
Thanks
--
best regards
Sudhir Kumar
Research Scholar
C/O Dr. S. Gourinath
Structural Biology Laboratory
SLS, JNU,
New Delhi-110067



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Re: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

2012-10-17 Thread Joel Tyndall
Do you have matching 2Fo-Fc density? It is not obvious from the pictures.

From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Sudhir 
Kumar
Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2012 12:07 a.m.
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

Dear all,
I have been working on the crystal structure of an enzyme in which I found the 
unidentified density (see images in attachments). Crystallization condition has 
Peg 1000, Peg 1500, Ethylene glycol, Tris and MPD. Does any one has any idea 
what it could be?
Thanks
--
best regards
Sudhir Kumar
Research Scholar
C/O Dr. S. Gourinath
Structural Biology Laboratory
SLS, JNU,
New Delhi-110067


Re: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

2012-10-17 Thread Orru, Roberto
Seems that this density is in a symmetry axis, if look is like that a mirror is 
crossing just in the middle of the density. If you really want to cover this 
density, I will try to fit with a small PEG molecule and some waters focusing 
yourself just on half of the density.

R

From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Sudhir 
Kumar
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 7:07 AM
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

Dear all,
I have been working on the crystal structure of an enzyme in which I found the 
unidentified density (see images in attachments). Crystallization condition has 
Peg 1000, Peg 1500, Ethylene glycol, Tris and MPD. Does any one has any idea 
what it could be?
Thanks
--
best regards
Sudhir Kumar
Research Scholar
C/O Dr. S. Gourinath
Structural Biology Laboratory
SLS, JNU,
New Delhi-110067



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Re: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

2012-02-11 Thread intekhab alam
Thanks to the members for responding to my queries. I would like to
summarize the post as:
1.Improve the crystals to have a better dataset.
2. Poly A/G modelling to improve the density and then model the sequence.
3. use of secondary structure prediction tools and docking the sequence
accordingly.
4. use of buccaneer.

i will post again once i get a reasonable model.

regards
intekhab alam


On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:58 PM, Eleanor Dodson c...@ysbl.york.ac.ukwrote:

 On 02/10/2012 07:35 AM, intekhab alam wrote:

 Hi all
 I have a 3A dataset for a protein-protein complex. I have successfully
 build the first protein and refined it to R/Rfree 24/28. I can see some
 density for my second protein but the density is a bit noisy. I have
 attached the coot image of the density.  I want to model the aminoacid
 having sequence as given
 peptide:
 MGKKGKNKKGRGRPGVFRTRGLTDEEYDEF**KKRRESRGGKYSIDDYLADREREEELLERD**
 EEEAIFGDGFGLE

 1.Based on map features which segemnt should i start with.
 2. Is there anyway that i can  build the best fit segment of my second
 protein.

 I tried autobuild but it failed to build any peptide for my second
 protein.

 Your help is highly appreciated.

 regards



 Try buccaneer - it should work very easily with that density..
 Eleanor




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Re: [ccp4bb] Unidentified density

2012-02-10 Thread Herman . Schreuder
Dear Sudhir,
 
A blob surrounded by three Asp residues looks like a positively charged ion. 
What else (buffer, additives) is in your crystallization drop? I would also try 
to fit cysteine/serine. At 2 Å you will quickly see whether or not this is 
correct.
 
Good luck!
Herman




From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of 
Sudhir Kumar
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 7:06 AM
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: [ccp4bb] Unidentified density


Dear all,
 I have a 2 A structure of an enzyme which show 12 molecules per 
asymmetric unit. While placing waters i found out some blobs where i could not 
model any ligand. It is surrounded by 3 Asp molecules. I have attached 
screenshot of the blob at 1.5 sigma cutoff 2fo-fc density. Crystallization 
condition had following precipitants: PEG 1000, Peg 3350, MPD, Ethylene 
glycol,and protein contained Glycerol.  My protein is known to bind 
Cysteine/Serine, though i haven't added any in crystallization buffer. any 
suggestion what it might be are welcome. thanks in advance

-- 
best regards
Sudhir Kumar
Research Scholar
C/O Dr. S. Gourinath
Structural Biology Laboratory
SLS, JNU,
New Delhi-110067




Re: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

2012-02-10 Thread Tim Gruene
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Hallo  ,

first build a poly-ALA stretch. In coot or O this is conveniently
achieved using baton-build mode. This should improve the phases. Then
look at the side chains.Turbo-frodo has got somehting like a slider that
shows the sequence on screen and which helps you identify bulky side
chains. The pattern of a few bulky and non-bulkyside chains might
already be sufficient to dock the sequence into the density.
Also take the environment into account and think about what interactions
between side chains of peptide and protein are plausible.

You can also take the results from secondary structure prediction into
account (e.g. http://toolkit.tuebingen.mpg.de/hhpred) - the density you
show looks like an alpha-helix, and according to hhpred the stretch of
sequence below contains two helices.

Cheers,
Tim


On 02/10/2012 08:35 AM, intekhab alam wrote:
 Hi all
 I have a 3A dataset for a protein-protein complex. I have successfully
 build the first protein and refined it to R/Rfree 24/28. I can see some
 density for my second protein but the density is a bit noisy. I have
 attached the coot image of the density.  I want to model the aminoacid
 having sequence as given
 peptide:
 MGKKGKNKKGRGRPGVFRTRGLTDEEYDEFKKRRESRGGKYSIDDYLADREREEELLERDEEEAIFGDGFGLE
 
 1.Based on map features which segemnt should i start with.
 2. Is there anyway that i can  build the best fit segment of my second
 protein.
 
 I tried autobuild but it failed to build any peptide for my second protein.
 
 Your help is highly appreciated.
 
 regards

- -- 
- --
Dr Tim Gruene
Institut fuer anorganische Chemie
Tammannstr. 4
D-37077 Goettingen

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Re: [ccp4bb] unidentified density

2012-02-10 Thread Eleanor Dodson

On 02/10/2012 07:35 AM, intekhab alam wrote:

Hi all
I have a 3A dataset for a protein-protein complex. I have successfully
build the first protein and refined it to R/Rfree 24/28. I can see some
density for my second protein but the density is a bit noisy. I have
attached the coot image of the density.  I want to model the aminoacid
having sequence as given
peptide:
MGKKGKNKKGRGRPGVFRTRGLTDEEYDEFKKRRESRGGKYSIDDYLADREREEELLERDEEEAIFGDGFGLE

1.Based on map features which segemnt should i start with.
2. Is there anyway that i can  build the best fit segment of my second
protein.

I tried autobuild but it failed to build any peptide for my second protein.

Your help is highly appreciated.

regards



Try buccaneer - it should work very easily with that density..
Eleanor


Re: [ccp4bb] Unidentified density

2012-02-09 Thread Vandana Kukshal
hi sudhir,
  i think in second snapshot you can fit MPD as its structure is
seems similar. .



On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Sudhir Kumar sudhir.1...@gmail.comwrote:

 Dear all,
  I have a 2 A structure of an enzyme which show 12 molecules per
 asymmetric unit. While placing waters i found out some blobs where i could
 not model any ligand. It is surrounded by 3 Asp molecules. I have attached
 screenshot of the blob at 1.5 sigma cutoff 2fo-fc density. Crystallization
 condition had following precipitants: PEG 1000, Peg 3350, MPD, Ethylene
 glycol,and protein contained Glycerol.  My protein is known to bind
 Cysteine/Serine, though i haven't added any in crystallization buffer. any
 suggestion what it might be are welcome. thanks in advance

 --
 best regards
 Sudhir Kumar
 Research Scholar
 C/O Dr. S. Gourinath
 Structural Biology Laboratory
 SLS, JNU,
 New Delhi-110067




-- 
Vandana kukshal


[ccp4bb] Unidentified density.

2010-08-13 Thread Justyna Wojdyla
I have MES, Tris, maleic acid and small PEG in my solution. No  
reducing agents and no cryo (and no salt or EDTA). Calcium seems to be  
the best fit (assuming 100 percent occupancy) and also literature  
suggests it. I tried Ni and Mn but they give negative density after  
refinement.

Thank you all for your suggestions.
Justyna


[ccp4bb] Unidentified density.

2010-08-12 Thread Justyna Wojdyla

Dear All,

I am refining structure of protein at 1.7A. It is enzyme with 3  
histidine residues in the active site, which are chelating metal (at  
the moment I built in calcium but I do not know for sure, which metal  
is bound there). I can see additional density on top of metal, which  
I can not identify:

http://picasaweb.google.com/j.a.wojdyla/Density#
None of the crystallization or protein buffer's components could fit  
there and it seems to be something picked up during expression.

I would be very grateful for any suggestions.

Thank you in advance.
Justyna


Re: [ccp4bb] Unidentified density.

2010-08-12 Thread Ed Pozharski
Nevertheless, what do you have in mother liquor/protein buffer?

On Thu, 2010-08-12 at 17:24 +0200, wrote:
 Dear All,
 
 I am refining structure of protein at 1.7A. It is enzyme with 3  
 histidine residues in the active site, which are chelating metal (at  
 the moment I built in calcium but I do not know for sure, which metal  
 is bound there). I can see additional density on top of metal, which  
 I can not identify:
 http://picasaweb.google.com/j.a.wojdyla/Density#
 None of the crystallization or protein buffer's components could fit  
 there and it seems to be something picked up during expression.
 I would be very grateful for any suggestions.
 
 Thank you in advance.
 Justyna

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Re: [ccp4bb] Unidentified density.

2010-08-12 Thread Jacob Keller
Could this be a metal cluster? Is your protein solution colored at all? Have 
you made an anomalous difference map? Is there reductant in the mix? What 
small molecules were in the mother liquor?


JPK

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From: Justyna Wojdyla ty...@embl-hamburg.de

To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 10:24 AM
Subject: [ccp4bb] Unidentified density.



Dear All,

I am refining structure of protein at 1.7A. It is enzyme with 3  histidine 
residues in the active site, which are chelating metal (at  the moment I 
built in calcium but I do not know for sure, which metal  is bound there). 
I can see additional density on top of metal, which  I can not identify:

http://picasaweb.google.com/j.a.wojdyla/Density#
None of the crystallization or protein buffer's components could fit 
there and it seems to be something picked up during expression.

I would be very grateful for any suggestions.

Thank you in advance.
Justyna



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Jacob Pearson Keller
Northwestern University
Medical Scientist Training Program
Dallos Laboratory
F. Searle 1-240
2240 Campus Drive
Evanston IL 60208
lab: 847.491.2438
cel: 773.608.9185
email: j-kell...@northwestern.edu
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