[ccp4bb] ... docking question

2009-11-19 Thread Anastassis Perrakis
Dear all, I am risking life and limb here, and possibly wining a first row seat to 'Morten's Inferno' for modelers! I want a software that will do some docking of a flexible ligand to a rigid protein model. Consensus google search suggested me to use AutoDock 4/Vina. (I am looking for

Re: [ccp4bb] refmac

2009-11-19 Thread martyn . winn
Described at: http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/dist/html/refmac5/keywords/xray-principal.html#scal Simple scaling doesn't take into account the bulk solvent at all, whereas Babinet is a simple fix. A more sophisticated treatment of bulk solvent is given by the SOLVENT keyword:

[ccp4bb] off-topic: crystal optimization without buffer

2009-11-19 Thread Katja Schleider
Hi everybody, sorry for my off-topic question. I got small initial crystals in 200mM NaSulfat and 20% PEG 3350. There is no buffer in this condition. How can I optimize these crystals? Just vary the PEG concentration?  Or should I add a buffer; or vary the pH of the buffer the proteinsolution

[ccp4bb] [Fwd: Re: [ccp4bb] off-topic: crystal optimization without buffer]

2009-11-19 Thread Vellieux Frederic
Forgot to hit the Reply all button (sorry :-( ) ---BeginMessage--- Katja Schleider wrote: Hi everybody, sorry for my off-topic question. I got small initial crystals in 200mM NaSulfat and 20% PEG 3350. There is no buffer in this condition. How can I optimize these crystals? Just vary the PEG

Re: [ccp4bb] off-topic: crystal optimization without buffer

2009-11-19 Thread natrajan
Hi Katja, Sodium sulphate forms a solution of neutral pH in water. 200 mM of Na2SO4 will buffer the crystallization solution at pH 7, in addition to acting as a salt. You could try varying the concentration of PEG and Sod.sulphate now to see if the crystals get better. Sometimes using

[ccp4bb] FW: Blip

2009-11-19 Thread Ian Tickle
Hi all, I'm using the distributed Refmac version 5.5.0109 (OS = Centos 4.6) and I get this cryptic error message at the end of cycle 13: 1 0.3931933 1.013090 8.5092507E-02 -2.2578495E-02 -0.1768152 -0.1084905 2.9251081E-04 2.0343070E-03 3.6935641E-03 -8.4393099E-04

[ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] off-topic: crystal optimization without buffer

2009-11-19 Thread Jan Schoepe
Hi Katja, it makes perfect sense to add a buffer to your assay. Of course for the beginning something which buffers well around pH 7 like HEPES, BTP, etc. would be appropriate. If your purification protocol is optimized I would not change the conditions of the purification buffer. But this

[ccp4bb] Postdoctoral positions at NIH, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA

2009-11-19 Thread Williams, Robert (NIH/NIEHS) [E]
Two postdoctoral positions are available in the Genome Stability Structural Biology group (Williams Laboratory) of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS/NIH), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Related research projects will investigate structural and functional

Re: [ccp4bb] trouble with protein storage

2009-11-19 Thread Annie Hassell
Marie-Helene-- We have included 3-5% 1,2-propanediol in the protein buffer (as a substitute for glycerol) to stabilize proteins and have seen improvement in the long term storage in many cases. Hope this helps! annie Annie Hassell Glaxo Smithkline 5 Moore Drive RTP, NC 27709 919/483-3228

[ccp4bb] Stereo 3D notebook

2009-11-19 Thread David J. Schuller
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/mobile/display/20091118173434_Nvidia_Adds_Stereo_3D_Vision_to_Notebooks.html Nvidia Adds Stereo 3D Vision to Notebooks. Asustek Computer to Add Stereo 3D to Mobile PCs This is the 120 Hz LCD technology. But still, no Linux drivers. -

[ccp4bb] refmac5/ccp4i GUI error

2009-11-19 Thread Ben Eisenbraun
Howdy All, The refmac5 ccp4i GUI is barfing for one of my users. The GUI error is: can't read array(NATOMS): no such element in array can't read array(NATOMS): no such element in array while executing if {$array(N_DEPFRAMES_$def_proc0) = 0 $array($indexVar) 0 } { append

Re: [ccp4bb] refmac5/ccp4i GUI error

2009-11-19 Thread Martyn Winn
Mmmm. This rings a bell. It is either: 1) an infelicity re-running an old job - start from a new task window 2) the user has a file ~/.CCP4/CCP4I_TOP/tasks/refmac5.def - delete it If it is really only one of your users, then it is probably the second ... HTH Martyn On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 13:59

[ccp4bb] units of the B factor

2009-11-19 Thread James Holton
Many textbooks describe the B factor as having units of square Angstrom (A^2), but then again, so does the mean square atomic displacement u^2, and B = 8*pi^2*u^2. This can become confusing if one starts to look at derived units that have started to come out of the radiation damage field like