Re: [ccp4bb] A strange case of MR

2010-07-12 Thread Poul Nissen
You mention that your Rsym is 0.6 - this seems outrageously high (except if the 0.6 is just for your outer resolution bin). If 0.6 is indeed the overall Rsym you have a basic problem of unit cell and space group assignment to reconsider. Check if your processing accounts for all spots and check

Re: [ccp4bb] Twin questions: is my crystals twinned or not?

2010-07-12 Thread Eleanor Dodson
There isnt much evidence for twinning that I can see. Moments sensible, Ltest sensible for untwinned data, some distortion of the cumulative intensity plot but that could be due to integration problems. Comparing Rfree in P3 is only proper if you have kept the same FreeR set as you assigned

Re: [ccp4bb] A strange case of MR

2010-07-12 Thread Eleanor Dodson
Have you used pointless to examine possible spacegroups? It is possible to get one lattice point out and get a very high rsym pointless will check these possibilities for you The cell could be this: C m m m 39.6 149.9 18.2 89.9 90.0 90.0 0.10 [-k,-k-2l,h] You need to go back to

[ccp4bb] DNA pdb format problem when using CNS

2010-07-12 Thread hongjunyu
Hi, I am refining a protein complexed with a modified DNA(cordinates obtained from published structure) with CNS. But I am stuck with the pdb format problem. I followed the tutorial on CNS website and the first step just went wrong when command 'fix_dna_rna' didn't work. I also tried the normal

[ccp4bb] Off-topic: crystallization after refolding

2010-07-12 Thread meindert lamers
Dear all, I can get large amounts of a protein that is purified from inclusion bodies. The protein is solubilized using 6M urea and refolded by dialysis. However, treatment with urea is known to modify proteins (N-term/Lys/Arg), which could ultimately effect crystallization. Is this

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: crystallization after refolding

2010-07-12 Thread Poul Nissen
Try first to give it a shot and see if you get crystals without too much hassle and expense. I would recommend a size exclusion chromatography step after refolding and from that collect a uniform sample for crystallization. Poul On 12/07/2010, at 13.39, meindert lamers wrote: Dear all, I

Re: [ccp4bb] Off-topic: crystallization after refolding

2010-07-12 Thread Dima Klenchin
However, treatment with urea is known to modify proteins (N-term/Lys/Arg), which could ultimately effect crystallization. Is this something that people generally worry about? For example -would you bother cleaning up the urea by ion exchange -get ultra pure urea (ultra $$$) -change to

[ccp4bb] problem updating job status

2010-07-12 Thread Sebastien Moniot
Dear all, Since a couple of weeks, and I believe the update of my machine to Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx 64, I'm experiencing problems with the ccp4i job status. For some reasons it cannot update to FINISHED status even if the job works out fine. The update to version 6.1.13 didn't succeed. Pasted

Re: [ccp4bb] DNA pdb format problem when using CNS

2010-07-12 Thread Pierre Aller
Hi Hongjun Yu, In CNS you need to change the name of the DNA base like this: DG - GUA DC - CYT DT - THY DA - ADE and for the thymine make sure to change the atom C7 into C5A and it should work with CNS. Good luck, Pierre Pierre Aller Ph.D. Postdoctorate Associate University of Vermont

Re: [ccp4bb] problem updating job status

2010-07-12 Thread Tim Gruene
Dear Sebastien, A first guess is that the script is only familiar with english dates. You could try to type export LC_ALL=C in the terminal just before you start ccp4i from that same terminal to see if that improves anything. This syntax is correct for POSIX shells (bash, ksh, zsh,...). In

Re: [ccp4bb] A strange case of MR

2010-07-12 Thread Ed Pozharski
Given your unit cell parameters + high Rsym I'd say you have an indexing problem. If you try P2, what happens? I suspect that you might have something as simple as incorrect beam center position and while integration works, scaling fails (the only way you are getting away with it is by choosing

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2010-07-12 Thread Fraydoon Rastinejad
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Re: [ccp4bb] Beginning crystallography text

2010-07-12 Thread Simon Kolstoe
For all those who asked about the new edition of the Sherwood book, it is available for pre-order on Amazon (at least on the UK version, search for Crystals, X-rays and Proteins: Comprehensive Crystallography). Simon PS Jon - do I get a commission? On 12 Jul 2010, at 11:28, F.Xavier

[ccp4bb] Position opening at RCSB PDB/Rutgers University- BIOCHEMICAL INFORMATION ANNOTATION SPECIALIST

2010-07-12 Thread Jasmine Young
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[ccp4bb] July 15, 2010 deadline- User proposal submission for Collaborative Crystallography at BCSB

2010-07-12 Thread Banumathi Sankaran
Dear Users, The deadline for Sep/Oct 2010 Collaborative Crystallography proposals will be *July 15, 2010. * Through the Collaborative Crystallography Program (CC) at the Advanced Light Source (ALS),

[ccp4bb] Beamtime at the ALS-BCSB beamlines

2010-07-12 Thread Peter Zwart
Dear All, July 15, 2010 is the deadline for the March/April 2010 Rapid Access Proposal cycle. All Berkeley Center for Structural Biology(BCSB) beamlines are equipped with ADSC Q315/Q315R detectors, automated sample changers and data collection software enabling high-throughput crystal screening

Re: [ccp4bb] Coot binary for Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit

2010-07-12 Thread Ed Pozharski
I just compiled the latest coot (0.6.2-pre-1.3011) on 64-bit Lucid (it appears that the gtkglext issue is gone). I don't know what you mean by so many compiling issues. Are you using autobuilder script? On Sun, 2010-07-11 at 12:28 -0700, Michael Hothorn wrote: Hi, can someone point me to a

[ccp4bb] Scaling two different mtzs

2010-07-12 Thread Subhangi Ghosh
Hi All, I have two different datasets of the same protein, for example dataset A and dataset B. I want to make a difference map of [ Fo (of set A) - Fo (of set B)]. (I'll use phases of another solved structure from an isomorphous crystal). For this I'll have to scale two different mtz files

Re: [ccp4bb] Beamtime at the ALS-BCSB beamlines

2010-07-12 Thread Peter Zwart
Sorry for the clutter: This is of course for the Aug/Sept cycle. P 2010/7/12 Peter Zwart phzw...@lbl.gov Dear All, July 15, 2010 is the deadline for the March/April 2010 Rapid Access Proposal cycle. All Berkeley Center for Structural Biology(BCSB) beamlines are equipped with ADSC

Re: [ccp4bb] Scaling two different mtzs

2010-07-12 Thread Pavel Afonine
Hi Subhangi phenix.fobs_minus_fobs_map will compute this map for you. Usage examples: phenix.fobs_minus_fobs_map f_obs_1_file=data1.mtz f_obs_2_file=data2.sca f_obs_1_label=FOBS1 f_obs_2_label=FOBS2 model.pdb phenix.fobs_minus_fobs_map f_obs_1_file=data.mtz f_obs_2_file=data.mtz

Re: [ccp4bb] Scaling two different mtzs

2010-07-12 Thread Phil Evans
you can combine the two merged datasets with CAD and scale them together with Scaleit: see ccp4i - Experimental phasing - Data preparation - Combine datasets with CAD, Scale and Analyse datasets Or you could give the unmerged files different dataset names, combine them in Pointless and scale

[ccp4bb] metal-chelating affinity chromatography and FosCholine detergents

2010-07-12 Thread Pascal Egea
Dear All, I apologize for the not strictly crystallography-related query. I am currently purifying several membrane proteins solubilized in fos-cholines detergents and I consistently observe a significant loss of protein at the binding step (done in absence of imidazole). Has anyone else