Re: [ccp4bb] REFMAC Riding Hydrogens

2012-03-06 Thread Robbie Joosten
Hi Everyone, Pavel’s statement is likely a bit of an exaggeration, but he has a valid (yet hard to prove point). The default in CCP4i was (and is?) to use hydrogens only if present in the input file. This is IMO not a safe default. Because there were some reporting errors in the past

Re: [ccp4bb] REFMAC Riding Hydrogens

2012-03-06 Thread Ian Tickle
Pavel’s statement is likely a bit of an exaggeration, but he has a valid (yet hard to prove point). The default in CCP4i was (and is?) to use hydrogens only if present in the input file. This is IMO not a safe default. I agree: what I find confusing here is that the current CCP4i default is

[ccp4bb] job vacancy at Laval University

2012-03-06 Thread Clément Morin
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[ccp4bb] off-topic micro ProDiCon

2012-03-06 Thread Emily
Hi all, I am in search of an old device called the micro ProDiCon. It seems to be discontinued commercially but I thought there might be some hoarders out there that might be willing to give theirs up for a fee. Please e mail me if you have any leads. Thanks, Emily

Re: [ccp4bb] stereo

2012-03-06 Thread Nic Steussy
I have a Quadro 3800 paired with an Acer GD235Hz with the computer running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and the standard NVIDIA linux driver. Hardware stereo works pretty well in Coot, though it has a habit of inverting occasionally. Pymol works well. Have not tried O.

Re: [ccp4bb] HKL2000 indexing problem

2012-03-06 Thread Nic Steussy
Our most common problem is an incorrect beam center.  The crystal we collect most frequently has large cell dimensions, so if the beam center is off even a bit it will bollix up the indexing.  What we usually do at the synchrotron is look for a refined beam

[ccp4bb] Petition to Increase NIH Budget

2012-03-06 Thread Shiva Bhowmik
Dear CCP4-ers, Sorry for the offline topic. I would like to bring this the following petition: Dear Colleagues, I wanted to bring your attention to a petition (see link below) started at WhiteHouse.govhttp://WhiteHouse.gov/ by our colleague Dr. Steve Meltzer at Johns Hopkins that calls for an

[ccp4bb] Using intrinsically bound Zn atoms for phasing

2012-03-06 Thread Deepthi
Hi I am trying to solve the structure of an engineered protein.The protein is crystallized with Zn bound to it .We collected a 1.5A0 data. Molecular Replacement didn't yield a good match for the protein. I want to try MAD taking advantage of the Zn atoms in protein. I am not sure what wavelength

Re: [ccp4bb] Using intrinsically bound Zn atoms for phasing

2012-03-06 Thread Francis E Reyes
http://skuld.bmsc.washington.edu/scatter/AS_form.html Maybe useful to you. However, I would advise to do a fluorescence scan over the range given in the graph and then use chooch to provide the precise energies for your peak and inflection. If you have a large crystal don't expose all of

Re: [ccp4bb] Using intrinsically bound Zn atoms for phasing

2012-03-06 Thread Bosch, Juergen
Since you've collected the data already use your favourite data processing program and treat the Friedel pairs separately. I'd suggest to try HKL2map in conjunction with SHELX C/D/E (sorry for the non CCP4 advertisement here) for solving the heavy atom sites. You can in parallel also try SnB or

Re: [ccp4bb] Using intrinsically bound Zn atoms for phasing

2012-03-06 Thread Philippe DUMAS
A reference for a real MAD phasing with Zinc (worked very well): Ennifar et al. MAD phasing replacing magnesium with zinc. Acta Cryst. (2001). D57, 330 Philippe Dumas Bosch, Juergen jubo...@jhsph.edu a écrit : Since you've collected the data already use your favourite data processing

Re: [ccp4bb] Using intrinsically bound Zn atoms for phasing

2012-03-06 Thread Phil Jeffrey
Self-referentially: I once used the structural Zn of p53 to do a Zn MAD structure of a p53:53BP1 complex at 2.5 Angstrom with one zinc per 450 residues. Apparently using 1.283, 1.282 and 1.262 Angstroms (i.e. the Zinc edge). http://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/16/5/583.long But of course do your

Re: [ccp4bb] Using intrinsically bound Zn atoms for phasing

2012-03-06 Thread Pete Meyer
Hi, 1. You don't mention how many Zn sites you have, or how big your protein is - as Phil mentioned, these are factors. 2. I'll add to the chorus - pick your wavelength(s) based on a fluorescence scan. 3. If 1.5A0 is your wavelength, not your resolution, you may still have some anomalous

[ccp4bb] qualification to serve as the co-author for the protein 3D structure stored in RCSB

2012-03-06 Thread Dialing Pretty
Dear All,   Will you please show your opinion on the standards or qualifications to serve as the co-author for a protein 3D structure stored in RCSB?   Cheers,   Dialing  

Re: [ccp4bb] qualification to serve as the co-author for the protein 3D structure stored in RCSB

2012-03-06 Thread Bosch, Juergen
Why don't you make a Venn diagram of Authors Deposition versus Authors Publication. The PDB provides the tools to download a spreadsheet with the necessary information. Jürgen On Mar 6, 2012, at 7:21 PM, Dialing Pretty wrote: Dear All, Will you please show your opinion on the standards or

[ccp4bb] Zero occupancy and bad geometry

2012-03-06 Thread Joel Tyndall
Hi folks, I have a case where I have changed the occupancy of a lysine residue to 0.00 and after refinement the geometry is wrong, i.e. one of the bonds is extended (no connectivity in Coot and length is 1.76A). I have seen this before with other residues and a previous data set. The break in

Re: [ccp4bb] qualification to serve as the co-author for the protein 3D structure stored in RCSB

2012-03-06 Thread Eleanor Dodson
Having done some of the work - written the paper - supervised the student who did a) and/or b)- etc etc.. Eleanor On Mar 7 2012, Dialing Pretty wrote: Dear All, Will you please show your opinion on the standards or qualifications to serve as the co-author for a protein 3D structure stored

Re: [ccp4bb] Zero occupancy and bad geometry

2012-03-06 Thread Eleanor Dodson
Coordinates with occ 0 are refined and may shift - cds with occ=0 stay where they were.. This may result in bad geometry of course. You can reglise the whole residue in coot but that doesnt do nything except make it look tidier.. Eleanor On Mar 7 2012, Joel Tyndall wrote: Hi folks, I have

[ccp4bb] How to reduce no. of overlaps

2012-03-06 Thread Dipankar Manna
Dear Crystallographers, I am working on a protein having SG P6, the cell parameters are a= 79, b= 79, c= 325. The crystals are forming in big size and with very good shape. It also diffracting very well in Home source facility both in terms of resolution and intensity. But the only problem is

Re: [ccp4bb] How to reduce no. of overlaps

2012-03-06 Thread Frank von Delft
You probably have to tilt your crystal, so that the long axis is parallel to the beam. We do this routinely: cut a plastic pipette tip to have a sharp point, then push the loop where it attaches to the pin, to bend the crystal itself. You have to identify from your diffraction whether the

Re: [ccp4bb] How to reduce no. of overlaps

2012-03-06 Thread VAN RAAIJ , MARK JOHAN
typo correction, you'll want the long axis parallel to the rotation axis, not to the beam. Mark Quoting Frank von Delft: You probably have to tilt your crystal, so that the long axis is parallel to the beam. We do this routinely: cut a plastic pipette tip to have a sharp point, then

Re: [ccp4bb] How to reduce no. of overlaps

2012-03-06 Thread Frank von Delft
Yes... quite. Thanks! (Beam, rotation axis... how can you expect me to keep all these new-fangled inventions apart?!) On 07/03/2012 07:33, VAN RAAIJ , MARK JOHAN wrote: typo correction, you'll want the long axis parallel to the rotation axis, not to the beam. Mark Quoting Frank von

Re: [ccp4bb] How to reduce no. of overlaps

2012-03-06 Thread Zhijie Li
Hampton sells an adjustable mounted loop for this purpose. http://hamptonresearch.com/product_detail.aspx?cid=24sid=136pid=385 From: Frank von Delft Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 1:26 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] How to reduce no. of overlaps You probably have to