[ccp4bb] : Post-doctoral in structural biology (Paris, France) position

2013-07-10 Thread Benas Philippe
POST-DOCTORAL POSITION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY (PARIS, FRANCE) . A postdoctoral position is available in the group of Dr. Carine Tisne at the Laboratory of Biological Crystallography and NMR of the University Paris Descartes, jointly with the group of Dr. Ciaran Condon at the

[ccp4bb] Use Pointless to prepare XDS files for Aimless, not Combat

2013-07-10 Thread Phil Evans
If you want to import integrated files from XDS into Pointless and Aimless, you should use Pointless to do the conversion rather than the older program Combat. This is what is done if you use the ccp4i interface task Symmetry, Scale, Merge (Aimless) Combat wrongly fills in the FRACTIONCALC

[ccp4bb] CCP4 package manager not available for 32 bit OSX?

2013-07-10 Thread hari jayaram
Hi , I am trying to use the CCP4 package manager on my 32 bit OSX 10.6.8 running laptop and it complains /bin/sh: Volume/setup/.pm/Setup.app/Contents/MacOS/Setup: Bad CPU type in executable. Is there a 32 bit package manager available... Thanks Hari attachment: Screen shot 2013-07-10 at 10.57.53

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4 package manager not available for 32 bit OSX?

2013-07-10 Thread Eugene Krissinel
Sadly not, we are dropping support for 32-bit Macs. You can still install 32-bit CCP4 6.3.0 from dmg. Sorry -- Eugene On 10 Jul 2013, at 16:04, hari jayaram wrote: Hi , I am trying to use the CCP4 package manager on my 32 bit OSX 10.6.8 running laptop and it complains /bin/sh:

[ccp4bb] NIH Funded Postdoc Position in Protein Crystallography at Scripps Florida

2013-07-10 Thread Min Guo
Dear All, We are currently seeking one postdoctoral fellow to work in the Guo laboratory in the Department of Cancer Biology at the Scripps Florida campus of TSRI. The lab is focused on the structural and cell biology of aminoacyl-tRNA syntheses and their related pathways. The position is

[ccp4bb] Detergent solubilization step (membrane proteins)

2013-07-10 Thread Raji Edayathumangalam
Dear BBers, Sorry for the non-ccp4 post. I'd like to hear tips and suggestions from the membrane protein folks in the community. I am currently purifying two different membrane proteins expressed in E. coli. While I am able to extract practically all of my first protein from the cell membrane

[ccp4bb] refmac-linux-I'm out of touch question

2013-07-10 Thread Joel Tyndall
Hi folks, I am wanting to ask for some linux help as I want to try a newer version of refmac (5.8) to test it against a refinement problem I have. My problem is that I rarely use linux these days and I'm at a loss as to how to run the latest version as my knowledge of linux has disappeared.

Re: [ccp4bb] Detergent solubilization step (membrane proteins)

2013-07-10 Thread Jim Fairman
Raji, First, I would suggest increasing the solubilization time by attempting solubilization overnight at 4 degrees. I would also suggest a few more detergent choices. In addition to DDM, my other favories are OG and Elugent (a mixture of several detergents) for extraction from *E. coli*

Re: [ccp4bb] Detergent solubilization step (membrane proteins)

2013-07-10 Thread Bert Van-Den-Berg
Hi Raji, the amount of detergent used is more important than the concentration. The more cells you have, the more detergent is required. To give you an idea, we tend to use 100 ml of 1% detergent (=1 g) for 12 liters of cells (Ecoli) of OD600 1. This is probably on the low side; if cost

Re: [ccp4bb] Detergent solubilization step (membrane proteins)

2013-07-10 Thread Bert Van-Den-Berg
I could add that even for membrane proteins that may not be stable in eg DM after purification, DM may still be a viable option for extraction since there will be large amounts of stabilising lipids present. Just make sure you change to a milder detergent for the post-extraction steps. Bert

Re: [ccp4bb] Detergent solubilization step (membrane proteins)

2013-07-10 Thread Raji Edayathumangalam
Thanks Jim and Bert for all your suggestions. I plan to increase time and/or amount of DDM and see what happens before switching detergents. I'll keep the suggestions about other detergents and 96-detergent screen in the back of my mind. Bert, I noted your suggestion of also using a larger amount

Re: [ccp4bb] refmac-linux-I'm out of touch question

2013-07-10 Thread Robbie Joosten
Hi Joel, You can just replace your current 'refmac5' and 'libcheck' files. Perhaps after making a backup. They are in the 'bin' directory of your CCP4 installation. The easiest way to find them is using 'which refmac5'. HtH, Robbie Verzonden met mijn Windows Phone