Re: [ccp4bb] distorted phosphate molecule geometry after refinement

2015-06-22 Thread Roger Rowlett
The metal ion is looking reasonable, and it is also chemically sensible based on the crystallization conditions. Add another water around the remaining positive difference density and see if the resulting geometry looks remotely octahedral. From the one, view provided, it does appear to be an a

Re: [ccp4bb] distorted phosphate molecule geometry after refinement

2015-06-22 Thread Roger Rowlett
The metal ion is looking reasonable, and it is also chemically sensible based on the crystallization conditions. Add another water around the remaining positive difference density and see if the resulting geometry looks remotely octahedral. From the one, view provided, it does appear to be an a

Re: [ccp4bb] distorted phosphate molecule geometry after refinement

2015-06-22 Thread Keller, Jacob
Definitely Ni, and maybe add another two waters to fill in the density. Regarding B-factors, it depends on those of the surrounding side chains, and should be a bit higher than theirs. Also, since it’s probably not a biologically-relevant Ni site, it would have low affinity and therefore you co

Re: [ccp4bb] [Fwd: Re: [ccp4bb] FW: New ligand 3-letter code (help-7071)]

2015-06-22 Thread Martyn Symmons
Well the problem is there is a lot more to a ligand than PDB coordinates - little things like bond orders... In addition people can publish ligands with atoms for which they have no density - so zero-occupancy is allowed too. So who should get priority - the group who publishes a ligand first, or t

[ccp4bb] available postdoc position - University of Massachusetts Boston

2015-06-22 Thread Daniel Dowling
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Re: [ccp4bb] distorted phosphate molecule geometry after refinement

2015-06-22 Thread Shane Caldwell
It's probably much less likely than metal coordination and it's hard to judge from only one angle, but phospho-histidine might be something else to consider. http://www.jbc.org/content/276/5/3247.full Shane On Mon, Jun 22, 2015 at 2:15 PM, Roger Rowlett wrote: > I agree...one possibility is a

Re: [ccp4bb] distorted phosphate molecule geometry after refinement

2015-06-22 Thread Eleanor Dodson
I often say this, but check the anomalous difference Fourier. You don't say what resolution your data reaches to, or what wavelength the data is collected at, but if the model is well refined you often can see anomalous peaks for Ss, and they give you a relative scale for any anomalous feature whic

Re: [ccp4bb] distorted phosphate molecule geometry after refinement

2015-06-22 Thread Roger Rowlett
I agree...one possibility is a M-His(2)-Lys-(OH2) site. Possible metal ions would include Zn(II), although Lys is a relatively rare ligand in zinc-metalloenzyme sites. Cheers, ___ Roger S. Rowlett Gordon & Dorothy Kline Professor Department of Chemistry Colg

Re: [ccp4bb] distorted phosphate molecule geometry after refinement

2015-06-22 Thread Keller, Jacob
Looks to me like a metal binding site with those histidines, perhaps--any chance of that? That might also explain the weird geometry issues. JPK -Original Message- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Dale Tronrud Sent: Monday, June 22, 2015 11:17 AM To:

Re: [ccp4bb] distorted phosphate molecule geometry after refinement

2015-06-22 Thread Dale Tronrud
It is possible that your PO4 has its atoms labeled with the wrong chirality. Yes, I know that PO4 is not chiral when you ignore hydrogen atoms and single/double bonds but adding labels creates an unnatural chriality. Try your refinement again after switching the labels on two oxygen atoms. Da

Re: [ccp4bb] manufacturers of protein purification systems

2015-06-22 Thread luzuok
Dear Ruth, Aligent and Shimadzu have their own liquid chromotagraphy instrument, as I know. Regards! Lu Zuokun -- 卢作焜 南开大学新生物站A202 在 2015-06-22 16:38:30,"Ruth Brenk" 写道: >Hi, > >does anybody known a manufacturer of a protein purification system >besides Biorad and GE Healthcare

[ccp4bb] manufacturers of protein purification systems

2015-06-22 Thread Ruth Brenk
Hi, does anybody known a manufacturer of a protein purification system besides Biorad and GE Healthcare ? We need a third one for a tender process. Thanks Ruth -- Jun.-Prof. Dr. Ruth Brenk Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Institut für Pharmazie und Biochemie Staudinger Weg 5 D-55128 Main

Re: [ccp4bb] off topic: hkl2map message error

2015-06-22 Thread Almudena Ponce Salvatierra
Hi Tobias, thank you very much now it works again. Best, Almudena 2015-06-22 10:06 GMT+02:00 Weinert Tobias (PSI) : > Dear Almudena, > > Unfortunately hkl2map does not allow you to use more than 25 mio > reflections for shelxc. But you can simply use the script it generates, > edit MAXM

Re: [ccp4bb] off topic: hkl2map message error

2015-06-22 Thread Weinert Tobias (PSI)
Dear Almudena, Unfortunately hkl2map does not allow you to use more than 25 mio reflections for shelxc. But you can simply use the script it generates, edit MAXM to make space for more & then run shelxc from the command line. [cid:DED89FCB-49D6-4663-BE9E-95881749B5A5] With kind regards, Tobia

[ccp4bb] off topic: hkl2map message error

2015-06-22 Thread Almudena Ponce Salvatierra
Dear all, when trying to run hkl2map I get the following message: *not enough memory to store reflections, increase MAXM or buy more RAM* any idea about what this means? I run it once yesterday without any trouble, and suddenly this appeared when I tried to run it again. Thanks a lot in advance