[ccp4bb] BioRad CFX96 for thermofluor/DSF?

2009-04-29 Thread Charlie Bond
Hi Folks, Has anyone here had any success running a thermofluor (differential scanning fluorimetry) experiment on a BioRad CFX96 with SYPRO orange as the fluorophore? Our local 'technical expert' tells us it should work and gave us some settings to test, but was very sketchy about any

[ccp4bb] PEG molecule crossing a two-fold crystallographic symmetry axis

2009-04-29 Thread Chandrika Deshpande
Hello everyone, My protein crystallised in the spacegroup P6522 with one protein molecule in the asymmetric unit. I have a PEG molecule from the crystallization condition which crosses a two-fold crystallographic symmetry axis. PEG is symmetric hence this does not violate the crystal symmetry.

Re: [ccp4bb] PEG molecule crossing a two-fold crystallographic symmetry axis

2009-04-29 Thread Tim Gruene
Hello Chandrika, you can either set the occupancy of the molecule to 0.5 and refine it as a whole molecule or leave the occupancy at 1, refine only one half of the molecule and let the symmetry operator do the rest. Chemically the first way makes more sense to me: even though the PEG

Re: [ccp4bb] ccp4mg and OS X

2009-04-29 Thread Stuart McNicholas
Donnie Berkholz wrote: On 14:57 Tue 28 Apr , Stuart McNicholas wrote: I clicked the source code link and it didn't send me anywhere. Is the source code going to show up at some point, or will that wait until the rewrite is entirely complete? My apologies, this is now available.

Re: [ccp4bb] PEG molecule crossing a two-fold crystallographic symmetry axis

2009-04-29 Thread lidefeng
Hi everyone, Following Chandrika's question, what should I do if one peptide chain crosses a two-fold crystallographic symmetry axis? The peptide is not symmetric and the sidechain of one Se-Met (two after CS operation) is determined and conformed by MAD. Your sincerely   

[ccp4bb] Peptide on two-fold axis - was:[ccp4bb] PEG molecule crossing a two-fold crystallographic symmetry axis

2009-04-29 Thread Tim Gruene
Hello De-Feng Li, first of all sorry for changing the subject: I think starting a new thread from an existing one may hamper people who are going to search the archives in the future, therefore it is good practice to give it its separate subject line, even though it certainly is be very

[ccp4bb] use of siliconized cover glass

2009-04-29 Thread Sang Hoon Joo
I sometimes notice people using non-siliconized cover glass and it makes me wonder what pros and cons we can think about using siliconized glass... any suggestions? Sang Hoon Joo, PhD Postdoctoral Associate Duke University 239 Nanaline H. Duke Box 3711, DUMC Durham, NC 27710

Re: [ccp4bb] use of siliconized cover glass

2009-04-29 Thread Christian Biertuempfel
Hi Sang Hoon, When you have a crystal stuck to non-siliconized glass you will appreciate coated cover slips. The crystal appears to be superglued onto the glass surface. This can also happen when you transfer a crystal to another glass plate (e.g. depression plate) and it sinks down to the bottom.

Re: [ccp4bb] use of siliconized cover glass

2009-04-29 Thread William G. Scott
The siliconized glass will cause the crystallization drop to bead up more, whereas the untreated glass will cause some mixtures with a low surface tension to spread like a Bose fluid. On Apr 29, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Sang Hoon Joo wrote: I sometimes notice people using non-siliconized cover

Re: [ccp4bb] Peptide on two-fold axis - was:[ccp4bb] PEG molecule crossing a two-fold crystallographic symmetry axis

2009-04-29 Thread lidefeng
Dear Tim Gruene, But how to illustrate the other one half occupancy of peptide? Disorder ? Your sincerely De-Feng Li lidef...@moon.ibp.ac.cn   2009-04-30 Defeng Li, Dr., Email: lidef...@moon.ibp.ac.cn National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules,

[ccp4bb] A post-doctoral position: Drs.H. Moriyama and J. F. Storz at the University of Nebraska.

2009-04-29 Thread dumpy fly
A post-doctoral position is available in the labs of Drs.Hideaki Moriyama and Jay F. Storz at the University of Nebraska. The NIH-funded research project involves an experimental investigation of molecular adaptation. Specifically, the goal is to identify mechanisms of hemoglobin adaptation to