Re: [ccp4bb] Method to calculate the axis of an alpha helix

2010-08-17 Thread Tom Oldfield
Yuan SHANG 1) DIY The way that has been used is to calculate the inertia tensor matrix for helix (or any other secondary structure element). You can chose backbone atoms or just the CA atoms. Then calculate the eigen vectors and values from this and the largest eigen vector will be the best

Re: [ccp4bb] Method to calculate the axis of an alpha helix

2010-08-17 Thread Phil Evans
I've put a couple of example programs that do this sort of thing (using the clipper libraries) in ftp://ftp.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/pub/pre/helixanglethings.tar.gz Phil 1) helixangle.cpp Calculate angle beween two helices Superimpose standard helix on two specified chains ranges, then

Re: [ccp4bb] Method to calculate the axis of an alpha helix

2010-08-17 Thread Francois Berenger
Hello, Is there some C or C++ code out there doing what you described in 1). If not, is there a very detailed explanation of this procedure somewhere, detailed enough in order to implement it (just getting the best fit vector and its length, no other parameters)? Thanks a lot, Francois. Tom

Re: [ccp4bb] Method to calculate the axis of an alpha helix

2010-08-17 Thread Phil Evans
The problem with the inertial matrix approach is that it is very sensitive to end effects on the helix, ie a helix is not a perfect cylinder. So superimposing an ideal helix is more reliable Phil On 17 Aug 2010, at 10:17, Francois Berenger wrote: Hello, Is there some C or C++ code out

[ccp4bb] iMosflm 1.0.4 - font size

2010-08-17 Thread Kristof Van Hecke
Dear, I've just installed the latest iMosflm 1.0.4, as well as the CCP4 6.1.13 suite (under Mac OS 10.5.8). However, where does iMosflm get its font sizes..? (these are quite big actually, and I'd like to reduce them) Thank you very much Sincerely Kristof Van Hecke

Re: [ccp4bb] Can I refine the B values only for the modified/added structure while keeping already refined B values unchanged?

2010-08-17 Thread Eleanor Dodson
I really dont think this is a very good idea - B values are correlated to the optimum position of the atom - if thast is a fraction of an A out the B factor will be much higher than it should be.. Eleanor Hailiang Zhang wrote: Dear Pavel: Thanks a lot! I will try phenix.refine! Best

Re: [ccp4bb] Method to calculate the axis of an alpha helix

2010-08-17 Thread Phil Evans
When I started doing various analyses of conformational changes in AP2 (bending of helical solenoids, see supp data fig S2 for Jackson et al, Cell 141, 1220-1229 (2010)) I was first going to do lots of scripting around this sort of thing, but Kevin Cowtan persuaded me that it was easier to

Re: [ccp4bb] iMosflm 1.0.4 - font size

2010-08-17 Thread harry powell
Hi Kristof If you use the ActiveTcl wish for your MOSFLM_WISH environment variable rather than the X11 wish that the ccp4 install uses, you get nice Mac fonts which have had their sizes chosen so they look good. You would need to (1) Install the ActiveTcl distro (unnecessary if you're

[ccp4bb] Off topic: Master and PhD in Crystallography and Crystallization

2010-08-17 Thread Jose A. Gavira
Dear ccp4BBs, I would like to inform you that the 3rd edition of the *Master and PhD in Crystallography and Crystallization* is open. The MCC offers an unique opportunity for the training of young researchers that is normally absent or under-represented at graduate level despite its

Re: [ccp4bb] Summary: I-TASSER predicts NADPH binding, need to confirm with experiment

2010-08-17 Thread Jacob Keller
Hold on--did you add free NADPH into the top of the concentrator, and spec the sample pre-spinning? You need to be sure that you can see the NADPH in the sample before you spin it, because you are looking for a *loss* of NADPH absorbance in the flow-through. A similar method uses a very low

[ccp4bb] Lactose again

2010-08-17 Thread Rex Palmer
In Refmac: Does anyone know if lactose should be designated as one component (Lat) or two components (Gal and Glc)? Rex Palmer Birkbeck College

Re: [ccp4bb] Lactose again

2010-08-17 Thread Paul Emsley
On 17/08/10 22:58, Rex Palmer wrote: In Refmac: Does anyone know if lactose should be designated as one component (Lat) or two components (Gal and Glc)? With Refmac, you can do it both ways.

[ccp4bb] autoBuster--Rfree_falg

2010-08-17 Thread Jerry McCully
Dear All: I am currently using autoBuster to refine my structure. I notice that autobuster generates a new column in the MTZ data file with the label of FreeR_flag. Because my MTZ file has already had the FreeRflag, I am wondering whether autoBuster generated a new set of Rfreeflags

Re: [ccp4bb] autoBuster--Rfree_falg

2010-08-17 Thread Ed Pozharski
There are many ways to test if the two test sets are identical. For example (using CCP4i): Go to Reflection Data Utilities - SF file analysis and then perform data correlation between your two FreeFlag columns. If they are identical, the resulting R-factor should be 0 and correlation

Re: [ccp4bb] Lactose again

2010-08-17 Thread Robbie Joosten
Dear Rex, Beta-lactose is in Ligand-Expo as 'LAT' so I'd stick with that. Regards, Robbie Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:58:27 +0100 From: rex.pal...@btinternet.com Subject: [ccp4bb] Lactose again To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK In Refmac: Does anyone know if lactose should be designated as one