Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic: ask about cryoprotectant selection using lithium sulfate as precipitant for crystal growth

2008-02-27 Thread Jim Pflugrath
Hi everyone, I received a lot of positive e-mails about my post on cryo methods. One theme was, "Well, what are the papers I should read?" I know of one such paper published in Methods. I have made the PDF of it downloadable from our web site at http://www.rigaku.com/cryo/ Cheers, Jim

Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic: ask about cryoprotectant selection using lithium sulfate as precipitant for crystal growth

2008-02-27 Thread Christian Biertuempfel
Hi Donghui, I just want to draw your attention to the following article. It sums up suggestions which were already made by others for using concentrated (lithium) salt solutions for cryoprotection: Rubinson, K.; Ladner, J.; Tordova, M. & Gilliland, G. Cryosalts: suppression of ice formation in mac

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2008-02-27 Thread Adam, Martin
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Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic: ask about cryoprotectant selection using lithium sulfate as precipitant for crystal growth

2008-02-27 Thread Jim Pflugrath
There are many excellent review articles about cryocrystallography and cryoprotectants. Do labs generally have these articles handy in a methods folder? Do lab heads help their colleagues by making them read them? Mineral oil is generally not a good oil to use because it changes volume too m

Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic: ask about cryoprotectant selection using lithium sulfate as precipitant for crystal growth

2008-02-27 Thread R.M. Garavito
Donghui, We have several membrane proteins crystallized in salt-based conditions, actually in high sodium citrate. Yes, LiCl or lithium formate are good alternatives, but also try lithium citrate, as citrate also depresses the freezing point quite well. Good luck, Michael *

Re: [ccp4bb] torsion restraints COOT

2008-02-27 Thread Paul Emsley
Hi Brenda, Brenda Patterson wrote: I am doing molecular replacement with a model of sequence identity 42%. If you used a CCP4 automated MR tool to generate your model, then the "[Post MR] Fill Partial Residues" can conveniently restore side-chains that have been "Schwarzenbachered". Have

[ccp4bb] torsion restraints COOT

2008-02-27 Thread Brenda Patterson
Dear all I am doing molecular replacement with a model of sequence identity 42%. Have been trying numerous combinations of weighting in refmac of CCP4. However the geometry of the model is not being maintained. I am then trying manual fitting of the model in COOT. However when torsion restraints a

Re: [ccp4bb] SC program in CCP4 - No radius found for residue G atom P

2008-02-27 Thread Stein, ND (Norman)
Hi Rosemary SC has stopped because P is not in its list of atomic radii. This list is located at $CCP4/lib/data/sc_radii.lib You will need to edit this file to add a value for P ( and possibly some of the other atoms in your RNA fragment). The format is fairly self-explanatory, with asterisks

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2008-02-27 Thread Andrew Turnbull
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Re: [ccp4bb] seeing if this list can be put on gmane

2008-02-27 Thread William Scott
Here is an example: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.editors.textmate.general Charles Ballard wrote: > Dear Mark > > gmane has an obscure e-mail address function. We would use that. > > Charles > > On 26 Feb 2008, at 16:58, Mark J. van Raaij wrote: > >> Dear Charles, >> it would perhaps be good to

Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic: ask about cryoprotectant selection using lithium sulfate as precipitant for crystal growth

2008-02-27 Thread wu donghui
Dear Frank, Here you mentioned the saturated stock 3M is at room temperature or not. Since at room temperature now I can make 2.5 M stock at most at about 22 degredd celsius. Thank you very much for your good suggestion. Donghui On 2/27/08, Francesco Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Dongh

Re: [ccp4bb] seeing if this list can be put on gmane

2008-02-27 Thread Charles Ballard
Dear Mark gmane has an obscure e-mail address function. We would use that. Charles On 26 Feb 2008, at 16:58, Mark J. van Raaij wrote: Dear Charles, it would perhaps be good to make sure email addresses are not publicly visible on gmane, to avoid spamming. greetings, Mark J. van Raaij Dpto