Re: [ccp4bb] Distinguishing Between Na+ and H2O

2010-02-16 Thread Robbie Joosten
Dear Jacob, The latest WHAT IF/WHAT_CHECK (http://swift.cmbi.ru.nl/servers/html/index.html -- Build/check/repai model -- template structure check) does ion checks in a way similar to WASP. It does take symmetry into account and also checks if your ions could be another ion. If you add a

Re: [ccp4bb] Distinguishing Between Na+ and H2O

2010-02-16 Thread Eleanor Dodson
Yes - we are puzzling over the same phenomena. Look at this web site set up by Marjorie Harding http://tanna.bch.ed.ac.uk/ It lists the likely coordination patterns. We certainly have ideal Na bonding in our structure - but unfortunately we wanted to find Ca which has a very similar

Re: [ccp4bb] tls problem in C2221

2010-02-16 Thread Dale Tronrud
I'm puzzled about this. If the B's listed by Refmac in the PDB file are the residuals that are to be added to the values derived from the TLS model, shouldn't they have a distribution with a mean value of zero? Why would one what a minimal residual of 2A^2? Aren't negative residuals not only

[ccp4bb] continuous flow centrifuge

2010-02-16 Thread Pascal Egea
Dear All, Sorry for the not strictly crystallography-related question. We are currently setting up a fermentation core and are considering purchasing a T1 Sharples continuous flow centrifuge. It is a mid-range capacity instrument. We will be processing bacteria and yeast. I was wondering if

[ccp4bb] Example of a good crystallization facility design?

2010-02-16 Thread Jan Dohnalek
Dear all, could anyone recommend a lab in Europe with a crystallization lab designed with a good, clever working environment for temperature/(humidity) control with sufficient air conditioning backup, etc? Especially if it includes lower and higher temperature environments (~10 or 30 deg). I do

Re: [ccp4bb] tls problem in C2221

2010-02-16 Thread Ethan Merritt
On Tuesday 16 February 2010 10:54:49 Dale Tronrud wrote: I'm puzzled about this. If the B's listed by Refmac in the PDB file are the residuals that are to be added to the values derived from the TLS model, shouldn't they have a distribution with a mean value of zero? Why would one what a

Re: [ccp4bb] tls problem in C2221

2010-02-16 Thread Pavel Afonine
But you are correct that refmac should allow the residuals to go negative. This is what phenix.refine does when you do combined TLS + individual isotropic ADP refinement. Pavel.

Re: [ccp4bb] Distinguishing Between Na+ and H2O

2010-02-16 Thread Jan Dohnalek
After having seen many Na+ ions very likely correctly built and refined and many potential Na+ sites with a very clear indication that the bond valence sum is already on the border of being water and being an ion I would say that Na+ binding in proteins happens quite often and probably escapes

Re: [ccp4bb] tls problem in C2221

2010-02-16 Thread George M. Sheldrick
Maybe it was a bit early to turn on TLS. Pseudomerohedral twinning of a P21 crystal with a and c approximately equal often looks like C2221 with an appropriate transformation of the axes, that could explain the high R-values. George Prof. George M. Sheldrick FRS Dept. Structural Chemistry,

Re: [ccp4bb] continuous flow centrifuge

2010-02-16 Thread Edward A. Berry
Only Sharples i've had experience with was an old steam-driven model- I wouldn't recommend that. Actually it looked a lot like the T1 at http://boto.ocean.washington.edu/file/show/2340 except for the motor. An alternative you should consider is the sorval thermos (fisher?) Heraeus Stratos

[ccp4bb] hkl into mtz using f2mtz

2010-02-16 Thread Miriam Sharpe
Hi everyone, I've been looking at ways to convert an old hkl file from a CNS refinement (see details below) into an mtz file. F2mtz in ccp4 will do this once I have told it the fortran format of the hkl file (below), and specified the data type and label for the input fields. However, I'm not