Re: [ccp4bb] Is it possible to mutate a reversible epimerase into an inreversible one?

2010-05-21 Thread Vinson LIANG
Dear, Dale, Lijun, Michael and all,   Thank you all very much for your comment and discussion, from which not only do I find the answer to my question, but also I have learned a lot.   In my case, both substrates are in the same form, saying 'D'. And I don't expect extra energy to break the EQ

[ccp4bb] Is it possible for the Tris buffer to strip the Zn ions from the Zinc Finger motif of a protein?

2010-05-21 Thread ruheng
Date: Sat, 22 May 2010 11:17:41 +0800 From: rh_ibp2...@hotmail.com Subject: [ccp4bb] To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Dear all, Recently, I am working on a complex which includes two protein subunits. The interaction was based on the Zinc Finger motif of one protein. I co-purified the complex

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2010-05-21 Thread ruheng
Dear all, Recently, I am working on a complex which includes two protein subunits. The interaction was based on the Zinc Finger motif of one protein. I co-purified the complex by nickel affinity column with one protein bearing a C terminal His tag and the other without any affinity tags. Ho

Re: [ccp4bb] Fwd: calculate the real space R factor using OVERLAPMAP

2010-05-21 Thread Pavel Afonine
Hello, I was just wondering whether there is some other tools in eg CCP4, Phenix or CNS to calculate real-space R in the general way in absolute values. related to your question: in PHENIX you can get a table of map CC (computed between model and 2mFo-DFc maps), and the value of mFo-DFc a

[ccp4bb] Fwd: calculate the real space R factor using OVERLAPMAP

2010-05-21 Thread Athanasios Dousis
Hello all, I'm forwarding a question from my labmate Hailiang Zhang regarding OVERLAPMAP and real-space R factors. Thanks in advance for your suggestions. Nasos Dousis Rice University P.S. Can someone please add haili...@bcm.tmc.edu to the CCP4BB listserv? Original Message

Re: [ccp4bb] Is it possible to mutate a reversible epimerase into an inreversible one?

2010-05-21 Thread Dale Tronrud
I think we are having a problem with the definition of "reversible" and "irreversible". By Lijun's definition the reaction is irreversible because it proceeds from far from equilibrium toward equilibrium. That situation is more a property of the system than the enzyme. If you make the enzyme

Re: [ccp4bb] Is it possible to mutate a reversible epimerase into an inreversible one?

2010-05-21 Thread Lijun Liu
If I understand what you are saying, I think it is too. You imply that asymmetry in the enzyme results in two isomerase pathways. This may be true, but it has no consequence on the prospects for irreversibility. To avoid confusion, let's call these pathways "D" and "S". Both the "D" and "S"

Re: [ccp4bb] TLSANL total B factor question

2010-05-21 Thread Miller, Mitchell D.
Hi Shiva, Not directly related to the problem you reported, but I wanted to warn you that in refmac 5.5.0072 the default is for the keyword TLSD WATERS ADD to be applied. This keyword tells refmac to assign all of your water molecules to existing TLS groups. (It does this quietly without any n

Re: [ccp4bb] Is it possible to mutate a reversible epimerase into an inreversible one?

2010-05-21 Thread James Stroud
On May 20, 2010, at 1:39 PM, Lijun Liu wrote: I think this is somehow tortured, especially by a quick reading of Dale's explanation. If I understand what you are saying, I think it is too. You imply that asymmetry in the enzyme results in two isomerase pathways. This may be true, but it

Re: [ccp4bb] electron microscopy: where open access fails

2010-05-21 Thread Cathy Lawson
Dear Filip, CCP4BB, 3DEM, and PDB-L list members, Thank you for your enthusiastic showing of community support for mandatory deposition of cryoEM maps to EMDB and for their timely release. The two year hold is available to EMDB depositors for just one practical reason: it encourages deposition

Re: [ccp4bb] Alignment software

2010-05-21 Thread gauri misra
Try ESPript.. Gauri

Re: [ccp4bb] molecular replacement

2010-05-21 Thread Phoebe Rice
I may be a pessimist, but I'd focus my efforts on getting experimental phases. It can be hard to tell a correct molecular replacement solution from garbage with that kind of data, and it can be a real time sink because its hard to know when to quit. If you can get an SeMet data set, even it it doe

Re: [ccp4bb] For 24 well Netxal plates (non ccp4 question) ==>> SUMMARY

2010-05-21 Thread Mathews, Irimpan I.
Dear All, Thank you for the several responses. Please see the summary below. 1. Several of them: complain to Qiagen (two or three said: protests loudly). Unfortunately, my e-mail to the Qiagen marketing manager never got any reply. I e-mailed to him on 5-12-10. Let me know if you need his e-m

[ccp4bb] Alignment software

2010-05-21 Thread Salameh, Mohd A., Ph.D.
Dear All, I'm trying to prepare an alignment figure of 2 proteins that highlight conserved and similar residues and probably secondary structures; I will greatly appreciate it if anybody can recommend a software that I can use. Thanks, Mohd

Re: [ccp4bb] molecular replacement

2010-05-21 Thread Vineet Gaur
Also check if you have correctly estimated no. of molecules in asymmetric unit. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Tim Gruene wrote: > Dear intekhab, > > a few suggestions: > - are you sure of the space group or might there be alternatives? > - is you protein globular or modular, i.e., is it wort

[ccp4bb] off-topic--refrigerated shakers

2010-05-21 Thread Patrick Loll
Any recommendations for WELL-MADE refrigerated shakers? Our 1980-vintage New Brunswick Psycrotherm* is getting creaky, and the repair people claim that parts are not available. Hence, we're looking at the cost-effectiveness of replacing it with a new one. Probably best to reply off-list, and

Re: [ccp4bb] Question: Refmac5 stats reported in pdb REMARK 3

2010-05-21 Thread Christine Zardecki
Dear Phil, Your observation that the refinement details in PDB format REMARKs are difficult to interpret and compare is well taken. Each refinement package produces its own set of refinement results calculated in its own way. Both the calculation and presentation of this information in PD

Re: [ccp4bb] molecular replacement

2010-05-21 Thread Tim Gruene
Dear intekhab, a few suggestions: - are you sure of the space group or might there be alternatives? - is you protein globular or modular, i.e., is it worth running MR with stable subdomains one after the other? - try a poly-alanine model (e.g. chainsaw can do this for you, pdbset probably, to

[ccp4bb] molecular replacement

2010-05-21 Thread intekhab alam
Hi all I am trying to do molecular replacement with low resolution (4Å) using Molrep and Phaser. Overall R-factor is 11.3%, completeness 95.4%, I/sigma 2, and Chi^2 0.95. Identities between my protein and templates were more than 80%. I couldn’t get correct solution. Rotation function, translat

Re: [ccp4bb] Help needed in solving a MAD dataset

2010-05-21 Thread Gerard Bricogne
Dear Jürgen, The road to perfection is a long one ... . Thank you for the feedback! With best wishes, Gerard. -- On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 10:31:37PM -0400, Jürgen Bosch wrote: > I don't like the site finding option in autosharp, takes too long in most of > my

Re: [ccp4bb] Help needed in solving a MAD dataset

2010-05-21 Thread Santosh Panjikar
Dear All, Not only for beginners, but also for experts who want to solve structures in hurry at the beamline and who want to complete model starting from X-ray data at resolution better than 3.0 A resolution. Santosh Quoting "Ulrich Zander" : Hi Qing Lu, try Autorickshaw: http://www.

Re: [ccp4bb] TLSANL total B factor question

2010-05-21 Thread Martyn Winn
That was a bug in TLSANL, introduced in 6.1.0 and fixed in 6.1.2. So you need to update your CCP4, or at least extract a newer tlsanl binary. Apologies for that. Martyn On Fri, 2010-05-21 at 04:46 +0100, Shiva Kumar wrote: > Dear Crystallographers > > I am trying to print out my total B factor

Re: [ccp4bb] ncsfind

2010-05-21 Thread Clemens Vonrhein
Hi Karin, I find PROFESSS by Kevin Cowtan very easy to use: professs xyzin hatom.pdb xyzout professs.pdb < >Dear all, > >Does anyone know if NCSFIND is still available or how I can get it. If >not is there another program that I can use to determine >noncrystallographic symmet