[ccp4bb] possible Refmac_5.6.0117 bug

2012-03-15 Thread Minglei Zhao
Happen to come across this: Failed to rerun previous refmac job, which had been run in version 5.5.0109. The problem was gone after changing the LIBIN filename (36 characters) to a shorter one. Minglei Zhao

Re: [ccp4bb] Help! weird thing

2012-03-15 Thread Herman . Schreuder
Dear Zhihong, Refinement stuck at 55% Rfree (which is essentially random), means that you do not have found the correct MR solution. For me the prime suspect is the space group. In my experience pseudo translation or any almost crystallographic NCS will easily confuse automatic space group

[ccp4bb] MolRep error

2012-03-15 Thread Justyna Wojdyla
Dear All, I am trying to run MolRep with 'input fixed model' option and i am getting error message: At line 1260 of file /usr/local/xtal/ccp4-6.2.0/src/molrep_/molrep.f Fortran runtime error: End of record I am using: CCP4 6.2: MOLREP(ccp4) version 11.0.02 : 07/02/11 I found the

Re: [ccp4bb] MolRep error

2012-03-15 Thread Garib N Murshudov
you can try a version from this site: http://www.ysbl.york.ac.uk/~alexei/molrep.html If it does not work please let me know regards Garib On 15 Mar 2012, at 12:45, Justyna Wojdyla jw...@york.ac.uk wrote: Dear All, I am trying to run MolRep with 'input fixed model' option and i am

[ccp4bb] Lego_auto_mainchain in COOT?

2012-03-15 Thread xiuwen zhang
Dear all, Is there any similar function in COOT as lego_auto_mainchain command in O program? This command is quite useful to build a low resolution model (say, 4A). Cheers, Xiuwen

Re: [ccp4bb] Lego_auto_mainchain in COOT?

2012-03-15 Thread Paul Emsley
On 15/03/12 14:14, xiuwen zhang wrote: Dear all, Is there any similar function in COOT as lego_auto_mainchain command in O program? This command is quite useful to build a low resolution model (say, 4A). I am not familiar with lego_auto_mainchain but there are 2 loop fitting tools in

[ccp4bb] protein stain, B-PER

2012-03-15 Thread Thomas Edwards
Dear BB, Apologies for being mildly off topic. Maybe. 1. We are trying to express (in E. coli) a protein which appears to be quite sensitive to mechanical disruption. We have ordered some B-PER (Pierce - B-PER Bacterial Protein Extraction Reagents are designed to extract soluble protein

Re: [ccp4bb] protein stain, B-PER

2012-03-15 Thread Jacob Keller
Switch ethanol in the stain. Also, there was talk a while ago about making your own instant blue stains--it works like bradford reagent, I think. Perhaps look back at previous postings? JPK On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Thomas Edwards t.a.edwa...@leeds.ac.ukwrote: Dear BB, Apologies for

Re: [ccp4bb] protein stain, B-PER

2012-03-15 Thread Cécile Breyton
Hi Ed, A few years back there has been a thread on copper staining that leads to negative staining, but works well, is very fast and simple. - Rinse gel 10-30s in H2O - incubate in 300 mM CuCl2. The gel stains in 3-5 min: background becomes opaque, the protein bands remain clear. Sensibility

Re: [ccp4bb] protein stain, B-PER

2012-03-15 Thread Ed Pozharski
By mechanical disruption you mean sonication only or have you tried the French press? Assuming that you use sonication, and assuming that you follow a fairly standard protocol (e.g. something like 10sec pulse/20sec pause on ice for 3 minutes total), it may be heat not ultrasound that gets to it.

Re: [ccp4bb] protein stain, B-PER

2012-03-15 Thread Jacob Keller
Hey, that was my post! NB this cannot be used for native gels, I don't think. Jacob On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Cécile Breyton cecile.brey...@ibs.frwrote: Hi Ed, A few years back there has been a thread on copper staining that leads to negative staining, but works well, is very fast

Re: [ccp4bb] protein stain, B-PER‏

2012-03-15 Thread Matthias Haffke
Hi all, concerning the staining, we get good results with a self-made instant blue. First staining is achieved within 30min, full staining after maximal 4 hours I would say. You don't need to destain (still possible with H2O) since the background is not stained. Sensitivity is better than

[ccp4bb] Reminder: BCA/CCP4 Summer School 2012

2012-03-15 Thread Airlie McCoy
This is a reminder that applications are now open for the BCA/CCP4 Summer School in Protein Crystallography to be held at Diamond (UK) from Tuesday 28th August to Sunday 2nd September 2012. Applications close 1st May 2012. The course is suitable for PhD students in macromolecular

[ccp4bb] Experimental Phasing with Pseudo-symmetry in an unusual setting P 21 2 21

2012-03-15 Thread Harm Otten
Dear colleagues do you have any professional thoughts on my case here? Available SeMet data to 3.6 Å (where only the redundant Se-Edge peak to can be used), a high resolution native data to 2.6 Å, a Zinc-soak, collected at the Zinc-Edge to 3.0 Å. Considerable Patterson peak indicates pseudo

[ccp4bb] Differentiate salt and protein crystals

2012-03-15 Thread Theresa H. Hsu
Hi all. I set up some trays of membrane protein remotely in cubic phase. I don't have ready access to them so I can't shoot/pick the crystals. Under polarising lights, some crystals appears coloured across many conditions, making me think these are salt. Is there some knowledge of inorganic

Re: [ccp4bb] Differentiate salt and protein crystals

2012-03-15 Thread Jingquan Tan
Hi Theresa, Your observation of colored crystals under polarising lights seems odd to me. I assume your protein should be colorless and under normal light these crystals are colorless? Are these trays set up in glass plate or plastic plates? If you are willing to upload some pictures, I might be

Re: [ccp4bb] Differentiate salt and protein crystals

2012-03-15 Thread Jon Agirre
The best reproduction I can suggest would be to setup one or two LCP experiments exchanging the protein for its buffer. If you get crystals, you know for sure they're not protein. Cheers, Jon 2012/3/15 Theresa H. Hsu theresah...@live.com Hi all. I set up some trays of membrane protein

Re: [ccp4bb] recombinant enterokinase

2012-03-15 Thread Wolfgang Skala
Dear Elias, we routinely produce a C-terminally His6-tagged catalytic domain of bovine enterokinase in E. coli. The protease is expressed into inclusion bodies and subsequently folded in vitro. Considering the high activity of our enterokinase construct, one refolding batch allows us to cleave

Re: [ccp4bb] Differentiate salt and protein crystals

2012-03-15 Thread Jacob Keller
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Jon Agirre jon.agi...@gmail.com wrote: The best reproduction I can suggest would be to setup one or two LCP experiments exchanging the protein for its buffer. If you get crystals, you know for sure they're not protein. It should be pointed out that the

[ccp4bb] postdoctoral position in structural biology and epigenetics

2012-03-15 Thread Charles Ballard
A post-doctoral position is available for highly motivated candidates to join a research group interested in investigating molecular mechanisms underlying epigenetic regulation and inheritance, and the broad area of chromatin biology. Projects will involve structure determination of

[ccp4bb] postdoctor​al position in structural biology and epigenetic​s

2012-03-15 Thread Jikui Song
A post-doctoral position is available for highly motivated candidates to join aresearch group interested in investigating molecular mechanisms underlyingepigenetic regulation and inheritance, and the broad area of chromatin biology.Projects will involve structure determination of macromolecular

Re: [ccp4bb] protein stain, B-PER

2012-03-15 Thread Doug Ohlendorf
1. We like Bugbuster. You can get it at 10X concentration so it is fairly economical. We do add lysozyme and DNase as well. 2. We use the NuPage gels and SimplyBlue SafeStain and it works very well. We can run a gel in 20-30 min and have it stained and destained a hour later using the

[ccp4bb] 4Fe-4S

2012-03-15 Thread Allan Pang
Hi all, Has any of you encountered a protein with 4Fe-4S cluster; with three of the Fe coordinated to the cysteines of the protein, leaving one Fe atom free for electron transfer? The closest I got is aconitase; however, the iron sulfur cluster of the enzyme is not used for electron

[ccp4bb] Post-doctoral Position Available in Structural Biology and Epigenetics

2012-03-15 Thread Jikui Song
Sorry for posting again, previous message contains a typo. A post-doctoral position is available for highly motivated candidates to join a research group interested in investigating molecular mechanisms underlying epigenetic regulation and inheritance, and the broad area of chromatin biology.