[ccp4bb] help

2013-08-21 Thread rana ibd
Dear ccp4    I wanted to ask if anyone has expressed DDB1 (Damaged DNA Binding protein)  or any other interacting partner using bacterial cells instead of insect or mammalian or yeast cells, I also wanted to ask if anyone has any experience with this binding partner interacting with a fusion

[ccp4bb] Bacterial vector with C-terminal MBP fusion protein

2013-08-21 Thread Geula Davidov
Hello Does anyone has a vector with multiple cloning site followed by protease cleavage and C-terminal MBP for expression in Bl21 cells. Thank you Geula -- Geula Davidov Lab Manager The Zarivach laboratory, Building 39, Room 0013 The National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev

[ccp4bb] Postdoctoral position at the ESRF in Grenoble

2013-08-21 Thread Antoine Royant
Dear all, Please find here an advertisement for a postdoctoral position at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, for which the knowledge of protein crystallography would be an asset: http://esrf.profilsearch.com/recrute/fo_annonce_voir.php?id=232 The work will consist in

Re: [ccp4bb] Low 280 absorbance imidazole?

2013-08-21 Thread Phoebe A. Rice
Hi Bernhard, If your cheap imidazole works fine aside from the absorption problem, there's always my favorite stone-age detection method: pencil a numbered grid onto a piece of filter paper, spot the fractions on it, and stain with coomassie. It'll tell you which fractions to load on a gel,

Re: [ccp4bb] Low 280 absorbance imidazole?

2013-08-21 Thread Jan
Hi Bernhard, this one works for us: Sigma BioUltra imidazole, 99.5% by GC, 56749 Cheers, Jan -- Jan Abendroth Emerald BioStructures Seattle / Bainbridge Island WA, USA home: Jan.Abendroth_at_gmail.com work: JAbendroth_at_embios.com http://www.emeraldbiostructures.com On Aug 21, 2013, at 7:33 AM,

Re: [ccp4bb] Low 280 absorbance imidazole?

2013-08-21 Thread Edward A. Berry
Would you happen to know what the A280 of a 1M (or .1 M) solution is? I wonder if this absorbance is really due to impurities or is the tail of a weak absorbance band of imidazole itself. I notice A280 is not one of the properties sigma lists for its imidazole. Jan wrote: Hi Bernhard, this

Re: [ccp4bb] Low 280 absorbance imidazole?

2013-08-21 Thread Ed Pozharski
According to Qiagen Since imidazole absorbs UV radiation at 280 nm, an elution profile measured at 280 nm while purifying a 6xHis tagged protein by FPLC will show an increase in absorbance above the background signal allowing quantitation of your protein. The absorbance of imidazole can vary

Re: [ccp4bb] Low 280 absorbance imidazole?

2013-08-21 Thread Zhang, Zhen
Sigma Imidazole 56749. http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/catalog/product/sigma/56749?lang=enregion=US Zhen From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of Bernhard Rupp Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 10:33 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] Low 280 absorbance

Re: [ccp4bb] Low 280 absorbance imidazole?

2013-08-21 Thread Edward A. Berry
Bernard, Ed, Sounds like an impurity, all right. But if so you wold think the chemical companies would be selling special low-A280 grade imidazole for IMAC, and for some price you could get material that doesn't absorb there at all. Unless its a spontaneous decomposition product. Maybe even the

Re: [ccp4bb] Low 280 absorbance imidazole?

2013-08-21 Thread Bosch, Juergen
How about low pH elution or EDTA as alternative ? Jürgen .. Jürgen Bosch Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Biochemistry Molecular Biology Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute 615 North Wolfe Street, W8708 Baltimore, MD 21205 Phone:

Re: [ccp4bb] Low 280 absorbance imidazole?

2013-08-21 Thread Matthias Zebisch
Hi everybody, I would just like to contribute that absorption at 280 results from methylated imidazole, a contamination hard to get rid of. Imidazole itself does not absorb at 280. Bye, Matthias - Dr. Matthias Zebisch Division of Structural Biology,

[ccp4bb] TLS group assignment near poorly ordered loop

2013-08-21 Thread Shane Caldwell
Hi bb, I have a question about TLS group assignment. I have a loop that is poorly ordered. The backbone can still mostly be built, though that's probably just the predominant conformation of many. TLSMD usually assigns a group border on one or both sides of this loop, though the assignment isn't

Re: [ccp4bb] TLS group assignment near poorly ordered loop

2013-08-21 Thread Robbie Joosten
Hi Shane, Option one and two may both work. The extra group is not a problem unless it doesn't actually improve the fit with the data much. If you really have very little data, you should consider first using one overall residual B-factor and try to get the most out of the TLS. You can try

Re: [ccp4bb] Low 280 absorbance imidazole?

2013-08-21 Thread John Newitt
Yes, I think that's the one we use now. I believe it is the current branding of the Fluka imidazole that we always ordered. Definitely lower UV absorbance. We also prefer Roche high purity DTT for the same reason. John Sent from my iPad On Aug 21, 2013, at 11:04 AM, Jan