[ccp4bb] Is it possible for a ligand cif file from the CCP4 library to contain errors ?

2013-10-29 Thread Jodie Johnston
Hi I wanted to check is it possible that there could be errors in the library cif files associated with CCP4 and coot ? I have noticed a couple of potential errors in a ligand cif file from the CCP4 library. Perhaps it is my error - I shall need to triple check it again but, if it

Re: [ccp4bb] Is it possible for a ligand cif file from the CCP4 library to contain errors ?

2013-10-29 Thread Tim Gruene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear Jodie, except for the matter if there is 'right' and 'wrong' in science or rather 'good' and 'bad' models, Garib Murshudov maintains the cif-library and if you send him a compilation of possible fixes he would surely appreciate your input.

Re: [ccp4bb] Is it possible for a ligand cif file from the CCP4 library to contain errors ?

2013-10-29 Thread Eleanor Dodson
There are errors in every branch of human endeavour I am sure! Please if you find something wrong. send your suggested correction to Garib Paul, and once there is a fix notify us all via the BB. CCP4 has always depended heavily on the users noticing the bugs Thank you for your observation.

Re: [ccp4bb] Is it possible for a ligand cif file from the CCP4 library to contain errors ?

2013-10-29 Thread Jodie Johnston
Thanks Everyone for your input I shall triple check my reasoning tomorrow and email Garib if I do think there is an issue. Thanks Jodie From: CCP4 bulletin board [CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] on behalf of Eleanor Dodson [eleanor.dod...@york.ac.uk] Sent:

Re: [ccp4bb] Data mining interactions in the PDB

2013-10-29 Thread Barry Finzel
If you are interested in finding other interactions that look like one particular one, rather than just classifying things (e.g., is this cyan, sea-foam, turquoise or teal?), then I'd recommend the substructure searching capabilities of the DrugSite server You can specify any arbitrary

Re: [ccp4bb] crystals with large solvent content -dehydratation

2013-10-29 Thread Matthew Bowler
Hi Andre, a very effective method is the use of a humidity control device. It has the great advantage that you can characterize changes that occur and also move straight to data collection. There are several HC1 devices in Europe (developed here at the EMBL and available at Diamond, BESSY and

Re: [ccp4bb] crystals with large solvent content -dehydratation

2013-10-29 Thread Enrico Stura
Dear Andre, 66% solvent is on the high side but not a good reason for poor resolution. Other with similaa solvent content have achieved resolutions of 1.5 Ang. and even better. I would screen at a lower protein concentration. It will require more precipitant and you should end up with less

Re: [ccp4bb] crystals with large solvent content -dehydratation

2013-10-29 Thread Singh, Harkewal
Dear Andre, We had a similar case where the crystals were bigger and diffraction was lousy. Our standard dehydration approaches were not very successful. I suggest reading this - Post-crystallization treatments for improving diffraction quality of protein crystals. Heras

Re: [ccp4bb] crystals with large solvent content -dehydratation

2013-10-29 Thread Edward A. Berry
I wonder if there is a big difference between dehydrating in a drop, where the amount of mother liquor is essentially unlimited, and dehydrating a mounted crystal in something like the FMS, where there is only a thin film of ML on the surface. In the latter case, once the surface fluid is gone,

Re: [ccp4bb] crystals with large solvent content -dehydratation

2013-10-29 Thread Danilo Belviso
Dear Andre, you could try with the protocol described in the following paper Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2013 69,920-3. Using high-throughput in situ plate screening to evaluate the effect of dehydration on protein crystals. Douangamath A, Aller P, Lukacik P, Sanchez-Weatherby J,

Re: [ccp4bb] Is it possible for a ligand cif file from the CCP4 library to contain errors ?

2013-10-29 Thread Paul Emsley
On 29/10/13 06:54, Jodie Johnston wrote: Thanks Everyone for your input I shall triple check my reasoning tomorrow and email Garib if I do think there is an issue. Make suer that you are using the latest dictionary (of course)

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[ccp4bb] bluetooth monitor

2013-10-29 Thread Brett, Thomas
Hi all: I was wondering if anyone had economical suggestions on a bluetooth LED or LCD monitor. I would like to have a wall mounted monitor that one could easily connect laptops and imacs to for structure display, doing tutorials on building into maps, etc. thanks -tom Tom J. Brett, PhD

Re: [ccp4bb] bluetooth monitor

2013-10-29 Thread David Schuller
IMHO Bluetooth is way too slow for a monitor connection. On 10/29/2013 01:05 PM, Brett, Thomas wrote: Hi all: I was wondering if anyone had economical suggestions on a bluetooth LED or LCD monitor. I would like to have a wall mounted monitor that one could easily connect laptops and imacs to

Re: [ccp4bb] bluetooth monitor

2013-10-29 Thread Gianluca Santoni
The biggest I could find is a 7inches monitor for car media centers. I'm not sure it will be a great deal for a wall monitor. Gian On 10/29/13 6:10 PM, David Schuller wrote: IMHO Bluetooth is way too slow for a monitor connection. On 10/29/2013 01:05 PM, Brett, Thomas wrote: Hi all: I was

Re: [ccp4bb] bluetooth monitor

2013-10-29 Thread David Schuller
The best technology would be Wigig, but I don't think it's on the market yet. Some wireless monitor connection solutions appear to be available using Intel WiDi and Miracast. Check your favourite vendor for availability and requirements. On 10/29/2013 01:05 PM, Brett, Thomas wrote: Hi

Re: [ccp4bb] Is it possible for a ligand cif file from the CCP4 library to contain errors ?

2013-10-29 Thread Robbie Joosten
Can the fixes in the CCP4 dictionary be rolled out through the update system of CCP4? That way we can avoid (at least to some extent) that people keep working with erroneous restraint files. Some of these errors can really mess up your structure. Cheers, Robbie -Original Message- From:

Re: [ccp4bb] crystals with large solvent content -dehydratation

2013-10-29 Thread Leonid Sazanov
Hi, you could try dehydration in microdialysis buttons - this allows for slow gradual increase in PEG over few days and full control of other parameters, including lowering salt concentration. It was the only dehydration method that worked well for our large membrane protein:

Re: [ccp4bb] crystals with large solvent content -dehydratation

2013-10-29 Thread Arka Chakraborty
Hi Andre, Are you sure that the cryoprotectant has been optimized?..I am sure you must have already done it but just in case..sometimes the cryo protectant which makes the ice rings disappear is not the best one and playing around that concentration as well as different alternatives can have a

[ccp4bb] Comparison of Water Positions across PDBs

2013-10-29 Thread Elise B
Hello, I am working on a project with several (separate) structures of the same protein. I would like to be able to compare the solvent molecules between the structures, and it would be best if the waters that exist in roughly the same position in each PDB share the same residue number.

Re: [ccp4bb] Comparison of Water Positions across PDBs

2013-10-29 Thread Swastik Phulera
Downloading structures of the same homologous family with blast. Then superimpose them on a reference structure. You may then try to look at over lapping water molecules On 30 Oct 2013 02:23, Elise B ek...@case.edu wrote: Hello, I am working on a project with several (separate) structures of

Re: [ccp4bb] Comparison of Water Positions across PDBs

2013-10-29 Thread Dom Bellini
Hi Elise, How about taking the homologue structure with highest number of waters and use it to run molecular replacement on all other datasets? Then you could keep only the good waters (manually unfortunately) which will ensure they will all have the same numbers. Probably not the fastest

[ccp4bb] PhD studentship

2013-10-29 Thread A. Jeyaprakash Arulanandam
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Re: [ccp4bb] Comparison of Water Positions across PDBs

2013-10-29 Thread Miller, Mitchell D.
Hi Elise, Not exactly what you are asking for, but lsqman will compare waters between structures with a cut-off. (However, it will not renumber the waters as you wanted) http://xray.bmc.uu.se/usf/lsqman_man.html#S71 If you want to look at waters related by NCS in a single PDB file with

Re: [ccp4bb] Comparison of Water Positions across PDBs

2013-10-29 Thread Ed Pozharski
http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/html/watertidy.html On 10/29/2013 04:43 PM, Elise B wrote: Hello, I am working on a project with several (separate) structures of the same protein. I would like to be able to compare the solvent molecules between the structures, and it would be best if the waters that

[ccp4bb] Add C-terminal amide

2013-10-29 Thread Bernhard Lechtenberg
Hello experts, I am currently working on a structure of a protein-peptide complex. The peptide was synthesized with a C-terminal amide group. What is the best way to add this in Coot and refine in Refmac? I did a search on the web but only found a protocol for CNS not for Coot/Refmac. Thanks