[ccp4bb] preparation of citrate buffer pH3-6.5

2014-01-29 Thread sreetama das
Dear All,            We have obtained many tiny protein crystals in a condition containing 0.1M citric acid pH 3.5, 2M ammonium sulfate. The crystals are too small for mounting in loops.            We intend to vary the salt concentration pH to obtain larger crystals.            Could

Re: [ccp4bb] preparation of citrate buffer pH3-6.5

2014-02-15 Thread sreetama das
Dear All,   Thank you for your replies: 2 different methods were suggested for the citrate buffer preparation over a small range of pH: 1. mixing citric acid with sodium citrate salts 2. mixing citric acid with NaOH we found the latter method easier for our purpose.

[ccp4bb] superposing multiple structural segments between two PDBs

2014-03-19 Thread sreetama das
Dear All, Is there a way to superpose multiple, discontinuous stretches of residues between two protein chains ? Dali output shows that there are discontinuous stretches between the PDBs that are being aligned. But I can not find any option to download the superposed PDB. The

[ccp4bb] error in starting imosflm

2014-04-28 Thread sreetama das
Dear All,    Whenever I open up imosflm GUI from the terminal, I get the following error: iMosflm version 7.1.1, 24th March 2014 ipmosflm is not compatible. Please configure iMosflm with the correct executable. clicking the Configure button at the bottom of the error message panel

Re: [ccp4bb] error in starting imosflm

2014-04-28 Thread sreetama das
plain from the message that     ipmosflm is not compatible' that iMosflm is trying to run with an incompatible MOSFLM_EXEC (maybe from the old ccp4 6.3 distribution, but there could be other reasons). On 28 Apr 2014, at 13:05, sreetama das wrote: Dear All,                 Whenever I open up

[ccp4bb] verifying protein crystal content by mass spectrometry or SDS-PAGE

2014-05-02 Thread sreetama das
Dear All,    Is there any protocol for preparing a sample from (cleaning/dissolving) protein crystals for verifying their mass through mass spectrometry or SDS-PAGE? How many protein crystals are required? Should they all be from the same well, or can they be from different wells

[ccp4bb] (high) values of R-factors in outermost resolution shell

2014-06-02 Thread sreetama das
Dear All,   What are reasonable values of Rmerge in the outermost resolution shell? Some of the recent discussions suggest going to those sheels where I/sig(I) ~2 and CC1/2 = 0.5. But I am getting Rmerge Rmeas 1 in the outermost shell for those values of I/sig(I) and CC1/2, and

[ccp4bb] R-merge,R-meas 1 in outermost resolution shell

2014-06-03 Thread sreetama das
Dear All,   What are reasonable values of Rmerge in the outermost resolution shell? Some of the recent discussions suggest using data up to those shells where I/sig(I) ~2 and CC1/2 = 0.5. But I am getting Rmerge Rmeas 1 in the outermost shell for those values of I/sig(I) and

Re: [ccp4bb] Naccess

2014-07-10 Thread sreetama das
hi, I found the following reference in a paper- Hubbard S. PhD thesis. University College of London, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; 1992. NACCESS: a Program for Calculating Accessibilities. On Wednesday, 9 July 2014 8:20 PM, FOOS Nicolas nicolas.f...@synchrotron-soleil.fr

[ccp4bb] to determine missing atoms and residues in a PDB file

2012-05-30 Thread sreetama das
Dear All,   I have a PDB file which does not have the REMARKS cards 465 (for missing residues) and 470 (for missing atoms). This is not a deposited PDB file. Is there any program to figure out the missing residues and atoms (some programs complain about missing atoms) ? Or do I have

[ccp4bb] suggestions for good yet cost-effective pipettes

2012-09-25 Thread sreetama das
Dear all,   We are planning to buy electronic dispensing pipette (single channel) and mechanical multi-channel pipette (8 channel) in the range 0.5 - 10 ul in our lab. Currently, we are considering IKA PRECISION pipettes. It will be helpful if we can get feedback on how these

[ccp4bb] residues forming the surface of a cavity

2012-10-04 Thread sreetama das
Dear all,   Is there any CCP4 module/ other software/ web server which can determine which particular residues form the surface of a pocket/ binding-site in a protein? Thanks in advance, sreetama

Re: [ccp4bb] residues forming the surface of a cavity

2012-10-10 Thread sreetama das
: [ccp4bb] residues forming the surface of a cavity On 10/04/2012 04:09 PM, sreetama das wrote: Dear all,                 Is there any CCP4 module/ other software/ web server which can determine which particular residues form the surface of a pocket/ binding-site in a protein? Do you mean

[ccp4bb] check

2011-03-15 Thread sreetama das
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[ccp4bb] use of beta-mercaptoethanol

2011-03-15 Thread sreetama das
Dear all,     I have a 20 KDa protein that has a single cysteine , about 42 residues from the C - terminal . The protein aggregates during crystallisation setup (hanging drop, vapour diffusion ) . What ratio of protein and mercapto-ethanol should be used during trials to prevent

[ccp4bb] use of beta-mercaptoethanol in crystallization

2011-03-15 Thread sreetama das
Dear all,     I have a 20 KDa protein that has a single cys residue , about 42 residues from the C-terminal . The protein aggregates during crystallization setup ( hanging drop vapour diffusion) . What ratio of protein and mercaptoethanol is to be used to avoid aggregation and help in

[ccp4bb] to show multiple sequence alignment with sec. str.

2012-01-30 Thread sreetama das
Dear All, Is there any module in CCP4/ other related software/servers which can show a multiple alignment of homologous sequences from a protein family, together with their secondary structures? Thanks in advance, regards, sreetama

[ccp4bb] LSQKAB error: you have failed to find any atoms to fit

2012-02-03 Thread sreetama das
Dear All, I am trying to superpose 2 chains from the same pdb file. I have generated 2 separate pdb files, each with one chain, using PDBSET. When I run LSQKAB with the 2 generated files (on UBUNTU 10.04, ccp4 6.2) it fails to run. The 2 input files CONTAIN the columns for

[ccp4bb] LSQKAB error: you have failed to find any atoms to fit

2012-02-03 Thread sreetama das
Dear All, I am trying to superpose 2 chains from the same pdb file. I have generated 2 separate pdb files, each with one chain, using PDBSET. When I run LSQKAB with the 2 generated files (on UBUNTU 10.04, ccp4 6.2) it fails to run. The 2 input files CONTAIN the columns for

[ccp4bb] LSQKAB error: you have failed to find any atoms to fit

2012-02-03 Thread sreetama das
Dear All, I am trying to superpose 2 chains from the same pdb file. I have generated 2 separate pdb files, each with one chain, using PDBSET. When I run LSQKAB with the 2 generated files (on UBUNTU 10.04, ccp4 6.2) it fails to run. The 2 input files CONTAIN the columns for

[ccp4bb] pH optimisation for crystallisation

2012-02-07 Thread sreetama das
Dear all,    I have a 17 KDa protein that gives crystals in a condition that has 0.1M bis-tris pH 6.5. The crystals are thin needle clusters and do not diffract. I have tried additives, but they haven't improved the crystals. I intend to vary the pH of the condition.    My

[ccp4bb] residuewise rmsd for multiple chain superposition

2012-02-21 Thread sreetama das
Dear all,    Is there any software which will print the RMSDs (residue wise, and not chain wise) for more-than-2 chains (having similar/same sequences) superposed together? Thanks in advance, sreetama

[ccp4bb] software/web server to determine ligand volume

2014-08-13 Thread sreetama das
Dear all, Is there any software or web server available to calculate the volume of a ligand if the ligand coordinates are provided? Google seems to come up only with options to calculate protein cavity volume. Thanks in advance, Sreetama Das, phd student, Physics, IISc

[ccp4bb] RMSD between structures of homologous proteins

2014-08-13 Thread sreetama das
regions? What is the best way to calculate the RMSD for superposition of the cores - should I prepare a separate PDB file by removing the coordinates of the loop residues and then superpose? Thanks in advance, Sreetama das, PhD student, Physics, IISc

[ccp4bb] how to switch on probe clashes (disabled in coot)

2015-02-11 Thread sreetama das
Dear Users, The option ValidateProbe clashes is disabled in coot (version 0.8/CCP4-6.5, OS - ubuntu 12.04).How can this be enabled?Can I toggle between 'enable' and 'disable' according to need? Thanks in advance. SreetamaPhD student,IISc

[ccp4bb] off-topic: different R-factor values shown in PDB page vs PDB file

2015-03-25 Thread sreetama das
Hi,Sorry for a slightly off-topic question. I just noticed that for some pdb files, the value of R-factor shown on the PDB web page is different from the value in the file obtained by clicking the link display file. Why is this so? examples where I noticed:4jzc , where the PDB page

[ccp4bb] references on application of broad specificity of enzyme

2015-06-23 Thread sreetama das
Dear All, I have a transferase, which is showing broad specificity for both the substrates (nucleotides) in our organism of interest, but is highly specific in other organisms. Are there any references showing the applications of (bi-substrate) proteins with such broad specificity towards