Re: [ccp4bb] Enigmatic electron density attached to Cys residue

2014-08-19 Thread Mark J van Raaij
What odds to you give us? ...I bet on disordered DTT covalently bound to the protein. Mark J van Raaij Lab 20B Dpto de Estructura de Macromoleculas Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia - CSIC c/Darwin 3 E-28049 Madrid, Spain tel. (+34) 91 585 4616 http://www.cnb.csic.es/~mjvanraaij On 19 Aug

Re: [ccp4bb] Enigmatic electron density attached to Cys residue

2014-08-19 Thread Reza Khayat
Convent Avenue New York, NY 10031 Tel. (212) 650-6070 www.khayatlab.org Original message Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 16:39:36 +0200 From: CCP4 bulletin board CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK (on behalf of Mark J van Raaij mjvanra...@cnb.csic.es) Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Enigmatic electron density attached

Re: [ccp4bb] Enigmatic electron density attached to Cys residue

2014-08-19 Thread Partha
Hi Bernhard, It is difficult guess with two dimensional images. Is it possible a metal coordinated by Cys-Sulfur and one or two acetate ions? HTH, Partha Sent from my iPhone On Aug 19, 2014, at 10:12 AM, Bernhard Loll l...@chemie.fu-berlin.de wrote: Dear all, We are currently working

Re: [ccp4bb] Enigmatic electron density attached to Cys residue

2014-08-19 Thread Roger Rowlett
The planarity and symmetry rules out a mixed disulfide with DTT. Wrong size/shape for glycerol. Without looking at your crystallization reagents, I would have suggested something like an S-hydroxycysteine adduct of something like 2,4-pentanedione or a dehydrated MPD alkene. Could pentanedione be a