Re: [ccp4bb] SORTMTZ error status = 256

2007-11-13 Thread Phil Evans
I don't know what this error is, but you might like to know that the program Pointless can be used as an alternative to sortmtz, with the bonus that it might help you determine the spacegroup You can get it either from our ftp site here eg

Re: [ccp4bb] Clipper: Agarwal density gradients and AtomShapeFn::rho_grad

2007-11-13 Thread Kevin Cowtan
OK, that's a good question. Unfortunately the answer is hard, otherwise I would have done it already. The a[] and b[] coeffs are the Gaussian coefficients used for calculating an atomic shape function in reciprocal space, i.e. for use in a structure factor calculation. The aw[] and bw[]

[ccp4bb] Poinless and space group P 4 3 2

2007-11-13 Thread Kristof Van Hecke
Dear all, When running Pointless 1.2.0 (see summary below), I get the cubic space group P 4 3 2 (mosflm gave P 2 3 or P 4 3 2) !--SUMMARY_BEGIN-- Best Solution space group P 4 3 2 Reindex operator: [h,k,l] Laue group probability: 1.000 Systematic absence

[ccp4bb] Pointless and space group P 4 3 2

2007-11-13 Thread Kristof Van Hecke
Dear all, When running Pointless 1.2.0 (see summary below), I get the cubic space group P 4 3 2 (mosflm gave P 2 3 or P 4 3 2) !--SUMMARY_BEGIN-- Best Solution space group P 4 3 2 Reindex operator: [h,k,l] Laue group probability: 1.000 Systematic absence

Re: [ccp4bb] Poinless and space group P 4 3 2

2007-11-13 Thread Manfred S. Weiss
Dear Kristof, I recently had lots of trouble with molrep in space group F432. Both Phaser and Molrep failed, only Amore produced a solution. Hope that helps. Manfred. *

Re: [ccp4bb] Poinless and space group P 4 3 2

2007-11-13 Thread Phil Evans
You should certainly try the other P 4x 3 2 space groups (x=1,2,3) in case the assignment of screw axes is wrong Phil On 13 Nov 2007, at 13:17, Kristof Van Hecke wrote: Dear all, When running Pointless 1.2.0 (see summary below), I get the cubic space group P 4 3 2 (mosflm gave P 2 3

Re: [ccp4bb] Pointless and space group P 4 3 2

2007-11-13 Thread Eleanor Dodson
Dont forget pointless gives a point group so you could have spacegroup P4123 too - check that in MR Could might well have a trimer sitting on the cubic 3-fold, but then the oligimer will be generated by the crystal symmetry, and you need only search with a monomer. Eleanor Kristof Van

Re: [ccp4bb] B-factors, H/D exchange and protein flexibility

2007-11-13 Thread Ethan Merritt
On Tuesday 13 November 2007 06:41, Brad Bennett wrote: I would be interested then to know how the community feels about the correlation of B-factors to protein flexibility. It is generally accepted that these are linked but are there any new papers that address this? This is the basis of

Re: [ccp4bb] B-factors, H/D exchange and protein flexibility

2007-11-13 Thread Jayashankar
Dear Brad, the flexibility, that is how far a protein is stabilized with cold and heat denaturation of a protein, this inturn depends on 1.solvation enthalpy of nonpolar moieties(need more energy,so there needs to be some randomness) 2.shift in temparature due to the enthalpy associated with

[ccp4bb] Postdoc and PhD position

2007-11-13 Thread Klaus Piontek
*A post-doc position and a PhD position in structural biology is available in the group of * *Prof. Dietmar A. Plattner* *at* *Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg/Germany* The project involves investigations of structure-function relationships

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2007-11-13 Thread Marius Schmidt
Somebody out there who could direct me to a nice review of protein powder diffractometry including the application of Rietveld refinement to such data. Any hint appreciated many thanks in advance Marius Dr.habil. Marius Schmidt Asst. Professor University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of

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2007-11-13 Thread harry powell
Hi I don't know about reviews, but there were a couple of papers a few years ago that might have clues in their references - Margiolaki et al, Acta Cryst D61, 423-432 (2005) Basso et al Acta Cryst D61, 1612-1625 (2005) On 13 Nov 2007, at 19:59, Marius Schmidt wrote: Somebody out there who

Re: [ccp4bb] [ccp4bb

2007-11-13 Thread Marius Schmidt
Diffraction from protein powder is a relatively new development which requires the beam properties of synchrotrons. As you know, of course, the number of Debye-Scherrer rings are increasing dramatically with diffraction angle. Since proteins have such a large unit cell, the reflections are very

Re: [ccp4bb] DTT sensitive?

2007-11-13 Thread Sanishvili, Ruslan
This may not apply in your case but it is not uncommon for a protein to precipitate in a microcrystalline shower when put in cold. Once it worms up, the crystals dissolve and the precipitate clears up. It is easy to check under a high magnification microscope. Cheers, N. Ruslan Sanishvili

Re: [ccp4bb] DTT sensitive?

2007-11-13 Thread Jacob Keller
Did you check the pH of your DTT and the protein solution before and after? I have had some experience with DTT changing pH (as might well be expected...). Jacob *** Jacob Pearson Keller Northwestern University Medical Scientist Training Program Dallos

Re: [ccp4bb] DTT sensitive?

2007-11-13 Thread Joe
The other possibility is 400 mM imidazole in the buffer. The precipitate looks like silk. On 11/13/07, Bryan W. Lepore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you didn't say how you know its protein - is it? interesting though.

Re: [ccp4bb] DTT sensitive?

2007-11-13 Thread Joe
It did not contain DTT when frozen. On 11/13/07, deena [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you sure its 1mM DTT, because DTT itself precipitates in the freezer. Deena On Nov 13, 2007, at 3:30 PM, Joe wrote: Hi there, I see enormous precipitate of my receptor protein when I take it out of

Re: [ccp4bb] DTT sensitive?

2007-11-13 Thread Joe
The precipitate does not disappear automaticly if I don't add DTT. If it's the precipitate of imidazole, then why DTT can dissolve it? thanks On 11/13/07, Sanishvili, Ruslan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This may not apply in your case but it is not uncommon for a protein to precipitate in a

[ccp4bb] non crystallographic symmetry and space group /symmetry determination : reviews?

2007-11-13 Thread Bryan W. Lepore
i can't seem to find any reviews that specifically consider how NCS influences space group / symmetry determination - though there are plenty individual accounts. can anyone cite a review or even a book chapter on such a topic? or maybe even some cases of non-obvious indexing errors? of