Re: [ccp4bb] query regarding interchanging cell axis

2014-12-30 Thread Phil Evans
It looks as if you have a and b about the same length. In that case indexing of the patterns may randomly switch h and k. The CCP4 program Pointless (in ccp4i Data reduction -> Symmetry, Scale, Merge (aimless) or Find or Match Laue group). Give your 1st dataset as the reference. Phil On 30 Dec

Re: [ccp4bb] query regarding interchanging cell axis

2014-12-30 Thread
Dear Dr.Evans, Thanks for your reply. The unit cell parameters are a=140 , b=110, c=44., Hence i am afraid, the interchange couldn't have occurred due to similar a and b. I had performed dehydration using PEG in the said case. I agree that dehydration or soaking with ligand can hardly lead to

Re: [ccp4bb] query regarding interchanging cell axis

2014-12-30 Thread Phil Evans
OK they looked similar in your pictures Maybe you have two different crystal forms Phil On 30 Dec 2014, at 16:56, "" wrote: > Dear Dr.Evans, > > Thanks for your reply. > > The unit cell parameters are a=140 , b=110, c=44., Hence i am afraid, the > interchange couldn't have occurred due to

Re: [ccp4bb] query regarding interchanging cell axis

2014-12-30 Thread Kay Diederichs
Hi, I have difficulties to comprehend your description. I understand - most crystals grow in P21212, with cell a=140 , b=110, c=44 - some crystals grow in P21212, with cell a=110 , b=140, c=44 Is that correct? If so, can you refine the structures? To what R-values, at which resolution? The sen

Re: [ccp4bb] How far does rad dam travel?

2014-12-30 Thread James Holton
Translate it by 13 microns. And use enough attenuation to get 180 degrees at each position. The track length of photoelectrons from 1 A X-rays in water, protein, plastic, and other materials with density close to 1 g/cm^3 and atomic numbers close to 7 is about 3 microns (Cole, Rad. Res. 1969)

Re: [ccp4bb] How far does rad dam travel?

2014-12-30 Thread Keller, Jacob
>Yes, it gets complicated, doesn't it? This is why I generally recommend trying to use a beam that matches your crystal size. ...or is bigger, right? Diffuse scattering, yes, but more even illumination might be worth it? Generally, James, I have a question: what is the nature of the intensity

[ccp4bb] PDB deposition - sequence file

2014-12-30 Thread Mohamed Noor
Dear all The protein that was crystallized is only the first 105 residues of a 230-residue protein. In the structure, I can see density for residues 6-72. For deposition, should the whole native/biological sequence be deposited? Thanks. Mohamed

[ccp4bb] new Nature article on the R platform

2014-12-30 Thread James Foadi
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Re: [ccp4bb] PDB deposition - sequence file

2014-12-30 Thread Jeffrey, Philip D.
Mohamed, You always list the sequence of what's actually in the crystal, e.g. 1-105. (Not: what's in the model or what the sequence of the full length protein is). Make sure that if there's any lingering residues from any affinity/purification tags they get included in the sequence too. Phil

Re: [ccp4bb] PDB deposition - sequence file

2014-12-30 Thread Jurgen Bosch
I would disagree. You list as sequence what you cloned and expressed. If you are missing parts then you have to describe why e.g. Proteolysis or disordered etc. Best to actually do a mass spec analysis on those crystals since a significant portion is missing. Jūrgen .. Jürg

Re: [ccp4bb] How far does rad dam travel?

2014-12-30 Thread James Holton
Yes, bigger is okay, and perhaps a little better if you consider the effects of beam/crystal vibration and two sharp-edged boundaries dancing over each other. But bigger is better only to a point. That point is when the illuminated area of non-good-stuff is about equal to the area of the good

Re: [ccp4bb] query regarding interchanging cell axis

2014-12-30 Thread Robert Stroud
Several things, first your diagrams do not have the correct ratios of any unit cell dimensions, so I am not sure why there is the distortion. But it is so, and therefore not clear in any case which axis is which. Second you didnt say how you solved the structures. - if it was by molecular repl

[ccp4bb] Bendability of DNA

2014-12-30 Thread Gajanan Arbade
Hello CCP4 users, I am working with some DNA binding proteins. Can someone explain me how to measure/calculate the bendability of a DNA molecule after binding to proteins and foldabilty of protein molecule? It will be good if you mention any reference(s). Thanks in adv. -Gajanan _