Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-23 Thread Jonathan Cooper
g1,2 Nature (2013) Philippe Dumas De: "James Holton" À: "CCP4BB" Envoyé: Dimanche 22 Mars 2020 16:38:28 Objet: Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19 Thank you Patrick, RNA structure is still structural biology, so I think relevant here.  It seems to me that RN

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-22 Thread Darren Hart
*À: *"CCP4BB" mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>> *Envoyé: *Dimanche 22 Mars 2020 16:38:28 *Objet: *Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19 Thank you Patrick, RNA structure is still structural biology, so I think relevant here.  It seems to me that RNA as a thermometer would be an e

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-22 Thread Tristan Croll
For what it’s worth, I’ve spent the last few days going over most of the existing COVID-19 related structures and rebuilding/re-refining wherever I considered necessary. The resulting models along with some basic explanatory notes are at

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-22 Thread Patrick Shaw Stewart
James, there are lots of quite simple experiments that would be could be done, but I can't get anyone to think seriously about the problem - let alone do the experiments. The attitude seems to be, "it can't be as simple as you suggest - someone would have noticed it". * Has anyone measured

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-22 Thread Nikolay Dobrev
umas De: "James Holton" À: "CCP4BB" Envoyé: Dimanche 22 Mars 2020 16:38:28 Objet: Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19 Thank you Patrick, RNA structure is still structural biology, so I think relevant here. It seems to me that RNA as a thermometer would be an easy hypothes

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-22 Thread DUMAS Philippe (IGBMC)
2020 16:38:28 Objet: Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19 Thank you Patrick, RNA structure is still structural biology, so I think relevant here. It seems to me that RNA as a thermometer would be an easy hypothesis to test? Has anyone measured virulence vs temperature in cell culture? The 3D

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-22 Thread James Holton
Thank you Patrick, RNA structure is still structural biology, so I think relevant here.  It seems to me that RNA as a thermometer would be an easy hypothesis to test?  Has anyone measured virulence vs temperature in cell culture? The 3D structure of the genome is no doublt important.  I

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-22 Thread James Holton
2020 15:41:17 *To:* CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK *Subject:* Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19 James, this isn't conventional structural biology, but may be of interest, and I haven't been able get any mainstream virologists to think about it. The protein sequences are obviously of interest, but so

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-22 Thread Chandra
y very nicely, including that key position 84 https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.03.04.977736v1 Best wishes Dan From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Patrick Shaw Stewart Sent: 21 March 2020 15:41:17 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb]

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-22 Thread Abhishek Anan
___ > From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Patrick Shaw > Stewart > Sent: 21 March 2020 15:41:17 > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19 > > > James, this isn't conventional structural biology, but may be of interest, > and

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-21 Thread Rigden, Dan
: 21 March 2020 15:41:17 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19 James, this isn't conventional structural biology, but may be of interest, and I haven't been able get any mainstream virologists to think about it. The protein sequences are obviously of interest, but so

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-21 Thread Patrick Shaw Stewart
James, this isn't conventional structural biology, but may be of interest, and I haven't been able get any mainstream virologists to think about it. The protein sequences are obviously of interest, but so are the RNA sequences at both ends of the Covid genome, which have conserved secondary

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-21 Thread Boy
The best way against COVID19 is staying at home, staying at home, and staying at home. Nothing else. On Fri, Mar 20, 2020, 5:59 PM James Holton wrote: > You might think that as a structural biologist you won't be able to do > much about COVID-19 anytime soon, but that is not true. Yes,

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-21 Thread Clemens Vonrhein
Dear James, On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 03:59:01PM -0700, James Holton wrote: > ORF8 has only one homolog in the PDB: 5o32 with 25% identity over a stretch > of 60 residues.  This homologous region contains the S84L site (Val I544 in > 5o32).  I had a quick look and appears to be a cavity-filling

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-21 Thread Paula Salgado
21, 2020 11:12:36 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19 Liz Tunbridge's lab at Oxford are offering PCR machines and expertise to help fill the testing shortfall in the UK (see https://www.wired.co.uk/article/coronavirus-uk-testing-key-workers<https://eu

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-21 Thread David Briggs
To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19 Liz Tunbridge's lab at Oxford are offering PCR machines and expertise to help fill the testing shortfall in the UK (see https://www.wired.co.uk/article/coronavirus-uk-testing-key-workers<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4BB vs COVID19

2020-03-21 Thread David Waterman
Liz Tunbridge's lab at Oxford are offering PCR machines and expertise to help fill the testing shortfall in the UK (see https://www.wired.co.uk/article/coronavirus-uk-testing-key-workers). This is a worthy initiative, if it is accepted (logistics are the main problem). The structural biology