I am afraid I always renumber - I hate insertion codes because they seem to
generate so many obscure problems..
Eleanor
On Fri, 8 Nov 2019 at 19:51, Seth Harris wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm sure this has been asked, but after some searching I can't find hints.
> Apologies if redundant, but can someone refresh me on how to get Coot to be
> graceful about residues with insertion codes...particularly during real
> space refinement. I have a protease structure with very good
> resolution/density but some odd numbering conventions with insertion code
> (e.g. 124A, 124B, 124C between residues 124 and 125 numbering) in other
> areas continuous residues have non-contiguous numbering. When doing real
> space refinement both situations tend to blow apart, each individual
> insertion code-numbered residue becoming its own disconnected amino acid
> and well out of the density, I assume due to sterics and it not
> interpreting these as being connected. Also common in Fab structures.
>
> I know there are painful workarounds to number it contiguously without
> insertions and then add back when done refining (but then you find one more
> thing...), but I am aspiring to greater elegance these days. Also hoping I
> don't have to define with LINK records or such for each case?
>
> Thanks,
> Seth
>
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