Well - it is extremely likely that the peptide is partially occupied and the occupancy may well be < 0.5..

But at this resolution you are going to have great difficulty deciding whether you should have
Occ=1.0 <B = 130>

Occ = 0.5  <B = 100>

Occ = 0.33  <B = ??? 80???>

As your Rfactors show it makes very little difference to any scoring system..

You can look at difference maps and try to see if one looks flatter than the other ..

Even the overall Wilson plot B is not very well determined, so I wouldnt worry too much..

Eleanor

Jiamu Du wrote:
Dear All:
According to your suggestion, I have set the peptide's occupency to 0.5. Two strategies were employed. 1. Direct using Refmac restrained refinement for 10 cycles. The B factor only drops to around 100. R/Rf did not change, either. 2. Direct CNS B-fator refinemen. The B factor drops to a moderate level 60-80, and the R/Rf each increases about 2%. 3. First using CNS B-fator refinemen nad next Refmac restrained refinement. The B factor drops to 60-80, and the R/Rf did not change. I think next step TLS refinement should be carried out.

On 4/30/07, *Philippe DUMAS* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:

    Jiamu
According to the numbers you have mentioned I conclude that you
    peptide occupancy should be around  60-64 %
    I am interested to know what will be the value that you will
    obtain after refinement...
    Philippe Dumas
    IBMC-CNRS, UPR9002
    15, rue René Descartes 67084 Strasbourg cedex
    tel: +33 (0)3 88 41 70 02
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        *Objet :* [ccp4bb] extra high B factor

        Dear All:
        I am refining a protein-peptide complex struture at 2.6
        angstrom resolution.
        The data was obtain from a co-crystal and the wilson B factor
        of the data is about 70.
        The affinity between protein and peptide is about 10E-7 to
        10E-8 molar.
        Protein fragment of the structure has a common B facor about 50.
        But surprisingly, the average B factor of the peptide is as
        high as 130, although the peptide can be clearly traced from
        the the electron density map. All residues of the peptide have
        such a high B factor.
        My question is how can I reduce the abnormal high B factor to
        a common level or if this high B factor acceptable.
        And another question is if this high B fator will influence
        the final refiment level.
Thanks.

-- Jiamu Du
        State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology
        Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Shanghai Institutes
        for Biological Sciences
        Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)




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Jiamu Du
State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

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