Dear All,
 
the consensus is that Cl- is most likely,
given the fact that backbone Ns and Arg 
are involved in the contacts.
 
I think there is something wrong with my 
surface calulation - need to check.

Thx! BR
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From: Petri Kursula [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 9:38 PM
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Subject: [Bulk] Re: [ccp4bb] odd waters


>From the coordination environment and distances, sure looks like a chloride
ion. 
Petri

On May 28, 2008, at 4:38 AM, Bernhard Rupp wrote:


Dear All,

something one/some of you might have seen already and 
might know what it might be/how to analyse:

Material: dimer of Se-Met, Ni-purified, NaCl and NaAc in
purification history.

I have 4 'waters', 2 each in the same monomer location
in a dimer of 2.5A Se-Met structure. They are multiple
coordinated - perhaps dist octahedron - and refine down to
B=2.0 and show correspondingly strong density. Surrounding
protein Bs range from 15 backbone to 37 Arg sidechain 

First idea of course metal ions. 
But the distances are odd - 3.1 to 3.7, unusually long for
common metal coordination.

If I use Na+/Mg++, the Bs still refine down to 4 to 6
K+ B's run up to ~25, Ni++ to 35-40, could be partial occ. 

Given the charge distribution I doubt Cl- makes sense -
it sure looks like a nice place for cation. Not enough space
for sul- and fos-fates. 

No experiments possible, have to deal with what's on hand.

Images on web:
http://www.ruppweb.org/images/snap.gif
http://www.ruppweb.org/images/mystery_ion.gif

How common are such large coordination distances in protein/metal 
coordination and are there any (in silico) analysis tools one could use?

Thx, br
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