I did not make it clear. The protocol we used for protein expression always
limit the occ of MSE as 0.75. You may estimate your occ of MSE by ED. You
can check PDB for JCSG structures.

Cheers,

Kevin

On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Ming <dongm...@udel.edu> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
> I was using Refmac from CCP4 to refine a protein's crystal structure. The
> methionine has half selenium and half sulfur. I was trying to make alternate
> conformations and let refmac do the refinement. But it keeps giving me error
> message as follows:
>
>
> There is an error in the input coordinate file
> At least one the chains has 2 residues with the same number
> Check above to see error
> ===> Error: Problem with coordinate file
> <B><FONT COLOR="#FF0000"><!--SUMMARY_BEGIN-->
>  Refmac_5.5.0109:  Problem with coordinate file
>
> And here is my modified pdb file.
>
> HETATM  403  N  AMSE A 129      ***           N
> HETATM  404  CA AMSE A 129      ***           C
> HETATM  405  CB AMSE A 129      ***           C
> HETATM  406  CG AMSE A 129      ***           C
> HETATM  407 SE  AMSE A 129      ***          SE
> HETATM  408  CE AMSE A 129      ***           C
> HETATM  409  C  AMSE A 129      ***           C
> HETATM  410  O  AMSE A 129      ***           O
> ATOM    411  N  BMET A 129      ***           N
> ATOM    412  CA BMET A 129      ***           C
> ATOM    413  CB BMET A 129      ***           C
> ATOM    414  CG BMET A 129      ***           C
> ATOM    415  SD BMET A 129      ***           S
> ATOM    416  CE BMET A 129      ***           C
> ATOM    417  C  BMET A 129      ***           C
> ATOM    418  O  BMET A 129      ***           O
>
> I already confirmed with pdb that this is the right format for this case.
> But refmac doesn't work with it. I wonder if there is any other changes I
> should make for refmac?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ming
>

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