Try EPPIC (http://eppic-web.org), it will give you all possible symmetric
assemblies in your crystal and their constituent interfaces, listing the
symmetry operators too. See some help here http://eppic-web.org/ewui/#help

Jose

On Sat, 2 Feb 2019 at 16:42, Ricardo Padua <rpa...@brandeis.edu> wrote:

> Hi Erik,
>
> Have you tried Achesym?
>
> http://achesym.ibch.poznan.pl
>
> Kowiel, M., Jaskolski, M. & Dauter, Z. (2014). ACHESYM: an algorithm and
> server for standardized placement of macromolecular models in the unit cell.
> Acta Cryst. D70, doi:10.1107/S1399004714024572.
>
> Best
>
> Ricardo Padua
>
> On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 4:06 PM Klontz, Erik <erik.klo...@som.umaryland.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I'm working on a protein that I believe is tetrameric based on AUC, gel
>> filtration, and crystallography. However, although my asymmetric unit has 4
>> chains, I cannot form the tetramer within the asymmetric unit. Instead, the
>> asymmetric unit has two half-tetramers ('dimers'), and each full tetramer
>> is completed by pairing up with another half-tetramer from a symmetry mate.
>> If I load this structure into PISA, it recognizes that each of the 'dimers'
>> forms a stable assembly, but cannot seem to assemble the tetramer. However,
>> if I the generate symmetry mates in pymol to create a new PDB for the
>> biological tetramer and give this to PISA, it recognizes a stable tetramer.
>>
>>
>> Specifically, chains A and C in the original PDB pair with chains A and C
>> of the second symmetry mate generated in pymol, while chains B and D in the
>> original pair with chains B and D of the third symmetry mate. How do I use
>> this knowledge to generate a 3x4 rotation with translation matrix for
>> PDB deposition?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Erik Klontz
>>
>>
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> Kern Lab
> Dept. of Biochemistry, MS009
> Brandeis University
> Waltham, MA 02454, USA
>
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