> I'm working on a low resolution structure with less than ideal 
> maps. In an attempt to restrain the Refine Zone command to take 
> into account the geometry more I've tried playing with the 
> 'set_matrix' keyword through the Python Scripting window. I've 
> varied the value from 10-100, but the results of real space 
> refinement are always the same (ie more often than not the residues 
> are distorted beyond recognition in an attempt to fit them into the 
> density).

I doubt the refinements are the same. What kind of Chi2 do you get for
the different settings?

> Combining Regularise Zone with Refine Zone doesn't help. 
> It may improve the geometry, but it often undoes any previous 
> fitting to the maps.
> Any suggestions?

Have you tried torsion angle restraints? And secondary structure
restraints, Ramachandran restraints? Are planar peptide restraints
switched on?

B

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