[ccp4bb] Bin Number (0 -19) Put in Mtz file in Place of Rfree Flag -and- 5MC in DNA

2008-10-01 Thread John R. Horton
I've tried several ways to get an Rfree flag into my mtz  
file...converting from a CNS to mtz (with existing flags) and  
scalepack to mtz and etc etc...with the same result, i.e. that the  
bin number that the reflection is in (0-19) is put in mtz file as  
the Rfree flag and not 0 or 1.  I was wondering if this has to do with  
array size or something.  This is a 1.42A dataset with 125982  
reflections.


In addition, I am trying to get refmac to recognize a 5MC as a DNA  
base with proper links in the backbone etc...what is the best way to  
do this?

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Re: [ccp4bb] Bin Number (0 -19) Put in Mtz file in Place of Rfree Flag -and- 5MC in DNA

2008-10-01 Thread Kevin Cowtan

John R. Horton wrote:
I've tried several ways to get an Rfree flag into my mtz 
file...converting from a CNS to mtz (with existing flags) and scalepack 
to mtz and etc etc...with the same result, i.e. that the bin number 
that the reflection is in (0-19) is put in mtz file as the Rfree flag 
and not 0 or 1.  I was wondering if this has to do with array size or 
something.  This is a 1.42A dataset with 125982 reflections.


In MTZ files, free-R flags are usually from 0-19 (or 0-N, if you are not 
using a 5% free set).


There is a good reason for this - if you are not sure whether your FreeR 
is meaningful or not, you can re-run your structure solution using a 
different, non-overlapping FreeR set just by telling each individual 
program to use a set other than 0 as the test set. By this means you can 
do a full cross-validation.


Has anyone ever used this in practice? I don't know. But it is a good 
design feature.