Re: [ccp4bb] Display x-ray images in windows

2010-03-23 Thread Frank von Delft
Actually, imosflm works very nicely indeed on windows, and needs no third-party package. (Unless you consider ccp4 "third-party" as opposed to essential.) phx. On 23/03/2010 19:38, James Holton wrote: I have been reminded that the front page of ADXV's website does not have a link to the "wi

[ccp4bb] 'Mushroom' shipping dewar for Rigaku pucks

2010-03-23 Thread Todd Geders
Greetings, We're searching for a 'mushroom' shipping dewar (i.e. rounded sites and domed lid) to keep FedEx from laying our dry shipper on its side despite giant arrows and signs stating otherwise. From my look at descriptions and specifications, I believe the MVE SC 4/3V dry shipper dewa

Re: [ccp4bb] ccp4 vs. phenix special position atoms

2010-03-23 Thread Pavel Afonine
Hi Regina, this subject was discussed on PHENIX bulletin board some time ago: http://www.phenix-online.org/pipermail/phenixbb/2009-December/003074.html I think this answers your question; please let me know otherwise. Also, I'm not sure what you mean by "(except that refinement will fail if t

[ccp4bb] ccp4 vs. phenix special position atoms

2010-03-23 Thread Regina Kettering
Hello all. I have a refinement that includes atoms at special positions, am unsure how to delineate them in CCP4 vs. PHENIX programs. According to the information, for CCP4 you can reduce the occupancy by the appropriate amount, depending on the axis (2-fold to 0.5, 3-fold to 0.33, etc). Howe

[ccp4bb] March 31, ACA abstract deadline

2010-03-23 Thread Allen M. Orville
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Re: [ccp4bb] Display x-ray images in windows

2010-03-23 Thread James Holton
I have been reminded that the front page of ADXV's website does not have a link to the "windows version" which requires cygwin, but there is a binary here: http://www.scripps.edu/~arvai/adxv/adxv_1.9.6/adxv.cygwin.gz You will need cygwin installed for that to work. Good news is the latest ver

[ccp4bb] Position for a research investigator in structural biology, Basel, Switzerland

2010-03-23 Thread sandra . jacob
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Re: [ccp4bb] Display x-ray images in windows

2010-03-23 Thread James Holton
Although the extension *.img is used by more than one detector manufacturer, you are probably looking at data from an ADSC Inc detector? Andy Arvai's "adxv" is a popular viewer for this format: http://www.scripps.edu/~arvai/adxv.html Run it with the option "-nopixmap" if you are using it insi

Re: [ccp4bb] update on SeMet production

2010-03-23 Thread A. Radu Aricescu
Dear Tim, I'd dare to say that SeMet labelling in mammalian cells is in fact routine (at least in our lab, and others' around the world) for quite a while :-) Since you mentioned CHO LecR cells, one can find references as early as 1994 from Wayne Hendrickson's lab (PMID: 7922031) and many oth

Re: [ccp4bb] Buried surface area (BSA) vs. oligomeric interface-summary

2010-03-23 Thread Sollepura Yogesha
Dear All, Thanks to all who gave me good suggestions about my question regarding Buried surface area and oligomeric interface. I am posting the summary here. ---Biochemical Society Transactions (2008) Volume 36, part 6 (Kobe et al.,) have a look at this paper. I believe it's exactly wha

Re: [ccp4bb] Display x-ray images in windows

2010-03-23 Thread Harry Powell
Hi iMosflm will do it for most detector types and is free. There are other programs out there that would probably work as well (d*Trek, HKL2000) but I haven't used those so I don't know ;-) On 23 Mar 2010, at 14:51, Paul Lindblom wrote: > Hi everybody, > > does anybody know a program to disp

[ccp4bb] Display x-ray images in windows

2010-03-23 Thread Paul Lindblom
Hi everybody, does anybody know a program to display x-ray (.img) data images in windows? Thanks, P.

Re: [ccp4bb] How to upload ligand library in win coot

2010-03-23 Thread Paul Emsley
Hussain Bhukyagps wrote: i'm trying to solve the structure of protein with ligand. Can any one help me in uploading ligand library (to fit in the density) in WinCoot. This is a good starting point: http://www.majorgroove.org/questions/49/how-to-add-a-ligand-to-a-model (Coot depends on C

Re: [ccp4bb] update on SeMet production

2010-03-23 Thread Ronnie Berntsson
Hi Tim, Lactococcus lactis can also produce SeMet proteins, see: Berntsson et al. Selenomethionine incorporation in proteins expressed in Lactococcus lactis. Protein Sci (2009) vol. 18 (5) pp. 1121-7 Cheers, Ronnie On Mar 23, 2010, at 14:40, Tim Gruene wrote: > Dear all, > > I already receiv

[ccp4bb] SUMMARY: update on SeMet production

2010-03-23 Thread Tim Gruene
Dear all, I already received a couple of replies. * mammalian cells: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2242577/pdf/2008.pdf mentions several mammalian cell lines, including CHO, HEK239, and COS. Apparently, Lec8 have been used, too. * Yeast * stable S2 insect cells * baculovirus express

[ccp4bb] Fw: Se Met in Yeast

2010-03-23 Thread George T. DeTitta
--Original Message-- To: CCCP4 Bulletin Board Subject: Se Met in Yeast Sent: Mar 23, 2010 1:50 PM By our collaborators in Rochester (Malkowski,...,Grayhack) established SeMet in yeast a few years ago. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

Re: [ccp4bb] update on SeMet production

2010-03-23 Thread Jovine Luca
Dear Tim, Although it is not routine, it can be done in mammalian cells too! For example, have a look at this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2242577/pdf/2008.pdf HTH, Luca Luca Jovine, Ph.D. Karolinska Inst

[ccp4bb] update on SeMet production

2010-03-23 Thread Tim Gruene
Dear all, since I am currenty preparing a lecture on crystallography I am wondering about the status quo of the production of SeMet proteins. In 2003, if I remember correctly, it was possible to express SeMet proteins in E.coli and insect cells. Has this been extended to other systems, and if so,

[ccp4bb] How to upload ligand library in win coot

2010-03-23 Thread Hussain Bhukyagps
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Re: [ccp4bb] Butandiol as cryopotectant

2010-03-23 Thread Steve Tuske
20 percent (v/v). Steve > 2,3-BD users, > > What sort of concentrations are you using? > > Dave > > -- > Delivered via an Android. > > On Mar 22, 2010 11:45 PM, "Steve Tuske" wrote: > > Hi Ulrike, > > 2,3-butanediol has worked very nicely as a cryoprotectant. In my hands it > mostly seems to de

Re: [ccp4bb] Butandiol as cryopotectant

2010-03-23 Thread Tim Gruene
I would not rely on recipes. When I pick a cryo protectant, I always prepare a set of solutions and take an image from a large loop dipped into solution. Then I pick the one with the least concentration that does not show ice rings anymore. The behaviour can change with a crystal in the loop, but

Re: [ccp4bb] Why Do Phases Dominate?

2010-03-23 Thread Nicholas M Glykos
> ... and on the other side, "laws" like Moore's law seem completely > descriptive and not at all causal or essential. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0143-0807/16/4/005 ;-) -- Dr Nicholas M. Glykos, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Un

Re: [ccp4bb] Butandiol as cryopotectant

2010-03-23 Thread Eike Schulz
Hello Dave, I have good experience with concentrations between 10% and 15% 2,3-butanediol. My typical starting concentration is 12.5%. Good luck. Eike Am 23.03.10 08:27 schrieb "David Briggs" unter : > 2,3-BD users, > > What sort of concentrations are you using? > > Dave > > -- > Delive

Re: [ccp4bb] Butandiol as cryopotectant

2010-03-23 Thread David Briggs
2,3-BD users, What sort of concentrations are you using? Dave -- Delivered via an Android. On Mar 22, 2010 11:45 PM, "Steve Tuske" wrote: Hi Ulrike, 2,3-butanediol has worked very nicely as a cryoprotectant. In my hands it mostly seems to decrease mosaicity. I was able to switch from a thr