Re: [ccp4bb] software/web server to determine ligand volume

2014-08-13 Thread Javier Gonzalez
You can calculate volumes and much more, here: http://www.molinspiration.com/cgi-bin/properties Javier On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:06 AM, sreetama das wrote: > Dear all, > Is there any software or web server available to calculate the volume of a > ligand if the ligand coordinates are provided

Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic: Cloning multi genes/multi cistronic in yeast

2014-08-13 Thread Karsten Thierbach
Hey, in my old lab we developed a system to express two proteins from one plasmid using the before mentioned GAL1-10 Promoter. Giving the use of different plasmids with different selection markers, coexpression of multiple proteins is possible in yeast. The system was used in a study publishe

Re: [ccp4bb] Off topic: Cloning multi genes/multi cistronic in yeast

2014-08-13 Thread Chris Putnam
On 8/13/14 2:29 PM, Theresa Hsu wrote: Dear all One of my human membrane proteins have been described to interact with additional subunits for its activity. To obtain functional form in yeast (Saccharomyces), I can think of two approach of either cloning all the subunits under one promoter or

[ccp4bb] monomer/dimer protein

2014-08-13 Thread Todd Jason Green
Hello All- I am interested in monomer/dimer contamination when building a crystal lattice, ie. if you are building a crystal lattice with a monomeric species of protein, incorporation of dimers may yield lattice or surface defects. This species may be considered a macromolecular contaminant. I

[ccp4bb] Off topic: Cloning multi genes/multi cistronic in yeast

2014-08-13 Thread Theresa Hsu
Dear all One of my human membrane proteins have been described to interact with additional subunits for its activity. To obtain functional form in yeast (Saccharomyces), I can think of two approach of either cloning all the subunits under one promoter or reconstitute in vitro. For the first op

[ccp4bb] Computational Crystallography Newsletter - Volume 5, Number 2

2014-08-13 Thread Nigel Moriarty
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Re: [ccp4bb] desiring untouched ligand

2014-08-13 Thread Garib Murshudov
Hi Remie, You can add harmonic restraints for parts you do not want to move too much. Instructions could be found here: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/murshudov/content/refmac/refmac_keywords.html#Harmonic Regards Garib On 13 Aug 2014, at 15:44, Remie Fawaz-Touma wrote: > Hi everyone,

[ccp4bb] desiring untouched ligand

2014-08-13 Thread Remie Fawaz-Touma
Hi everyone, Does anyone know of a way to refine with CCP4 - Refmac5 (restrained refinement is what I do) fixing a part of the the ligand? Thank you very much for your input, Remie

Re: [ccp4bb] thin shell Rfree set selection

2014-08-13 Thread Eleanor Dodson
It depends to a large extent on the orientation of the Ncs operator. If that aligns with a crystal axis then there can be bias in the Rfree selection but if it doesn't NCS does not affect the Free R much ( in my opinion..) Eleanor On 13 August 2014 09:14, Ed Pozharski wrote: > By all means, tr

Re: [ccp4bb] random half data sets

2014-08-13 Thread Nat Echols
On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 10:28 PM, Keller, Jacob wrote: > A somewhat similar question, with a quick answer I hope: when programs > output CC's of 1/2 datasets, are several random halvings compared/averaged, > and if not, does this make a difference, or are the scores so similar > there's no point?

Re: [ccp4bb] Twinning in space group Pc

2014-08-13 Thread George Sheldrick
Dear Kristof, Have you tried to solve it with the new SHELXT? You can force it to consider only chiral (Sohnke) space groups by putting -c on the command line. Best wishes, George On 13.08.2014 11:00, Kristof Van Hecke wrote: Dear, I’m struggling with the following (small molecule) prob

[ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] off topic

2014-08-13 Thread Herman . Schreuder
Dear Careina, even in vivo, the pka depends on the local environment, so the question boils down to: is the local environment in vivo different from in vitro? E.g. is your protein embedded or in contact with a membrane, is it part of a large multiprotein complex etc? Does your crystallization s

Re: [ccp4bb] thin shell Rfree set selection

2014-08-13 Thread Ed Pozharski
By all means, try it both ways and see whether the R-Rfree gap narrows with random vs thin shell selection. Depending on resolution and data quality, you may also consider imposing NCS restraints. Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® III Original message From: Xianchi Dong Dat

Re: [ccp4bb] off topic

2014-08-13 Thread Boaz Shaanan
Hi Careina, Regardless of what I think of this reviewer's comment, the only technique of which I'm aware that can measure in vivo (and in vitro of course) the pKa's of amino-acids is NMR. Perhaps you can find some NMR literature where in-vivo and in-vitro pKa's have been compared? Just a tho

[ccp4bb] PSDI 2014, Abstract and Registration Info

2014-08-13 Thread Anna Gardberg
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Re: [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] RMSD between structures of homologous proteins

2014-08-13 Thread George Devaniranjan
Thanks to the mailing list I came across this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24167157 The C code to compute is available on the link mentioned in the paper. Best wishes, George On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Eugene Krissinel < eugene.krissi...@stfc.ac.uk> wrote: > It is probably Gesamt/

Re: [ccp4bb] off topic

2014-08-13 Thread Careina Edgooms
thank you, yes I am aware of  propka and I know very well that the local environment of the amino acid is what contributes to its pka based on things like whether it is buried or exposed or involved in H-bonding. I am in the process of responding to a reviewer who suggests but does not give refe

Re: [ccp4bb] off topic

2014-08-13 Thread David Briggs
Dear Careina, Following on from what Herman said, if you have a structure you can use the propKa server http://propka.ki.ku.dk/ to predict pKas for amino acids in the local environment as found in your structure. Perhaps some of the propKa literature might also be helpful? HTH, Dave [image:

[ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] off topic

2014-08-13 Thread Herman . Schreuder
Dear Careina, The pka of amino acids is not dependent on in vivo/in vitro, but on the local environment, e.g. free in solution vs. part of a folded protein. As part of a folded protein the shifts will be specific for the particular protein and I am not aware of any general rules. Best, Herman V

Re: [ccp4bb] software/web server to determine ligand volume

2014-08-13 Thread Patrick Loll
VOIDOO will do this On 13 Aug 2014, at 2:06 AM, sreetama das wrote: > Dear all, > Is there any software or web server available to calculate the volume of a > ligand if the ligand coordinates are provided? > Google seems to come up only with options to calculate protein cavity volume. > > Than

Re: [ccp4bb] Twinning in space group Pc

2014-08-13 Thread Mark J van Raaij
how many (quasi) equivalent positions do you think the chiral compound can adopt in the organo-metal framework? Or the organo-metal framework in the crystal? If it's two, you can probably do alternate conformations - if there are more, it could become impossible, even in P1. Mark J van Raaij Lab

Re: [ccp4bb] [ccp4bb] Twinning in space group Pc

2014-08-13 Thread Kristof Van Hecke
Dear, Indeed,. Pc is not compatible with chiral molecules,. my mistake. I’m trying to process/solve the structure in P1 now and see how far I get. Thank you very much for pointing things out. Regards Kristof On 13 Aug 2014, at 13:58, herman.schreu...@sanofi.com wrote: > Dear Kristof, >

Re: [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] RMSD between structures of homologous proteins

2014-08-13 Thread Eugene Krissinel
It is probably Gesamt/SSM (Superpose in CCP4), or PDBeFold at EBI rather than PISA -- Eugene On 13 Aug 2014, at 12:33, Eleanor Dodson wrote: I think PISA does this for you - it overlaps structural features and gives an RMSD on those parts that fit and a useful list of matching residues. You can

[ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] Twinning in space group Pc

2014-08-13 Thread Herman . Schreuder
Dear Kristof, Lijun is right, space group Pc is not compatible with chiral molecules. Maybe diffraction of your non-chiral metal structure overwhelmed the chiral contribution of your organic framework. Why not use a trick from protein crystallography: process and solve your structure in P1? Acc

Re: [ccp4bb] Twinning in space group Pc

2014-08-13 Thread Harry Powell
Hi folks Pc *must* have both enantiomers, since it's got a glide plane ( = mirror + translation parallel to mirror). So the sample *cannot* be enantiopure if the space group is Pc (or P2/ c)... BTW, Pc isn't a centrosymmetric space group. Unless I'm wrong... On 13 Aug 2014, at Wed13 Aug

[ccp4bb] off topic

2014-08-13 Thread Careina Edgooms
Sorry for off topic question, just wondering if anyone has come across a study that shows the residue pka of certain amino acids is different in vitro compared to in vivo? Best Careina

Re: [ccp4bb] Twinning in space group Pc

2014-08-13 Thread Eleanor Dodson
Twin laws are possible if there are 2 ways to index your cell, and non-merefedral twinning is possible in any system depending on the cell. I am not sure of the small molecule tools to check twinning though. Eleanor Dodson On 13 August 2014 05:58, Lijun Liu wrote: > Hi, Pc may not be the spac

Re: [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] RMSD between structures of homologous proteins

2014-08-13 Thread Eleanor Dodson
I think PISA does this for you - it overlaps structural features and gives an RMSD on those parts that fit and a useful list of matching residues. You can run it from CCP4I or at PDBe. If you ant more than CA RMSD then you will need to select out the spans to fit and use the LSQKAB overlap procedu

Re: [ccp4bb] Twinning in space group Pc

2014-08-13 Thread Lijun Liu
Hi, Pc may not be the space group for your crystal, if the molecule is chiral. Seems like the data were forced to be reduced to a mirror_related SG. Lijun On Aug 13, 2014 2:00 AM, "Kristof Van Hecke" wrote: > Dear, > > I’m struggling with the following (small molecule) problem: > > We are tryin

[ccp4bb] Twinning in space group Pc

2014-08-13 Thread Kristof Van Hecke
Dear, I’m struggling with the following (small molecule) problem: We are trying to solve the structure of a metal-organic framework containing a chiral compound. The space group is most probably Pc, but when refining, SHELX gives the error “Possible racemic twin or wrong absolute structure -

Re: [ccp4bb] software/web server to determine ligand volume

2014-08-13 Thread Harry Powell
Hi A rough calculation is 18Å^3 per non-hydrogen atom in the ligand - I use a pencil and a bit of paper for the mechanics of this! On 13 Aug 2014, at Wed13 Aug 07:06, sreetama das wrote: Dear all, Is there any software or web server available to calculate the volume of a ligand if the lig

[ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] Protein_Ligand Suggestion

2014-08-13 Thread Herman . Schreuder
Dear Monica, here are some comments from my side: -one can ask the bulletin board, or just decrease the occupancy during refinement and see what happens. If the statistics get better: keep it, if they get worse: reject the result. -I think it is not a question of correct or incorrect structures.