Re: [ccp4bb] Domain Motion Analysis

2020-07-08 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Hello Tony, I think CueMol gives you the screw rotation and translation when you fit domains. Jon CooperOn 8 Jul 2020 18:53, Eleanor Dodson <176a9d5ebad7-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk> wrote:Well - I use standard software.Use GESANT or some such program to fit Structure 2 A to Structure ! A

Re: [ccp4bb] Protein expression (codon bias)

2020-07-07 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
I did crystallise a protein expressed in M. smegmatis a while ago (early 90's)! The cloning was done by Ying Zhang:https://www.jhsph.edu/faculty/directory/profile/786/ying-zhangIt might be worth dropping him a line. That's all I can suggest, sorry!!Good luck.Jon CooperOn 7 Jul 2020 10:07, Matthew

Re: [ccp4bb] number of frames to get a full dataset?

2020-06-30 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
I think it is quite an interesting question in principle for Laue crystallography (now probably only relevant in the neutron world?) since, for example, if one had a crystal in the 432 point group, you could collect an essentially complete dataset with one 'image'. Given that each image can take

Re: [ccp4bb] [EXTERNAL] Re: [ccp4bb] number of frames to get a full dataset?

2020-06-30 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Hello JohnDoes the IUCr dictionary list 'degeneracy'?Jon CooperOn 30 Jun 2020 17:11, Gerard Bricogne wrote:Dear Bernhard, That is true, and the discrepancies between repeated measurements of the same hkl would have to be parametrised differently from those between symmetry-related ones

Re: [ccp4bb] I cannot download xds

2020-06-28 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
With wget you can pretend to be somewhere else with the: --referer "http://www../"option. You could even put in the heidelberg url and then the server thinks your request comes from there ;-0Might help ;-?Jon CooperOn 29 Jun 2020 02:17, Murpholino Peligro wrote:Dear Kay, I can download

Re: [ccp4bb] I cannot download xds

2020-06-27 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Hello, it downloaded to my phone from the link on this page:http://xds.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de/html_doc/downloading.htmlIt looks alright: http://u.cubeupload.com/jbcooper/20200628034613.jpgJon CooperOn 28 Jun 2020 01:39, Murpholino Peligro wrote:```~/Downloads$ aria2c

Re: [ccp4bb] number of frames to get a full dataset?

2020-06-25 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Phil Jefferey was right about the point group (432), which looks like it represents about 0.7 % of the PDB! I tested the completeness with MOSFLM strategy for various sporadic missetting angles and 11 degrees of data does give you around 90 % completeness or more with redundancy close to 2,

Re: [ccp4bb] number of frames to get a full dataset?

2020-06-23 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
VIC, 3052 +613 9662 7304 +614 57 539 419 tom.peat@csiro.au From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of 0c2488af9525-dmarc-request@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2020 1:10 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subj

Re: [ccp4bb] number of frames to get a full dataset?

2020-06-23 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Someone told me there is a cubic space group where you can get away with something like 11 degrees of data. It would be interesting if that's correct. These minimum ranges for data collection rely on the crystal being pre-oriented, which is unheard-of these days, although they can help if someone

Re: [ccp4bb] AW: Molecular replacement problem

2020-06-18 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Robert, it would be very interesting to know your cell dimensions and corresponding N. mol. per AU to see if it's trying to be another space group. How long did the crystals take to grow? You could also try Contaminer and Simbad ;-)Jon CooperOn 18 Jun 2020 14:38, "Schreuder, Herman /DE" wrote:

Re: [ccp4bb] Question about small molecule crystallography

2020-06-08 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Re: "it turns out to be very very easy to exceed the count rate where the detector electronics can keep up."Sorry if this is obvious, but I take it you mean "_can't_" keep up?Jon CooperOn 4 Jun 2020 13:06, "Winter, Graeme (DLSLtd,RAL,LSCI)" wrote: Dear All, A small word of caution regarding

Re: [ccp4bb] Space group/Unit cell

2020-05-22 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
I don't know about LCP but it sounds like a case for Contaminer or Simbad.Jon CooperOn 22 May 2020 11:08, "Demou, Maria" wrote: Dear all, I have a question that may have a straight forward answer, and was wondering if this is a common issue. We have a protein crystallised in I222 space

Re: [ccp4bb] How to compare between electron density maps?

2020-05-11 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Hello, you certainly could normalise maps (i.e. have a map of (density minus average)/rms) with mapman in the Uppsala suite and you can ask Phenix to make the electron electron density normalised when it generates a map (set "map scaling" to "sigma"). The web suggests you can do it with XDLmapman,

Re: [ccp4bb] disinfecting keyboards

2020-04-29 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Re: injecting disinfect[ing]ant[?] through the USB cable [port?].Dear TimI am intrigued, seriously.Best wishes.Jon CooperOn 29 Apr 2020 19:53, Tim Gruene wrote:Dear all, can you make suggestions for how to disinfect computer keyboards, and instrument panels? Our facility is going to reboot

Re: [ccp4bb] neg density/high B on sidechains

2020-04-28 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Hello, it depends a bit on the resolution. With d<1.2 A you can, of course, do some quite complicated modelling of alternate confirmations, group occupancies, etc - actually you can do this very meaningfully at worse resolutions, too. My favourite subject - if your resolution is better than ~1.4

Re: [ccp4bb] Methods to improve ligand density of a homodimer?

2020-04-20 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
I take it that you have 2 molecules in the asymmetric unit. If so, you could try some sort of NCS averaging of the map or just NCS-refinement might help. Not much more here than has been expertly suggested already. Can you give us an idea of the resolution? How many RMS have you contoured the map

Re: [ccp4bb] molecular graphics program accessibility

2020-04-17 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
There is CueMol which runs on iPhone. NDKmol/ESmol for Android. It's a few years since I used them, but they were good for teaching purposes. As suggested though, a web-based viewer is probably the way to go. Jon CooperOn 17 Apr 2020 15:43, "careinaedgo...@yahoo.com"

Re: [ccp4bb] CCP4i2 Text size

2020-04-02 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
I had similar thing with linux (not Windows) and the cure was (from memory) to install the Truetype font. Absolutely no idea if this is relevant in your case!!Jon CooperOn 2 Apr 2020 14:51, "Horrell, Sam (DLSLtd,RAL,LSCI)" wrote: Hi Huw,   Thanks for the advice, but I’m afraid my display

Re: [ccp4bb] Hydrogens in PDB File

2020-02-27 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
I was going to say there's no harm in depositing hydrogen atom positions! However, some structures of similar resolution that we refined with shelx using riding H's and anisotropic B's, somewhat embarrassingly, do not seem to have them! These were deposited about 20 years ago so my memory is

Re: [ccp4bb] Shipping samples for neutron diffraction

2020-02-19 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
... and don't say you're travelling with heavy water!Jon CooperOn 19 Feb 2020 17:12, "Azadmanesh, Jahaun" wrote: Hello, I have traveled to a neutron beamline ~6 times over the past several years. I have had awful luck shipping crystals, so I decided to hand-carry and I found this best.

Re: [ccp4bb] Lattice-translocation defect (LTD)

2020-02-11 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
I was wondering why you believe it is a lattice defect rather than NCS. How well does the structure refine and does it have NCS? Do the twinning tests suggest anything?Jon CooperOn 11 Feb 2020 21:31, Daniele de Sanctis wrote:Hi all,I'm currently dealing with what I think it is a case of LTD

Re: [ccp4bb] protein protein interactions

2020-02-10 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Hello, if you mean theoretical docking, here is an old list of links:https://zlab.umassmed.edu/zdock/dockingsites.shtmlSome of these will still be maintained.Jon CooperOn 10 Feb 2020 16:50, Sarah Bowman wrote: Hi Careina,   There’s a program called FRODOCK that generates predictions of how

Re: [ccp4bb] refinement of 0.73A data in shelxl

2020-02-06 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
t, and identifier. Best, Tim On Monday, February 3, 2020 9:20:03 PM CET 0c2488af9525-dmarc- request@JISCMAIL.AC.UK wrote: > Remembered earlier that if the "CL" is not shifted one place to the left, > Shelx and probably most other programs treat it as carbon, i.e. its assume

Re: [ccp4bb] refinement of 0.73A data in shelxl

2020-02-06 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
just that, and identifier. Best, Tim On Monday, February 3, 2020 9:20:03 PM CET 0c2488af9525-dmarc- request@JISCMAIL.AC.UK wrote: > Remembered earlier that if the "CL" is not shifted one place to the left, > Shelx and probably most other programs treat it as carbon, i.e

Re: [ccp4bb] refinement of 0.73A data in shelxl

2020-02-04 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Thanks, sorry, shelx is wonderful! I was thinking back to shelxpro days when your hetero-atoms could acquire the wrong scattering factors if they were not positioned right in the pdb file. The classic, which I saw several times, was calcium (CA) being treated as an alpha-carbon (CA), and I think

Re: [ccp4bb] refinement of 0.73A data in shelxl

2020-02-03 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Remembered earlier that if the "CL" is not shifted one place to the left, Shelx and probably most other programs treat it as carbon, i.e. its assumed to have 6 rather than 17 electrons. Trust occupancies OK, too ;-?Jon CooperOn 3 Feb 2020 18:26, "Barone, Matthias" wrote: Hi Pavel glad you

Re: [ccp4bb] refinement of 0.73A data in shelxl

2020-02-03 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Hello, sorry if this is a really obvious question, but have you used the ANIS option? I remember it is good at cleaning-up difference density around halogen atoms that sort of resolution.Jon CooperOn 3 Feb 2020 11:08, "Barone, Matthias" wrote: Dear ccp4 community Im having some problems

Re: [ccp4bb] Protein fold and the moonlighting function

2020-02-02 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Can you possibly expand a bit on exactly what you are asking?Jon CooperOn 2 Feb 2020 09:28, Rajnandani Kashyap wrote:Dear AllI am curious to know about the promiscuous activity of a protein based on their fold. Can a protein having same fold also have same function (say not 100% but some

Re: [ccp4bb] AW: [ccp4bb] Urea vs. Guanidinium/HCl

2020-02-02 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Hello, have you tried eluting from nickel-NTA straight into glycerol buffer so the protein has absolutely minimal time on it's own? Also, 10 mg/ml is quite a high concentration in my book. What is in your purification buffer? Just interested. Hope your competitors aren't reading all this! Best

Re: [ccp4bb] Unusual monomer-monomer interface in crystal

2020-01-21 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
It looks pretty metallic. It would be good to know the max peak height in rms for the difference map and also some of the distances between the His and Cys side chains. Are your sulphur occupancies alright ;-?On 21 Jan 2020 17:55, Chris Fage wrote:Dear CCP4BB Users,I've recently solved the ~2.2

Re: [ccp4bb] best program for merging the two datasets

2020-01-15 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
I think Blend runs Pointless so that way you will get the best of both worlds.On 15 Jan 2020 14:08, Firdous Tarique wrote:Hi.I have collected multiple datasets for my crystals and now want to merge them. Iwanted to know that between Blend and pointless, which programme is better to merge two or

Re: [ccp4bb] Potential weak binding ligand in the active site

2019-12-20 Thread 00000c2488af9525-dmarc-request
Hello, the statistics all look good apart from the R-merge and R-meas. It might be worth looking at the processing again in case it can be improved. I assume you mean rms rather than A when you say the difference density only disappears at 6 A and, if so, it must be a strong feature. Does the