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Hi Greg--

> I've only recently begun using xplor, so I hope this isn't a stupid
> question.  I am trying to refine the structure of my protein, which
> includes a covalently bound acyl phosphopantethein species (about 32
> heavy atoms, and 20 protons.  I have a good-looking structure for the
> protein, and I want to use xplor to add on the covalently attached
> species.  I was able to use the addUnknownAtoms method to help out with
> this, though I notice that the structure I get out has a large number of
> bond, angle, and improper violations.  Luckily, this doesn't seem to
> matter too much, as subsequent refinement seems to clean up the structure.
> 

a quick call to protocol.fixupCovalentGeom() should also clean things
up. Perhaps it should be called as the final step of addUnknownAtoms...

> Once the group is attached, I wanted to refine its structure based on
> some ambiguous NOE restraints.  I've tried using the scripts in
> eginput/prot_prot as a model, but I've essentially removed the 'fix'
> statements that held portions of the structure rigid.  I also found that
> the rigid body docking step (rigid_min.inp) wasn't really necessary.  (I
> had modified this step to allow the attachment to be fully flexible.)
> 
> Couple of questions:
> Is there a better script to use as a starting point?  

What you're doing is probably fine, but why not use one of the Python examples?
Is yours a docking problem?

> Am I biasing my
> results (not sampling enough conformational space) using
> sa_cross_tor.inp?

that script may be fine. Do note also the ``group'' statements which
hold some regions rigid in hpr.

cheers--
Charles
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