[phenixbb] Tracing and refining b-strands at 3.3A resolution

[Andy Torelli]

Sean,

	I really appreciate your offer to try out your scripts.  If the offer 
is still good, I would love a copy.

Thanks and Best Regards,
-Andy Torelli

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Andrew T. Torelli Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Baker Laboratory, Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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On 8/27/2009 5:53 PM, Sean Johnson wrote:
> Gino,
> 
> My lab recently refined a 3.4 A structure and dealt with similar 
> problems. We found that using secondary structure restraints was the 
> only effective way to maintain reasonable geometry during refinement. It 
> is kind of a daunting task to input all of the definitions by hand, so 
> we wrote a couple python scripts that are integrated with PyMol to write 
> the appropriate restraint definition files. All you have to do is click 
> on the atoms that you want restrained. You are welcome to the scripts if 
> you like. Feel free to contact me if you are interested.
> 
> Sean Johnson
> 
> 
> Gino Cingolani wrote:
>> Hi Phenix community, 
>>
>> I'm tracing a 3.3A averaged electron density map of 
>> a large macromolecular complex (~18,500 residues in the asymmetric unit). The map has great continuity and appears quite 'tubular'. While it is easy to interpret in a-helical regions, b-strands are more challenging, as I can't see the 'bump' corresponding to the carbonyl. If I built b-strands into the tubular density, refinement usually 'undoes' them and turns them into pseudo-loops/turns. On the positive side, a related molecule (~70% identical to mine) was solved to 1.9A resolution. So my question is, is there a way in Phenix to use a 'reference model' during refinement to force a given stretch of polypeptide chain to 'stay' b-stranded during refinement?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for the feedback,
>>
>> Gino
>>
>>
>>
>>
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