[phenixbb] Stereochemistry statistics

miket at chem.ucla.edu miket at chem.ucla.edu
Wed Jan 19 17:03:29 PST 2011


Hi All,

I have a very naive question, but nobody I have asked has been able to give me a confident answer. When phenix calculates the stereochemistry statistics for a model, two of the statistics given are RMS(chirality) and RMS(planarity). What specific measurements are being calculated to produce these statistics, and what are the units for the numbers given? For example, is RMS(planarity) telling me the average distance out of plane for an atom that should be in plane? If this is the case I imagine the units are angstroms?

Thanks for the explanation,

Mike Thompson




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Michael C. Thompson

Graduate Student

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Division

Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

University of California, Los Angeles

miket at chem.ucla.edu



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