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DNA covalent bond angles deviate from PDB standard dictionary
by Scott Classen 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

Hello, I'm running into validation problems with DNA when validating on PDB website. the validation report indicates that the refined value is significantly different that the PDBs standard dictionary. Deviation Residue Chain Sequence AT1 - AT2 - AT3 Bond Dictionary Standard Name ID Number Angle Value Deviation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.2 DG D 6 N9 - C1' - O4' 110.5 108.3 0.3 2.6 DC D 7 N1 - C1' - O4' 110.9 108.3 0.3 2.3 DC D 8 N1 - C1' - O4' 110.6 108.3 0.3 3.0 DT D 9 N1 - C1' - O4' 111.3 108.3 0.3 I've looked through a few of these in the .geo file and it appears that phenix.refine is using different values. for example, angle pdb=" O4' DG D 6 " pdb=" C1' DG D 6 " pdb=" N9 DG D 6 " ideal model delta sigma weight residual 108.40 110.18 -1.78 3.00e+00 1.11e-01 3.52e-01 ideal is specified as 108.4º so clearly my refinement has converged, but it has NOT converged on the RCSBs accepted value of 110.5º What to do? Who is "right" phenix or RCSB? Thanks, Scott

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bugs in dev 625
by Weiergräber, Oliver H. 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

Hello, trying to use phenix.autobuild (command line version, didn't try the gui) in dev 625, I encountered the following error: ############################################ Build cycle 1 of 6 method:rebuild Initial rebuild cycle: just combining previous models or copying over initial PDB file Using edited_pdb.pdb for rebuild, copied to unrefined.pdb_1 Refining model: unrefined.pdb_1 No refinement carried out (may need free R flags) Error message from phenix.refine: global name 'libtbx' is not defined Refinement failed... ############################################ If invoked directly, phenix.refine seems to run fine, so there may be a problem with scripting in the autobuild wizard. Regards, Oliver ================================================ PD Dr. Oliver H. Weiergräber Institut für Strukturbiologie und Biophysik ISB-3: Strukturbiochemie Tel.: +49 2461 61-2028 Fax: +49 2461 61-1448 ================================================ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH 52425 Juelich Sitz der Gesellschaft: Juelich Eingetragen im Handelsregister des Amtsgerichts Dueren Nr. HR B 3498 Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: MinDirig Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher Geschaeftsfuehrung: Prof. Dr. Achim Bachem (Vorsitzender), Dr. Ulrich Krafft (stellv. Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Bolt, Prof. Dr. Sebastian M. Schmidt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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viewing maps in xfit
by David Shin 05 Jan '11

05 Jan '11

Hi - Anyone have a script to convert phenix .mtz output so I can read in maps in xfit? I still find xfit handy for a few things. D

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errors when disabling Rfree
by chene＠umbi.umd.edu 03 Jan '11

03 Jan '11

Dear Phenixers, I have a low resolution twinned data, for which I disabled cross validation in refinement. The refinement worked and exported the refined coordinates. However, the phs files for maps are empty and there were such errors as below. It seems the free set is required for maps. I wonder how to fix this problem? Thanks Chen Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/chene/phenix-1.6.4-486/phenix/phenix/command_line/refine.py", line 11, in <module> command_line.run(command_name="phenix.refine", args=sys.argv[1:]) File "/home/chene/phenix-1.6.4-486/phenix/phenix/refinement/command_line.py", line 103, in run map_manger.write_files() File "/home/chene/phenix-1.6.4-486/phenix/phenix/refinement/driver.py", line 1281, in write_files fmodel = self.refine_object.fmodels.fmodel_xray(), params = mtz_mc) File "/home/chene/phenix-1.6.4-486/cctbx_project/mmtbx/maps/__init__.py", line 290, in map_coefficients_from_fmodel centrics_pre_scale = params.centrics_pre_scale) File "/home/chene/phenix-1.6.4-486/cctbx_project/mmtbx/twinning/twin_f_model.py", line 1780, in map_coefficients w2 = w2) File "/home/chene/phenix-1.6.4-486/cctbx_project/mmtbx/twinning/twin_f_model.py", line 1695, in map_coefficients sigmaa_object = self.sigmaa_object( detwinned_data=dt_f_obs,f_model_data=tmp_f_model, tmp_free=tmp_free,forced_update=True) File "/home/chene/phenix-1.6.4-486/cctbx_project/mmtbx/twinning/twin_f_model.py", line 1504, in sigmaa_object kernel_width_free_reflections=200, File "/home/chene/phenix-1.6.4-486/cctbx_project/mmtbx/scaling/sigmaa_estimation.py", line 131, in __init__ raise RuntimeError("No free reflections.") RuntimeError: No free reflections. Chen Chen, PhD, Research Associate Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology (CARB), University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI), 9600 Gudelsky Drive, Rockville, MD 20850 240-314-6122

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Automated Mg & K ions picking
by Hasan Demirci 02 Jan '11

02 Jan '11

Hi, I have a low resolution data and I am trying to place Mg++ and K+ ions. As far as I know for ligand search at least 3 atoms required. Is it possible to do an automated search of these single atom ions by using phenix similar to automated water picking protocol? Thanks. -- Hasan DeMirci, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology & Biochemistry Brown University 185 Meeting Street Providence, RI 02912 (401) 863-3652 lab (SFH) (401) 863-6124 lab (ship st) (401) 226-7852 cell Hasan_DeMirci(a)Brown.edu demircha99(a)gmail.com

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