July 2013 - phenixbb - phenix-online.org

calculate map from ensemble refinement
by Bard, Joel 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

Hi- I ran phenix.ensemble refinement which worked very nicely but crashed during map output. I think this was my fault for using a parameter file that had map_type = None (I didn't look and assumed the default was reasonable). I would like to calculate maps after the fact. Is there a way to run the map calculation on the output ensemble pdb file and reflection data? I tried phenix.maps which choked on the huge ensemble. Thanks, Joel

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Group ADP refinement
by joseph Lyons 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

Dear phenixbb. I am currently running phenix 1.8.2-1309. My goal is to use group ADP with 2 b-factors per residue for the protein and individual b-factors for solvent. However, this does not seem to be working even though the system seems to recognise what I want to do. The refinement output gives what looks like individual b-factor refinement... ================== Extract refinement strategy and selections ================= Refinement flags and selection counts: individual_sites = True (4048 atoms) torsion_angles = False (0 atoms) rigid_body = False (0 atoms in 0 groups) individual_adp = True (iso = 127 aniso = 0) group_adp = True (3921 atoms in 967 groups) tls = False (0 atoms in 0 groups) occupancies = False (0 atoms) group_anomalous = False In troubleshooting it appears that with Group ADP with 2 b-factors per residue, the solvent B-factors are not being refined, i.e., remaining at the Wilson B that I set previously. For Group ADP with 1 b-factors per residue - everything appears to refine OK. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Regards, Joe

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Re: [phenixbb] How do I turn off sidechain rotamer fitting? (Pavel Afonine)
by Joseph Noel 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

Dear Pavel, To clarify, in the latest nightly build, 1435, do you have to click on real space refinement to carry out side chain rotamer fitting? If you just refine xyz I assume side chain rotamer fitting is not enabled, correct? Joe Noel ______________________________________________________________________________________ Joseph P. Noel, Ph.D. Arthur and Julie Woodrow Chair Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, The Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics The Salk Institute for Biological Studies 10010 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 USA Phone: (858) 453-4100 extension 1442 Cell: (858) 349-4700 Fax: (858) 597-0855 E-mail: noel(a)salk.edu Publications & Citations: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xiL1lscAAAAJ Homepage Salk: http://www.salk.edu/faculty/noel.html Homepage HHMI: http://hhmi.org/research/investigators/noel.html ______________________________________________________________________________________

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Re: [phenixbb] Phenix "hangs" on a Mac?
by Joseph Noel 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

Hi Nat, Will replicate and send you the information. Its unrelated to Ramachandran restraints as it occurs intermittantly when doing just regular tasks. I can always tell early as it never seems to get past the first steps of the refinement protocol - in essence - it never starts xyz refinement. Just sits there. I abort and restart and it then goes fine. I'm running Mac OSX 10.8.4 Joe ______________________________________________________________________________________ Joseph P. Noel, Ph.D. Arthur and Julie Woodrow Chair Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, The Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics The Salk Institute for Biological Studies 10010 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 USA Phone: (858) 453-4100 extension 1442 Cell: (858) 349-4700 Fax: (858) 597-0855 E-mail: noel(a)salk.edu Publications & Citations: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xiL1lscAAAAJ Homepage Salk: http://www.salk.edu/faculty/noel.html Homepage HHMI: http://hhmi.org/research/investigators/noel.html ______________________________________________________________________________________

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Post-doc position for SAXS at the MAX IV Laboratory
by Marjolein Thunnissen 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

The MAX IV laboratory in Lund has opened a position for a Postdoctoral fellow to strengthen the biological SAXS environment at the current SAXS beam line. The position will be for two years and is embedded in the BIOSTRUCT-X EU program. Full information of the position is available at: http://admin.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=22598&Dnr=554436&Type=E as well as who to contact for more information. Information about the MAX IV laboratory can be obtained at www.maxlab.lu.se<http://www.maxlab.lu.se> . best regards Marjolein Thunnissen ________________________________________________________________________ Marjolein Thunnissen Phone +46-(0)76-632 0417 Associate Professor Fax +46-(0)46-22 24692 Dept of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund University http://www.mps.lu.se<http://www.mps.lu.se/> PO-Box 124 S-221 00 Lund, Sweden Scientific coordinator MX (The MAX IV Laboratory): I911 and BioMAX ________________________________________________________________________

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Phenix "hangs" on a Mac?
by Joseph Noel 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Has anyone had a problem when using Phenix refine through the GUI on a Mac wherein the program after hitting Run locally starts but then hangs without proceeding? Seems to happen to me about one out of five times I run refine and always hangs when I experiment with ramachandran restraints for only a portion of the polypeptide chain. I've tried letting things alone for several hours and nothing happens. I can abort and then often resubmit and it then runs fine (except for rama restraints). I've found this happens with both nightly builds and stable releases. I am currently running the latest nightly build 1439. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Joseph P. Noel, Ph.D. Arthur and Julie Woodrow Chair Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, The Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics The Salk Institute for Biological Studies 10010 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 USA Phone: (858) 453-4100 extension 1442 Cell: (858) 349-4700 Fax: (858) 597-0855 E-mail: noel(a)salk.edu Publications & Citations: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xiL1lscAAAAJ Homepage Salk: http://www.salk.edu/faculty/noel.html Homepage HHMI: http://hhmi.org/research/investigators/noel.html ______________________________________________________________________________________

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On Mac two separate installations?
by Joseph Noel 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Does one have to install both the GUI and command line installers on a Mac if one wants to have the option of running using the command line (for command line only options in nightly builds) and the GUI? ______________________________________________________________________________________ Joseph P. Noel, Ph.D. Arthur and Julie Woodrow Chair Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, The Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics The Salk Institute for Biological Studies 10010 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 USA Phone: (858) 453-4100 extension 1442 Cell: (858) 349-4700 Fax: (858) 597-0855 E-mail: noel(a)salk.edu Publications & Citations: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xiL1lscAAAAJ Homepage Salk: http://www.salk.edu/faculty/noel.html Homepage HHMI: http://hhmi.org/research/investigators/noel.html ______________________________________________________________________________________

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mr_rosetta pause & resume
by Karolina Michalska 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Hello everybody, Is there a way to pause an mr_rosetta run and resume it with a different number of processors? Thanks, Karolina

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Registration open: "The Future of Microfocus Protein Crystallography"
by Marjolein Thunnissen 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Dear all, I would like to remind you on a workshop on "The Future of Microfocus Protein Crystallography" which will take place at the MAX IV User meeting on the 24th and the 25th of September, 2013, in Lund, Sweden. Recent developments within protein crystallography methods in combination with the possibilities offered by the new upcoming synchrotron sources such as the MAX IV 3 GeV storage ring make possible exciting new ways of carrying out research within structural biology. Small microfocus beamlines with a very high flux and increased coherence will make new types of experimentation possible. The scientific possibilities will be highlighted through a series of talks by experts showing the impact of the new type of X-ray sources and microfocus beamlines on research within structural biology. The new generation of microfocus beamlines will also set a high demand on instrumentation and suitable software. For example, data collection will potentially be very fast (in milliseconds) and radiation damage will allow only a limited amount of data to be collected from each sample. New technical solutions for sample handling and presentation, data processing methods and more will be needed for these types of experiments, and these will also be presented and discussed at the workshop. Confirmed speakers include David Stuart, Daniel Wacker, Simone Weynand, Jens Preben Morth, Tove Sjögren, Richard Neutze, Janet Smith, Alke Meentz, Alexei Soares, Thomas White, Luca Jovine and Clemens Schulze-Briese The workshop is part of a process to obtain an updated proposal for the possible Phase 2b beam line MicroMAX at the upcoming new 3 GeV storage ring of MAX IV in Lund. This workshop should give the user community an opportunity to explore the scientific possibilities of a new generation of microfocus beam lines, but also it will give them the chance to contribute with specific input on their own experimental demands on the beam line. The workshop is part of the MAX IV laboratory user meeting, but there is no requirement to be a user of the facility and all that are interested are welcome . Registration is through the user meeting website: https://indico.maxlab.lu.se/indico/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=0 . The registration fees are 2000 SEK for academics and 700 SEK for junior scientists. Registration fees include all lunches and the conference dinner. Further information on this workshop can be found at https://www.maxlab.lu.se/node/1609 and for the MAX IV user meeting at https://www.maxlab.lu.se/um13 . For the organisers, Richard Neutze, Gunter Schneider and Gregers Rom Andersen Marjolein Thunnissen ________________________________________________________________________ Marjolein Thunnissen Phone +46-(0)76-632 0417 Associate Professor Fax +46-(0)46-22 24692 Dept of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund University http://www.mps.lu.se<http://www.mps.lu.se/> PO-Box 124 S-221 00 Lund, Sweden Scientific coordinator MX (The MAX IV Laboratory): I911 and BioMAX ________________________________________________________________________

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Fo-Fo map
by Xiang Li 22 Jul '13

22 Jul '13

Hi everyone, I am working on two datasets of the similar crystal design. In one of the datasets, there is an extra guest protein (might be considered as a ligand) docked in one unit cell. The two crystals have very similar unit cell size and same symmetry. I want to calculate the Fo-Fo map to see whether I could figure out where the protein is. But I got error says the symmetry of the two datasets are not the same. I have never used the "isomorphous difference map" in GUI before. Can anyone help me to figure out where I did wrong please? I have attached the mtz file that I want to compare. Btw, if the protein is not very rigidly linked with the crystal framework (~2 free residues linkage), am I supposed to see the density of the protein? Or are there any better ways for me to identify the protein? Thanks for your kind help! Sincerely, Xiang

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