February 2016 - phenixbb - phenix-online.org

Using phenix.real_space_refine with mmcif model?
by Oliver Clarke 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Hello, Is it possible to use phenix.real_space_refine with mmcif input? When I attempt to run as "phenix.real_space_refine model.mmcif map.mrc" or "phenix.real_space_refine model.cif map.mrc" I get the error "Sorry: PDB file is needed", and looking at the documentation I cannot see how to explicitly specify the model (there is not "model" keyword or similar). Anybody have a way around this? Or is there a keyword I am missing? phenix.refine generally works fine with mmcif, but maybe real_space_refine has not been configured to do so yet? Would be helpful for large structures which break the regular pdb format if so. Cheers, Oli

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Re: [phenixbb] Using PyMOL-1.8 with PHENIX-dev-2306
by acyang 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Hi Billy Thanks for your reply. I installed phenix from source (phenix-installer-dev-2306-source.tar.gz). And I used scientific linux 7.1 for my workstation. I noticed that SCONS is adopted in the installation of phenix, and phenix will download a modified version of python (python_2.7.8_cci). I think the problem can be solved by adding a flag "--enable-unicode=ucs4" in configuring Python-2.7.8_cci. I'd appreciate if you can tell me how to modify the SCONS script file. by A.C. 2016-02-12 16:52 GMT+08:00 Billy Poon <bkpoon(a)lbl.gov>: > Hi, > > Are you installing phenix from source or from a binary distribution? And > which operating system are you using? I can give you the flags (in addition > to the --prefix flag for installing into the base directory) for the > configure step for either OS X or Linux. > > You can basically install Phenix normally, and then recompile our Python > from scratch with our regular flags and your extra flag. > > -- > Billy K. Poon > Research Scientist, Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging > Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory > 1 Cyclotron Road, M/S 33R0345 > Berkeley, CA 94720 > Tel: (510) 486-5709 > Fax: (510) 486-5909 > Web: https://phenix-online.org > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 3:05 AM, acyang <acyang0903(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi everyone >> >> I've installed pymol and phenix on my scientific linux7.1 workstation. >> I can launch pymol via the launching script($PYMOL_HOME/pymol) normally. >> But when I launched pymol in phenix GUI, I got some error as followed: >> >> ********************************************************************************************************************************* >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "/opt/PyMOL/modules/pymol/__init__.py", line 71, in <module> >> import pymol >> File "/opt/PyMOL/modules/pymol/__init__.py", line 521, in <module> >> import pymol._cmd >> ImportError: /opt/PyMOL/modules/pymol/_cmd.so: undefined symbol: >> PyUnicodeUCS4_SetDefaultEncoding >> >> ********************************************************************************************************************************* >> After STFW*, *I knew the problem is about unicode variant (UCS2, UCS4). >> I also checked the configuration of two python. >> For /bin/python (adopted by pymol) >> >> >>> import sys>>> print sys.maxunicode1114111 >> >> And for $PHENIX_HOME/base/bin/python (adopted by phenix) >> >>> import sys >> >>> print sys.maxunicode >> 65535 >> >> My question is : How do I add the flag --enable-unicode=ucs4 in configuring Python-2.7.8_cci. >> >> >> I'd appreciate if any reply on this. >> >> acyang >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> phenixbb mailing list >> phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org >> http://phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb >> Unsubscribe: phenixbb-leave(a)phenix-online.org >> > >

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Specify space group with phenix.map_to_structure_factors?
by Oliver Clarke 16 Feb '16

16 Feb '16

Hi, I frequently use phenix.map_to_structure_factors to generate mtz files from EM maps for use in Coot - it is by far the best tool I have found for this purpose. For convenience (so I can easily build and refine one protomer of a four-fold symmetric entity), I often convert these mtz files from the default P1 to P4 spacegroup using CCP4, and I wonder if it would be possible to include an option to specify the output spacegroup directly in map_to_structure_factors (or perhaps it is there and I have missed it?)? Even better would be if there were a way to check the symmetry and refine the orientation of the input volume such that the map is centered in the unit cell and the symmetry axis of the volume is appropriately aligned - often I have aligned the input volume to another reference volume in Chimera, and if the alignment is not perfect the symmetry axis of the volume might be slightly misaligned from what would become the fourfold axis of the output. Cheers, Oli.

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Update: Check for radiation-induced reduction of a disulfide bond
by Ezequiel Noguera 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Sorry, my previous email was incomplete. My structure has negative density in the center of some disulfides (the magnitude of this effect vary between different monomers in the ASU). I'd like to refine the structure in an "artificial reduced form", where cysteines involved in disulfides are treated in reduced form, but repulsions originating from neighboring sulfur atoms are turned-off, to monitor distances (I expect that SG atoms remain close to 2 A), guided only by data. Thank you, Ezequiel

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ensemble refinement
by George Kontopidis 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Does ensemble refinement run on Phenix version 1.10.1-2155 (for windows) If yes can it run from GUI or only using command line? George

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REASONS UNKNOWN
by Almudena Ponce Salvatierra 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

-- Almudena Ponce-Salvatierra Macromolecular crystallography and Nucleic acid chemistry Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Germany

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Re: [phenixbb] Arg, Glu, etc. naming conventions
by Mark A Saper 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Apparently a torsion angle of –180° is considered very different from 0° because of the NH1.NH2 names. And the phenix convention is now different from coot. Mark _______________________________________________ Mark A. Saper, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry, U-M Medical School New location: Room 3220B, MSRB III | saper(a)umich.edu | +1 (734) 764-3353 On Feb 14, 2016, at 4:07 PM, Eckhard Hofmann <eckhard.hofmann(a)bph.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> wrote: > Dear Mark, > I think Oleg is in the process of writing a little routine to fix problems in pdbs with regard to order of atoms in residues and such. Maybe fixing naming conventions could/will be included. > Cheers, > Eckhard > > > Am 14.02.2016 um 19:37 schrieb Mark A Saper: >> Phenix 1.10.1 is flagging several of my Arg residues with bad dihedral angles. Phenix is much more strict about NH1, NH2 naming conventions then 6 months ago. Can these be fixed with PDB Tools? How? Many thanks in advance. >> -Mark >> _________________________________ >> Mark A. Saper, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan >> Ann Arbor MI 48109-1055 U.S.A. >> saper(a)umich.edu phone (734) 764-3353 fax (734) 764-3323 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> phenixbb mailing list >> phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org >> http://phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb >> Unsubscribe: phenixbb-leave(a)phenix-online.org >> > > -- > Prof. Dr. Eckhard Hofmann <eckhard.hofmann(a)bph.ruhr-uni-bochum.de> > Ruhr-Uni Bochum > AG Proteinkristallographie, LS Biophysik, ND04/318 > 44780 Bochum > Tel: +49-(0)234/32-24463, Sekr. -24461, FAX: -14762 > ORCID: 0000-0003-4874-372X

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Arg, Glu, etc. naming conventions
by Mark A Saper 14 Feb '16

14 Feb '16

Phenix 1.10.1 is flagging several of my Arg residues with bad dihedral angles. Phenix is much more strict about NH1, NH2 naming conventions then 6 months ago. Can these be fixed with PDB Tools? How? Many thanks in advance. -Mark _________________________________ Mark A. Saper, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI 48109-1055 U.S.A. saper(a)umich.edu phone (734) 764-3353 fax (734) 764-3323

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Check for radiation-induced reduction of a disulfide bond
by Ezequiel Noguera 13 Feb '16

13 Feb '16

I'm working with one protein, crystallized in oxidized form, which exhibits negative density in the Fo-Fc map at the center of the disulfide bond. As a test of radiation-induced reduction during data collection, I'd like to do a trial refinement described in a previous work from literature, where SG sulfurs of involved cysteines were refined without van der Waals interactions to monitor distances of these atoms. How can I do this calculation in Phenix? Thanks in advance

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Using PyMOL-1.8 with PHENIX-dev-2306
by acyang 12 Feb '16

12 Feb '16

Hi everyone I've installed pymol and phenix on my scientific linux7.1 workstation. I can launch pymol via the launching script($PYMOL_HOME/pymol) normally. But when I launched pymol in phenix GUI, I got some error as followed: ********************************************************************************************************************************* Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/PyMOL/modules/pymol/__init__.py", line 71, in <module> import pymol File "/opt/PyMOL/modules/pymol/__init__.py", line 521, in <module> import pymol._cmd ImportError: /opt/PyMOL/modules/pymol/_cmd.so: undefined symbol: PyUnicodeUCS4_SetDefaultEncoding ********************************************************************************************************************************* After STFW*, *I knew the problem is about unicode variant (UCS2, UCS4). I also checked the configuration of two python. For /bin/python (adopted by pymol) >>> import sys>>> print sys.maxunicode1114111 And for $PHENIX_HOME/base/bin/python (adopted by phenix) >>> import sys >>> print sys.maxunicode 65535 My question is : How do I add the flag --enable-unicode=ucs4 in configuring Python-2.7.8_cci. I'd appreciate if any reply on this. acyang

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