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Phenix download issues
by Billy Poon 26 Jul '16

26 Jul '16

Dear all, There is currently an issue with our file server, so Phenix downloads are not unavailable. I will update the list when the website is fully functional. -- 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

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Fall 2016 MicroED workshop at Janelia Research Campus (Reminder)
by Hattne, Johan 22 Jul '16

22 Jul '16

Reminder: the deadline for applications for the Fall 2016 MicroED Workshop is August 1, 2016 (11:59 PM EDT). The original announcement is included below. The second installment of the MicroED workshop will be held at Janelia Research Campus (Ashburn, VA) November 13-16, 2016, hosted by Tamir Gonen. MicroED is a cryo-EM method that uses electron diffraction to facilitate structure determination from sub-micron sized 3D crystals of biological material. MicroED uses equipment and procedures that are standard on many cryo-EM:s, and because of this the technique can be easily adopted in labs and facilities around the world. To encourage the widespread use of MicroED we are offering this workshop to teach microscopists how to perform the technique and adopt it at their own institutions. The first MicroED workshop was held in February of 2016 and was heavily oversubscribed. For this reason we are offering a second workshop. There is no registration fee for participation, and Janelia will provide on-site housing and meals. Attendees are expected to cover their own travel expenses and must be able to stay for the duration. Space in the course is limited. The application deadline is August 1, 2016 (11:59 PM EDT). For more details and to apply, visit https://www.janelia.org/you-janelia/conferences/microed-workshop-1. // Best wishes; Johan, on behalf of the organizers Research Specialist @ Gonen Lab ____________________________________________________ Janelia Research Campus * 19700 Helix Drive Ashburn, VA 20147 * +1 (571) 209-4000 extension 3376

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Berkeley Server Downtime (24 hours, 7/22 - 7/23)
by Billy Poon 21 Jul '16

21 Jul '16

Dear all, On Friday, July 22, our servers will be shut down starting at 5:00 pm Pacific for scheduled maintenance in our building. We expect that the servers will be available the next day (7/23) by 5:00 pm Pacific at the latest. This will affect, - The Phenix web site (http://phenix-online.org/) - The DIALS West web site (http://dials.lbl.gov/) - The CCI web site (http://cci.lbl.gov/) - The Structural Biology Technology Portal (http://technology.sbkb.org/) Bug reports and emails requesting help should be queued and we will receive them once the servers are back online. We apologize for any inconvenience. -- 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

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MolProbity C-beta outliers
by Yufan Wu 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

Dear all, Anyone knows the definition of “angle” shown in the report of "MolProbity C-beta position outliers” after refinement ? It means the bond angle or dihedral angle? Between which atoms or planers? I am just wondering the definition of it. Thank you in advance! Best, Yufan Wu Regards, Yufan Wu The Plueckthun Lab www.bioc.uzh.ch/plueckthun <http://www.bioc.uzh.ch/plueckthun>Phone: +41 44 635 5574

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MolProbity C-beta outliers
by Yufan Wu 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

Dear all, Anyone knows the definition of angle in "MolProbity C-beta position outliers”? See the screenshot below. It means the bond angle or dihedral angle? Between which atoms or planers? I am just wondering the definition of it. Thank you in advance! Best, Yufan Wu Regards, Yufan Wu The Plueckthun Lab www.bioc.uzh.ch/plueckthun <http://www.bioc.uzh.ch/plueckthun>Phone: +41 44 635 5574

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Amber in phenix
by R. Gasper-Schönenbrücher 13 Jul '16

13 Jul '16

Hi all, I am trying to run amber from phenix with a standard pdb file, no co-factors etc and struggle already at the phenix.AmberPrep script. For unknown reasons, the .prmtop file stays empty (0 bytes). I have tried to figure out from the amber python scripts, where the problem might be, but didn't find anything obvious (the "self.ns_names" variable stays empty) The leap log files states two problems: 1) ......Nonterminal, was not found in name map. (for every single amino acid) 2) FATAL: Atom .R<MET 1>.A<N 1> does not have a type. (for every single atom) which ends up in: "Failed to generate parameters Parameter file was not saved." There is no .map2 file generated. Phenix version: dev-2463 Amber: Ambertools 16 Every help is highly appreciated. Many thanks! Best, Raphael -- Raphael Gasper-Schönenbrücher Universität Bochum AG Proteinkristallographie, Lehrstuhl für Biophysik, NDEF 04/316 Universitätsstraße 150 44801 Bochum Germany Tel: +49 (0)234-32 27086 Fax: +49 (0)234-32 14762

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How to assign Half occupancy to metal ion in protein crystal
by Sharan Karade 08 Jul '16

08 Jul '16

Dear all, I am refining the protein structure and i want add metal ion in the structure, the site is present in between protein chain and its symmetry mate. when i added metal and refined, it was showing the high B factor and symmetry related metal on the same site. i want to assign the occupancy half and refine but in coot i am unable to do. Is there any method to do this. Thanks in Advance -- Sharan C/O Dr. J V Pratap Senior Research Fellow, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow

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Question about restrain of a nonstandard peptide
by Yufan Wu 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

Dear Phenix Developers/Users, I have a question regarding how to generate a correct restrain for a whole nonstandard peptide and how do run refinement correctly. The nonstandard peptide in my structure is pepstatin A (IVA Val Val STA Ala STA). I manually put the pepstatin A in the density and generated the cif files for IVA and STA and run the refinement with them. After refinement, the whole pepstatin A explored as pieces, which I guess the program treated the pepstatin A as single amino acids. By the way, I also manual input the “LINK” information in the input pdb file as below, LINK C VAL L 3 N STA L 4 1555 1555 LINK N ALA L 5 C STA L 4 1555 1555 LINK C ALA L 5 N STA L 6 1555 1555 And also, when I use the “Real Space Refine Zone” by clicking two atoms for the whole pepstatin A in coot, it exploded again, although I input the same cif file in coot as well. The data quality is not good (2.9 A with CC1/2=12), thus it is difficult to place amino acid individually to fit the destiny. In the PDB, there are several structures containing the pepstatin A, such as 4TVG, 4AUC. They have the pepatatin A sequence as VVVXAX, but none of them lists the constrains. Would you please help me and let me know how can I continue with refinement? Please let me know if you need more information. Thank you vey much! Yufan Wu Regards, Yufan Wu The Plueckthun Lab www.bioc.uzh.ch/plueckthun <http://www.bioc.uzh.ch/plueckthun>Phone: +41 44 635 5574

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Glycan refinement in Phenix.real_space_refine
by Simonas Masiulis 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

Hi, I want to refine N-linked glycans into an EM density using Phenix.real_space_refine, but it seems the rings get distorted. Does anybody know how to fix this (e.g., is there a way to provide a .cif file)? Thanks a lot! Simonas

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.cif file created by Jligand for used in phenix.model_vs_data
by luzuok 06 Jul '16

06 Jul '16

Dear all, The protein was covalently linked by my ligand and I used JLigand to generate the link record and the .cif file. This file can be used in Refmac successfully. But the .cif file cannot be recognized by phenix.model_vs_data nor phenix.refine. The program runs with the following message: Sorry: Fatal problems interpreting model file: Number of atoms with unknown nonbonded energy type symbols: 19 Please edit the model file to resolve the problems and/or supply a CIF file with matching restraint definitions, along with apply_cif_modification and apply_cif_link parameter definitions if necessary. Any suggestions how to do this would be greatly appreciated. Another question is, how can I generate a restraints file for COOT to do real space refinement? The .cif file is imported in COOT, but when I do real space refinement, the link bond still takes apart. Best wishes! Lu -- 卢作焜南开大学新生物站A202 Lu Zuokun, Ph.D. Candidate College of Life Science, Nankai University

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