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automatically changed refinement parameters
by Sara Züger 02 Feb '10

02 Feb '10

Dear phenixbb, I have some questions regarding refinement parameters: When I run phenix v1.6 via the GUI, starting a fresh refinement session from the main window (I do TLS+isotropic ADP refinement and 5 macrocycles, otherwise everything default), I saw these non-default refinement settings in the run, which I did not specify myself, but the program: adp_restraints { iso { use_u_local_only = True sphere_radius = 1.55 distance_power = 0 average_power = 0 }} In the documentation I found that when doing TLS+isotropic ADP refinement, only Ulocal is restrained, so the first command makes sense. But how is it with the sphere_radius, distance_power and average_power? The default parameters are sphere_radius= 5.0 distance_power= 1.69 average_power= 1.03 What do these parameters mean? What does it mean when these parameters have changed (and why did they change)? And is it ok at all that they changed? And would they have an influence if I modify the start model by setting b_iso to a certain value and then refine "normally" with TLS+isotropic? Another parameter that changed and I did not specify is: Target_weights { wxu_scale = 2.72 } Why did this happen, is it because few cycles before I included optimize_weights? And why would this change the weights permanently? Does it make sense? Thank you for explaining me these things! Sara

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Re: [phenixbb] AUTOSOL for MAD data with error message-'Need a symfile for solve'
by Thomas C. Terwilliger 02 Feb '10

02 Feb '10

Dear Mohan, I'm sorry for the trouble! I have not seen this one, but it must be a bug that I need to fix. Can you possibly send me the data file and exact command used (you can just send data to low-res such as 6 A if you like) and I will fix it? In the meantime...if you split your dataset up into individual files I would expect that to work, particularly if you convert to .sca. All the best, Tom T > >> >> Dear all, >> I have a query regarding the Autosol option in the >> PHENIX-1.6-289 version. We are trying to process a MAD data for a zinc >> bound protein crystal with AuTOSOL. We uploaded the scaled files, sequence >> and all other details and started running AUTOSOL. But the program stopped >> with the following error message pasted below mentioning some missing of >> symfile. We were not able to locate any parameters file on the >> installation >> directory. It would be helpful if we get some useful suggestions on this. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Mohan >> *********************************************************** >> >> PHENIX AutoSol Tue Feb 2 12:37:41 2010 >> >> ************************************************************ >> >> Working directory: /home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121 >> >> PHENIX VERSION: 1.6 of 29-01-2010 PHENIX RELEASE_TAG : 289 PHENIX MTYPE : >> intel-linux-2.6 PHENIX MVERSION : suse AutoSol_start AutoSol Run 2 Tue Feb >> 2 12:37:41 2010 INPUT FILE LIST: >> ['/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_2_P22121_scala2.mtz', >> '/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_3_P22121_scala2.mtz', >> '/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_4_P22121_scala2.mtz'] >> >> Copied /home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/result.seq to >> /home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/AutoSol_run_2_/sequence_autosol.dat >> >> Setting chain_type to PROTEIN Setting defaults for data_quality moderate >> Setting thorough_denmod to Yes Settin fix_xyz_after_denmod to False >> Setting >> max_ha_iterations to 2 Setting fixscattfactors to No Settin defaults for >> thoroughness quick Setting best_of_n_hyss_always to 1 Setting >> max_extra_unique_solutions to 0 Settin ha_iteration to No Setting >> max_choices to 1 Setting number_of_models to 1 Setting number_of_builds to >> 1 Setting test_mask_type to No Setting n_cycle_build to 0 Setting >> thorough_loop_fit to Setting create_scoring_table to No Not truncating ha >> sites at start of resolve as this is not PHASER SAD phasing >> >> Trying to guess refinement file for later use from >> ['/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_2_P22121_scala2.mtz', >> '/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_3_P22121_scala2.mtz', >> '/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_4_P22121_scala2.mtz'] >> >> Choosing guess of refinement file for later use from all files: >> ['/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_2_P22121_scala2.mtz', >> '/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_3_P22121_scala2.mtz', >> '/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_4_P22121_scala2.mtz'] >> >> FILE TYPE ccp4_mtz >> >> COLUMN LABELS: ['H', 'K', 'L', 'FreeR_flag', 'F_107_2re', 'SIGF_107_2re', >> 'F_107_2re(+)', 'SIGF_107_2re(+)', 'F_107_2re(-)', 'SIGF_107_2re(-)', >> 'DANO_107_2re', 'SIGDANO_107_2re', 'IMEAN_107_2re', 'SIGIMEAN_107_2re', >> 'I_107_2re(+)', 'SIGI_107_2re(+)', 'I_107_2re(-)', 'SIGI_107_2re(-)'] >> >> GUESS FILE TYPE MERGE TYPE mtz premerged TARGET LABELS ['F1', 'SIGF1', >> 'DANO1', 'SIGDANO1'] Unit cell: (34.79, 108.92, 134.88, 90, 90, 90) Space >> group: P 2 21 21 (No. 18) CONTENTS: >> ['/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_2_P22121_scala2.mtz', >> 'mtz', 'premerged', 'P 2 21 21', [34.790000915527344, 108.92009735107422, >> 134.8800048828125, 90.0, 90.0, 90.0], 2.4890566908055836, ['F1', 'SIGF1', >> 'DANO1', 'SIGDANO1']] >> >> File >> /home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_2_P22121_scala2.mtz >> RES: 2.5 >> >> FILE TYPE ccp4_mtz COLUMN LABELS: ['H', 'K', 'L', 'FreeR_flag', >> 'F_107_3re', 'SIGF_107_3re', 'F_107_3re(+)', 'SIGF_107_3re(+)', >> 'F_107_3re(-)', 'SIGF_107_3re(-)', 'DANO_107_3re', 'SIGDANO_107_3re', >> 'IMEAN_107_3re', 'SIGIMEAN_107_3re', 'I_107_3re(+)', 'SIGI_107_3re(+)', >> 'I_107_3re(-)', 'SIGI_107_3re(-)'] >> >> GUESS FILE TYPE MERGE TYPE mtz premerged TARGET LABELS ['F1', 'SIGF1', >> 'DANO1', 'SIGDANO1'] Unit cell: (34.85, 109.18, 135.27, 90, 90, 90) Space >> group: P 2 21 21 (No. 18) CONTENTS: >> ['/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_3_P22121_scala2.mtz', >> 'mtz', 'premerged', 'P 2 21 21', [34.849998474121094, 109.18000030517578, >> 135.26980590820312, 90.0, 90.0, 90.0], 2.4889952912293629, ['F1', 'SIGF1', >> 'DANO1', 'SIGDANO1']] >> >> File >> /home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_3_P22121_scala2.mtz >> RES: 2.5 >> >> FILE TYPE ccp4_mtz COLUMN LABELS: ['H', 'K', 'L', 'FreeR_flag', >> 'F_107_4re', 'SIGF_107_4re', 'F_107_4re(+)', 'SIGF_107_4re(+)', >> 'F_107_4re(-)', 'SIGF_107_4re(-)', 'DANO_107_4re', 'SIGDANO_107_4re', >> 'IMEAN_107_4re', 'SIGIMEAN_107_4re', 'I_107_4re(+)', 'SIGI_107_4re(+)', >> 'I_107_4re(-)', 'SIGI_107_4re(-)'] >> >> GUESS FIL TARGET LABELS ['F1', 'SIGF1', 'DANO1', 'SIGDANO1'] Unit cell: >> (34.87, 109.2, 135.33, 90, 90, 90) Space group: P 2 21 21 (No. 18) >> CONTENTS: >> ['/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_4_P22121_scala2.mtz', >> 'mtz', 'premerged', 'P 2 21 21', [34.869998931884766, 109.19999694824219, >> 135.32989501953125, 90.0, 90.0, 90.0], 2.4890134311310943, ['F1', 'SIGF1', >> 'DANO1', 'SIGDANO1']] >> >> File >> /home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_4_P22121_scala2.mtz >> RES: 2.5 >> >> Guess of datafile for refinement: >> /home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_3_P22121_scala2.mtz >> >> Using >> /home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_3_P22121_scala2.mtz >> for refinement >> >> Specify >> input_refinement_file=/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_3_P22121_scala2.mtz >> to change this >> >> HKLIN ENTRY: >> /home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_2_P22121_scala2.mtz >> >> FILE TYPE ccp4_mtz >> >> COLUMN LABELS: ['H', 'K', 'L', 'FreeR_flag', 'F_107_2re', 'SIGF_107_2re', >> 'F_107_2re(+)', 'SIGF_107_2re(+)', 'F_107_2re(-)', 'SIGF_107_2re(-)', >> 'DANO_107_2re', 'SIGDANO_107_2re', 'IMEAN_107_2re', 'SIGIMEAN_107_2re', >> 'I_107_2re(+)', 'SIGI_107_2re(+)', 'I_107_2re(-)', 'SIGI_107_2re(-)'] >> >> GUESS FILE TYPE MERGE TYPE mtz premerged TARGET LABELS ['F1', 'SIGF1', >> 'DANO1', 'SIGDANO1'] Unit cell: (34.79, 108.92, 134.88, 90, 90, 90) Space >> group: P 2 21 21 (No. 18) CONTENTS: >> ['/home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_2_P22121_scala2.mtz', >> 'mtz', 'premerged', 'P 2 21 21', [34.790000915527344, 108.92009735107422, >> 134.8800048828125, 90.0, 90.0, 90.0], 2.4890566908055836, ['F1', 'SIGF1', >> 'DANO1', 'SIGDANO1']] >> >> Inverse hand of space group: P 2 21 21 Creating sg entry from >> /home/sar06mbr/30JanDiamondI02/107/107_php22121/M75_Zn_107_2_P22121_scala2.mtz >> Unit cell: (34.79, 108.92, 134.88, 90, 90, 90) Space group: P 2 21 21 (No. >> 18) Space group name is: P 2 21 21 symbol is: p22121 >> >> **************************************** >> >> AutoSol Input failed >> >> Need a symfile for solve >> >> **************************************** >> >> _______________________________________________ >> phenixbb mailing list >> phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org >> http://phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb >>

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Phenix version 1.6 released
by Paul Adams 01 Feb '10

01 Feb '10

The Phenix developers are pleased to announce that version 1.6 of Phenix is now available. Binary installers for Linux, and Mac OSX platforms are available at the download site: http://phenix-online.org/download/ Just some of the new features in this version (1.6) are: - New Graphical User Interfaces for AutoMR, and Phaser (in MR and SAD modes) - Improved reflection file editor GUI and command line tool - Updated map calculation GUI - C++ version of Resolve - Refinement of residues spanning symmetry axes in phenix.refine - New RNA sugar pucker geometry restraints in phenix.refine - Torsion angle dynamics refinement updates - Optional real space refinement of ligands in LigandFit wizard For a full list of changes see: http://www.phenix-online.org/documentation/CHANGES Please note that there is a new publication that should be used to cite use of Phenix: PHENIX: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution. P. D. Adams, P. V. Afonine, G. Bunkóczi, V. B. Chen, I. W. Davis, N. Echols, J. J. Headd, L.-W. Hung, G. J. Kapral, R. W. Grosse-Kunstleve, A. J. McCoy, N. W. Moriarty, R. Oeffner, R. J. Read, D. C. Richardson, J. S. Richardson, T. C. Terwilliger and P. H. Zwart. Acta Cryst. D66, 213-221 (2010). Full documentation is available here: http://www.phenix-online.org/documentation/ There is a Phenix bulletin board: http://www.phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb/ Please consult the installer README file or online documentation for installation instructions. Direct questions and problem reports to the bulletin board or: help(a)phenix-online.org and bugs(a)phenix-online.org Commercial users interested in obtaining access to Phenix should visit the Phenix website for information about the Phenix Industrial Consortium. The development of Phenix is principally funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIH) under grant P01-GM063210. We also acknowledge the generous support of the members of the Phenix Industrial Consortium. -- Paul Adams Acting Division Director, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Lab Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, U.C. Berkeley Vice President for Technology, the Joint BioEnergy Institute Head, Berkeley Center for Structural Biology Building 64, Room 248 Tel: 1-510-486-4225, Fax: 1-510-486-5909 http://cci.lbl.gov/paul Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory 1 Cyclotron Road BLDG 64R0121 Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. Executive Assistant: Patty Jimenez [ PAJimenez(a)lbl.gov ] [ 1-510-486-7963 ] --

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data used in refinement
by Karolina Michalska 01 Feb '10

01 Feb '10

Hi all, I have a question concerning number of reflections used in refinement. In the phenix.refine log I can find a table saying that there are 34314 reflections in a work set and 1104 in a free set. This is in agreement with what Refmac prints out to pdb file under REMARK 3 (DATA USED IN REFINEMENT). However, the same remark in the pdb file produced by phenix.refine says there are 35404, which is neither a work set nor a sum of work and test sets. It is almost the latter option but still 14 reflections are missing and I cannot find in the log file what happened with them. Can anyone help me here? Karolina

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auto-open MTZ scheme
by Paul Emsley 29 Jan '10

29 Jan '10

Dear Phenixers, Prompted by Randy Read, Kevin and I have agreed that Coot should be able to auto-open MTZ files with columns labelled groupname.F_phi.F and groupname.F_phi.phi and groupname.DF_phi.DF, groupname.DF_phi.phi for difference maps for any value of groupname, of course. (Any weights should be applied to Fs before writing the file). We were wondering what the Phenix community/developers thought about that idea (there's not much point in adding this feature if you don't agree). Thanks, Paul.

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For your consideration: Table 1
by SIPPEL,KATHERINE H 29 Jan '10

29 Jan '10

Dear PHENIX programmers, I would like to preface this comment by saying that I love your suite of programs. I have converted to a 100% PHENIX fan girl and am dragging the rest of my lab down with me. I realize that you have a lot on your plates right now, what with all the bug fixes, updates, and bulletin board troubleshooting that you do. I am also primarily a biologist and have no comprehension of the effort required to keep everything running, but I do have a suggestion/request. I was putting the finishing touched on the first draft of a manuscript today and thought to myself, wouldn't it me wonderful if PHENIX could generate that all important crystallographic Table 1. You know the one that I am talking about with the data and refinement statistics. I am thinking a combination of PDB_EXTRACT and MOLEMAN where you input the log files from scaling and refinement and it outputs a handy-dandy test file with "parameter<tab>number that could easily be imported into your favorite spreadsheet (Open Office or Excel). I envision an interface with check boxes for the parameters you want to include and a place were you could input the resid of ligands for atom and b-factor counts. Like I said it is just a suggestion, in case you find yourselves bored and with time on your hands. Thanks for your time, Katherine -- SIPPEL,KATHERINE H Ph. D. candidate McKenna Lab Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology College of Medicine University of Florida

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phenix.pdbtools and anomalous?
by Kay Diederichs 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

Hi, I like the way I can obtain Fcalc with phenix.pdbtools --f-model. However I need to have the anomalous signal as well, for certain atoms, and a given wavelength. This does not seem to be possible with phenix.pdbtools. Is there a way to do this with phenix.refine ? thanks, Kay -- Kay Diederichs http://strucbio.biologie.uni-konstanz.de email: Kay.Diederichs(a)uni-konstanz.de Tel +49 7531 88 4049 Fax 3183 Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Box M647, D-78457 Konstanz This e-mail is digitally signed. If your e-mail client does not have the necessary capabilities, just ignore the attached signature "smime.p7s".

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Re: [phenixbb] refinement with alternative molecules?
by Su-Chang Lin 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

Hi Ralf, I've done the refinement with alt. conf.. The occupancy is 0.58 for Mol A, 0.42 for Mol B. The maps look OK. R-factors drops a little bit. Before when I put Mol A in that region for refinement, I saw additional densities (a helix) for Mol B. When I put Mol B in the region for refinement, I saw additional densities (loops) for Mol A. Now with alt. conf. there are no additional densities. Can I use the occupancies for publication? Or do I need to do/check something else? Thanks! Su-Chang > Hi Su-Chang, > > I will try to refine the structure without NCS restraints. > I'd be interested to know how it goes, although I'm too busy to get > into the NCS code right now. > If the resolution is low I'd think it is better to use NCS, without > alt. conf. The mismatches you saw between related molcules may > be pure artifacts. But trying is better than guessing! > Ralf > _______________________________________________ > phenixbb mailing list > phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org > http://phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb

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new release of IL MILIONE
by Dritan Siliqi 28 Jan '10

28 Jan '10

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Using LigandFit to identify unknown density
by Katya Heldwein 27 Jan '10

27 Jan '10

Hi, I'd like to run LigandFit to identify a small molecule accounting for an unknown density. How do I do that, preferably, in a command-line mode? Katya -- Ekaterina Heldwein, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology Tufts University School of Medicine 136 Harrison Ave Boston, MA 02111 phone: 617-636-0858 fax: 617-636-0337 e-mail: katya.heldwein(a)tufts.edu

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refinement with alternative molecules?
by Su-Chang Lin 27 Jan '10

27 Jan '10

Hi, Recently I got a crystal structure of a multiple-molecules protein complex. There are many protein subunits with the same fold. From the likelihood-weighted maps by Phenix, I can see two different subunits occupy the same position. (So I can put the model of either subunit in the same densities, but some loop regions and the C-terminal tail look different. ). I know Phenix can do occupancy refinement with a residue that has N alternative conformations. My question is can Phenix do occupancy refinement with alternative molecules? The RMSD for two subunits is about 1.3 angstrom. The sequence identity is about 30%. Thank you very much! Su-Chang Lin, Ph.D., Postdoc Associate Department of Biochemistry Weill Medical College, Cornell University Whitney Building, room W-212 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021 212-746-6458

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phenix.fmodel: a command line tool to compute structure factors from a model (Fcalc or Fmodel).
by Pavel Afonine 27 Jan '10

27 Jan '10

Starting PHENIX nightly build version 1.6-295 (2010-01-27), a new command line tool phenix.fmodel is available. This is a replacement for "phenix.pdbtools --f-model" command, which is not available anymore. phenix.fmodel is a comprehensive tool to compute structure factors from a model. For more information and usage examples simply run phenix.fmodel . Pavel. P.S. Below is the result of running phenix.fmodel: phenix.fmodel: a tool to compute structure factors, Fmodel: Fmodel = scale * exp(AnisoScale) * (Fcalc + k_sol * exp(-b_sol*s^2/4) * Fmask) where: - Fmodel - total model structure factor (complex value) - AnisoScale = -ht*A(-1)*b_cart*A(-1)th/4 - h - column vector with Miller indices - A - orthogonalization matrix - b_cart - anisotropic scale matrix - t and (-1) denotes transposition and inversion operations - scale - overall scale factor - Fcalc - structure factors calculated from atomic model - k_sol and b_sol - Flat Bulk solvent model parameters - Fmask - structure factors calculated from bulk solvent mask Usage examples: 1) phenix.fmodel model.pdb high_resolution=1.5 will result in a file containing complete set of Fmodel = Fcalc computed from atomic model up to 1.5A resolution. 2) phenix.fmodel model.pdb scale=2 k_sol=0.35 b_sol=50 b_cart="1 2 3 0 4 7" high_res=1.5 low_res=10 will result in a file containing complete set of Fmodel computed using the above formula in resolution range 1.5-20.0A. 3) phenix.fmodel model.pdb high_resolution=1.5 algorithm=direct is similar to "1)" but the Fcalc are computed using direct summation algorithm. 4) phenix.fmodel model.pdb high_res=1.5 format=cns label=FOBS type=real r_free=0.1 will result in CNS formatted file containing complete set of amplitudes of Fmodel = Fcalc computed up to 1.5A resolution, labelled as FOBS, and free-R flags with 10% of test reflections. This is a typical command to simulate Fobs. 5) phenix.fmodel model.pdb high_res=1.5 scattering_table=neutron will result in a file containing complete set of Fmodel = Fcalc computed from atomic model up to 1.5A resolution using neutron scattering table. 6) phenix.fmodel model.pdb parameters.txt will result in a structure factor file, where Fmodel were computed using parameters defined in parameters.txt file. The parameters.txt file can contain all or any subset of parameters listed below. Note, that each { must have a matching one }. 7) phenix.fmodel model.pdb reflection_data.mtz will result in a file containing a set of Fmodel = Fcalc that will match the set of Miller indices of the data in reflection_data.mtz file. 8) phenix.fmodel model.pdb reflection_data.mtz data_column_label="FOBS,SIGMA" similar to "7)", where the specific data array is selected. See below for complete list of available parameters. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parameters to compute Fmodel:: high_resolution = None low_resolution = None r_free_flags_fraction = None add_sigmas = False scattering_table = wk1995 it1992 *n_gaussian neutron data_column_label = None fmodel { k_sol = 0.0 b_sol = 0.0 b_cart = 0 0 0 0 0 0 scale = 1.0 } structure_factors_accuracy { algorithm = *fft direct cos_sin_table = False grid_resolution_factor = 1/3. quality_factor = None u_base = None b_base = None wing_cutoff = None exp_table_one_over_step_size = None } mask { use_asu_masks = True solvent_radius = 1.11 shrink_truncation_radius = 0.9 grid_step_factor = 4.0 verbose = 1 mean_shift_for_mask_update = 0.1 ignore_zero_occupancy_atoms = True ignore_hydrogens = True } output { format = *mtz cns label = FMODEL type = real *complex file_name = None } anomalous_scatterers { group { selection = None f_prime = 0 f_double_prime = 0 } }

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occupancy refinement
by Christian Roth 27 Jan '10

27 Jan '10

Dear all, I refine a structure of a protein to 1.4 A and found a few SO4-Ions. I tried to refine this sulfurs and some of these seems to be not fully occupied, as the negative difference density suggest. I tried to refine the occupancy of the sulfate ions to get an idea how strong the different binding sites might be occupied. All sulfate ions are in Chain C of my pdb. I tried to refine the occupancy individually using refine.occupancy.individual SO4 but this lead to different occupnacies for every atom for every atom and theix cant be the case for sure. Then I tried and group occupancy with resname=SO4 but now every sulfate ion has the same occupancy, which is indicated from my previous refinements also not the case, because two ions have no negative difference density. At the momentI can not figure out how I should combine the keywords for the individual occupancy refinement of the different sulfate ions. In my structure. Should I define for every ion a different chain or how I could overcome this problem? I would be very happy if anyone has a idea to sove this problem or tell me what keyword I misunderstood in the documentation. Best regards Christian

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GUI for Auto-MR
by Laurie Betts 27 Jan '10

27 Jan '10

I installed version PHENIX 1-5-2 under Linux, and the main GUI has an option for AutoMR Phaser that says (old PHENIX GUI) - if that crashes is it because we don't have the old GUI installed? THe other main items seem to work fine. The last error message in the terminal window seems to suggest that is the case.... Thx, Laurie BEtts

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twin data set
by r n 26 Jan '10

26 Jan '10

Hi I did processed a data set, which seems P3. I did molecular replacement and end up with solution with higher R factor. Then, I did used xtriage to check the data, it gave me possible space group P321 and few twin laws, this space group did not given me any solution , data seems have translation symmetry along z axis? Also I did processed in P1 and did molecular replacement end up in high R-factor. I really appreciate if any one has any suggestion what is going on with data? I given log file from xtriage, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Point group | mean R_used | max R_used | mean R_unused | min R_unused | BIC | choice | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | P 3 | None | None | 0.314 | 0.027 | 8.149e+03 | | | P 6 2 2 | 0.314 | 0.460 | None | None | 1.856e+05 | | | P 3 2 1 | 0.027 | 0.027 | 0.446 | 0.432 | 5.667e+03 | <--- | | P 6 | 0.432 | 0.432 | 0.249 | 0.027 | 1.856e+05 | | | P 3 1 2 | 0.460 | 0.460 | 0.242 | 0.027 | 1.859e+05 | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Statistics depending on twin laws ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Operator | type | R obs. | Britton alpha | H alpha | ML alpha | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | -h,-k,l | M | 0.432 | -0.009 | 0.046 | 0.022 | | h,-h-k,-l | M | 0.027 | 0.450 | 0.478 | 0.478 | | -k,-h,-l | M | 0.460 | -0.012 | 0.049 | 0.022 | ------------------------------------------------------------------ Patterson analyses - Largest peak height : 34.261 (corresponding p value : 7.017e-04)

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map averaging
by Gabriela Guédez 24 Jan '10

24 Jan '10

Hi dear Phenixbb, Is there a command tool to make ncs density averaging in a high oligomerization model that has some maps clearer than others? not multi-crystal but the same crystal. Thank you, Gabriela -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Gabriela Guédez R. gabriela.guedez(a)bzh.uni-heidelberg.de

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how to convert .cif with multiple datasets
by Zheng Zhou 23 Jan '10

23 Jan '10

Dear phenix experts: I am using phenix.cif_as_mtz to convert a .cif file downloaded from pdb, but when I run ################################################ phenix.cif_as_mtz XXXX-sf.cif Sorry: Crystal symmetry is not defined. Please use the --symmetry option. ################################################ Then I run ############################################### phenix.cif_as_mtz XXXX-sf.cif --symmetry=XXXX.pdb Multiple data sets found => ignored: XXXX-sf.cif What should I do? Thanks for your help. Joe

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explicit pdb output file name (refine)
by Ed Pozharski 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

Do I understand correctly that there is no way to force refine to skip the serial in the output pdb file name, i.e. foo.pdb, not foo_001.pdb? -- Ed Pozharski <epozh001(a)umaryland.edu> University of Maryland - Baltimore

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polygon resolution control
by Young-Jin Cho 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

Hi I was using polygon from GUI. One question I have now is how I can control the resolution limit. As I cut the resolution during refinements but polygon gave me from the uncut-high resolution. Is there any way, I can ask polygon to get statistics upto certain resolution as shown on pdb file? As always, thanks in advance. YoungJin

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Re: [phenixbb] polygon resolution control
by Alexandre Urzhumtsev 21 Jan '10

21 Jan '10

Dear YoungJin >I was using polygon from GUI. One question I have now is how I can control >the resolution limit. As I cut the resolution during refinements but >polygon gave me from the uncut-high resolution. Is there any way, I can >ask polygon to get statistics upto certain resolution as shown on pdb file? Honestly, I do not know for the phenix version; let's wait what Pavel & Nat answer you. Very probably they already implemented it and your problem will be solved easy. Another simple solution will be to cut explicitly your MTZ file by the resolution you wish before run the polygon. If not, such an option (to define explicitely the resolution; that will select for comparison the PDB structures refined previously at such a resoluton) exists in the original Tcl/tk based version of the polygon. Please, let me know if your are interested in it. Best regards, Sacha

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occupancy refinement default selections - bug or feature?
by Ed Pozharski 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

There is a ligand residue in the structure that have its occupancy set to 0.75. refine with default parameters apparently refines every atom individually, so in the end I have a strange situation where ligand atoms have different occupancies. Of course, regular alternate conformers in the protein part of the structure have single occupancy refined per residue. Interestingly, when I place altLoc identifier "A" in front of the residue name of the ligand, single occupancy value is refined (although there is no second conformation). It settles down near 0.7 (close to what I selected previously based on a traditional approach of eliminating difference density and roughly matching B-factors of hydrogen-bonded protein atoms with ligand), so apparently constraints (e.g. total occupancy for all the conformers) are not applied. Is this intentional behavior (I understand that groups can be defined in the input file but adding altLoc letter seems like a simple trick)? I think most people would initially expect that occupancy will not vary within a residue, so the default behavior may seem like a bug to some (the only situation I can think of where such variation is justified is to model radiation damage). -- Ed Pozharski <epozh001(a)umaryland.edu> University of Maryland - Baltimore

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Dear everybody
by YuYong Tao 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

Dear everybody: I installed phenix-1.6, when i run 'phenix.solve', it showed as follows: ustc-lifescience:~> phenix.solve binary=/usr/local/phenix-1.6-288/build/intel-linux-2.6/solve_resolve/exe/solve SOLVEDIR=/usr/local/phenix-1.6-288/solve_resolve/ext_ref_files SYMOP=/usr/local/phenix-1.6-288/solve_resolve/ext_ref_files/symop.lib SYMINFO=/usr/local/phenix-1.6-288/solve_resolve/ext_ref_files/syminfo.lib CCP4_OPEN=UNKNOWN SOLVE_RESOLVE_MALLOC_MAX=399459600 /usr/local/phenix-1.6-288/build/intel-linux-2.6/solve_resolve/exe/solve: error while loading shared libraries: libsvml.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory and when i run 'phenix.resolve' ,it seems to be ok. So i donn't know what to do. Can you tell me? Best Wishes!

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How do different sections of TLS groups affect refinment
by Bart, Aaron G 20 Jan '10

20 Jan '10

Greetings everyone, I am still fairly new to crystallography, so forgive me for my naivety. My question involves how the TLSMD server segments my protein and the effects it has on refinement. For instance when i use "Multi-Chain Alignment Analysis", which lines the sequence for all of my chains (a total of 12) and shows how TLS groups are divided among them, it shows varying selections of TLS groups among the different chains. It should be noted that the sequence is the same for all the chains in my protein. Also if a TLS group splits a alpha helix into multiple parts, would this be valid? I have come to understand that helices move more like rigid bodies than segmented groups... Thanks! -Aaron

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K(sol) and B(sol)
by J. Fleming 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Hi, I'm working on a structure but am having problems with K(sol) and B(sol). What are they and how do I get them into range? I thought they might have something to do with my waters but I have no water B-factors <25. Thanks for any help! -Jon

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twin refinement in phenix-1.5-2
by Kelly Daughtry 19 Jan '10

19 Jan '10

Hello all, I am wondering if anyone has run across this problem and knows how to fix it. I have a twinned dateset and I am using phenix.refine to refine the dataset. I have the full 1.5-2 installation. When I include the twin law (-k, -h, -l) in the refinement, I get this error: File "/usr/swr/phenix-1.5-2/cctbx_project/mmtbx/twinning/twin_f_model.py", line 1651, in map_coefficients "m_gradient" AssertionError If I do not include the twin law, I do not get the error and the refinment continues as normal. When I downgraded to Phenix.1.4-3 (full install), And use the same twin law, I am able to run phenix.refine without an error. I have attached my definition file for phenix.1.5-2 amd the log file. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide, Kelly Daughtry ******************************************************* Kelly Daughtry PhD Candidate Department of Physiology and Biophysics Boston University School of Medicine 590 Commonwealth Ave R 390 Boston MA, 02215 (P) 617-358-5548 *******************************************************

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