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Phenix Webserver Down?
by Chen Zhao 22 Aug '14

22 Aug '14

Dear all, I am sorry to bother you, but I have problems connecting to www.phenix-online.org. Does anybody have similar problem? Thank you, Chen

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mr_rosetta
by Felipe Trajtenberg 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Dear all I am trying to perform MR of a multidomain protein using phenix.mr_rosetta and building each domain sequentially. The first search works perfect and I have a potential solution. In the second search I am having some troubles in setting up the process. When I fixed the best first model and look for a second domain I found that rosetta only rebuilds the chain A, which was the one that already was fixed and chain B disappears. how can I fix one domain and build the second without loosing any information thanks in advance Felipe

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Stereo Microscope
by jens j birktoft 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

Hi: I would be grateful for suggestion regarding stereo microscopes suitable for protein/dna crystal viewing and manipulation. We would need a system that fulfull all of the criteria: 1) Two polarizers one for below the sample holder and one above 2) A fully rotatable stage 3) A camera option, either one that comes included with the unit (the best) or one with a universal camera mount Thanks Jens +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Jens J. Birktoft Director of Crystallography Structural DNA Nanotechnology New York University e-mail: jens.knold(a)gmail.com; Phone: 212-749-5057 very slow-mail: 350 Central Park West, Suite 9F, New York, NY 10025 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Composite Omit Map with Parallel Processing
by Whitley, Matthew J 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

Hello all, I am trying to calculate a simulated annealing composite omit map via parallel processing in Phenix 1.9-1692. Our computer cluster uses a PBS que, and jobs are submitted using the 'qsub' command. In the 'Processes' tab under Phenix Preferences, the queueing system is set to PBS, and the queue submit command is set to qsub + additional flags (walltime, etc). All the usual boxes are checked to indicate to Phenix that jobs should be run in parallel when possible. However, when I actually run the composite omit map calculation, the specified qsub flags do not get carried over into the calculation parameters. If I click on Settings-->View all settings in the Composite Omit map calculation window, the qsub_command parameter under 'parallel' is set to None. Because my desired walltime is not being carried over with the qsub command when the calculation starts, the calculation for each individual box is aborting prematurely when it reaches the default process time limit set by our cluster administrator. In the composite omit map calculation in previous versions of Phenix, when clicking "Run" you used to be able to then click "edit parameters and run" in order to check all settings one last time before starting the job. This option does not seem to be available in Phenix 1.9-1692, and thus I can't verify and/or edit the qsub command directly before firing off the job. Any ideas on how to overcome this? Am I missing something? Thanks, Matthew

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Error: "cannot allocate memory"
by sujata halder 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

Hi, I am trying to refine a protein with 60 chains (a T=1 virus; 5-3-2 symmetry) and each chain has 520 amino acids. I am using version 1.9 (Release tag: 1692). The job stopped midway and gave the error below followed by "Cannot allocate memory". I have run a similar job (i.e using a similar sized protein) before on an older version (version 1.7) and that worked. Looking at the error I can't really figure out if the problem is related to installation or a missing module or something different about the code. I can share my input and output files off-list. Here is the error: ====================== XYZ individual (reciprocal space) ====================== R-FACTORS RMSD CLASH RAMA ROTA CBET WEIGHT TARGETS work free delta bonds angl data restr 28.80 29.29 0.49 0.016 1.6 11.9 0.8 7.4 60 none 0.093 160.8996 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/build/intel-linux-2.6-x86_64/../../phenix/phenix/command_line/refine.py", line 11, in <module> command_line.run(command_name="phenix.refine", args=sys.argv[1:]) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/phenix/phenix/refinement/command_line.py", line 163, in run call_back_handler=call_back_handler) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/phenix/phenix/refinement/driver.py", line 1577, in run reference_model_manager = self.reference_model_manager).result File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/phenix/phenix/refinement/strategies.py", line 183, in __init__ ion_placement_manager = ion_placement_manager) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/phenix/phenix/refinement/macro_cycle.py", line 114, in __init__ self.call(self.xyzrec, "XYZ individual (reciprocal space)") File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/phenix/phenix/refinement/macro_cycle.py", line 142, in call func(prefix = prefix) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/phenix/phenix/refinement/macro_cycle.py", line 374, in xyzrec prefix = prefix) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/phenix/phenix/refinement/xyz_reciprocal_space.py", line 204, in __init__ call_back=(len(trial_weights)==1)) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/phenix/phenix/refinement/xyz_reciprocal_space.py", line 314, in try_weight result = self.show(weight=wt, print_stats=print_stats, call_back=call_back) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/phenix/phenix/refinement/xyz_reciprocal_space.py", line 365, in show molprobity_scores = self.main.use_molprobity) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/cctbx_project/mmtbx/model.py", line 1341, in geometry_statistics molprobity_scores = molprobity_scores) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/cctbx_project/mmtbx/model_statistics.py", line 99, in __init__ self.clashscore = clashscore(pdb_hierarchy=pdb_hierarchy).get_clashscore() File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/cctbx_project/mmtbx/validation/clashscore.py", line 133, in __init__ verbose=verbose) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/cctbx_project/mmtbx/validation/clashscore.py", line 257, in __init__ self.run_probe_clashscore(self.h_pdb_string) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/cctbx_project/mmtbx/validation/clashscore.py", line 341, in run_probe_clashscore stdin_lines=pdb_string).raise_if_errors().stdout_lines File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/cctbx_project/libtbx/easy_run.py", line 158, in __init__ close_fds=not subprocess.mswindows) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/build/intel-linux-2.6-x86_64/base/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 709, in __init__ errread, errwrite) File "/usr/local/phenix-1.9-1692/build/intel-linux-2.6-x86_64/base/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1222, in _execute_child self.pid = os.fork() OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Sujata

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Phenix.refine with Ir
by Chen Zhao 15 Aug '14

15 Aug '14

Dear all, I am sorry for bothering you with this dumb question, but it occurs to me that phenix cannot refine a model with Ir, giving the error message of atoms with unknown nonbonded energy type symbols. Since this is my first time really working on the refinement, I have no clue of how to fix it. Would anybody give me a hint? Thanks a lot in advance! Sincerely, Chen

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maps for PDB without SF's
by PC 15 Aug '14

15 Aug '14

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van der Wall's radii
by Rituparna Sengupta 15 Aug '14

15 Aug '14

Hi! I'm new to the list. This might be a naive question to ask, but I'm looking for information about the set of van der Waal's radii popular with most protein crystallographers. Is there a certain list that phenix uses for building from the x-ray structures. If so, where can I find it. I shall be grateful for any thoughts or inputs on this. Thanks, Ritu Rituparna Sengupta Graduate Student Biophysics Graduate Program Record Lab Department of Biochemistry Biochemical Sciences Building University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Computational Crystallography Newsletter - Volume 5, Number 2
by Nigel Moriarty 13 Aug '14

13 Aug '14

I am pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of the Computational Crystallography Newsletter: http://www.phenix-online.org/newsletter/ A listing of the articles and short communications is given below. Please note that the newsletter accepts articles of a general nature of interest to all crystallographers. Please send any articles to me at NWMoriarty(a)lbl.gov noting that there is a Word Template on the website to streamline production. Articles Details of the Conformation-Dependent Library <http://phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2014_07.pdf#page=12> Short Communications Connectivity analysis tools in CCTBX <http://phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2014_07.pdf#page=4> phenix.fab_elbow_angle: Fragment Antigen-Binding elbow angle calculation tool <http://phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2014_07.pdf#page=8> Fitting tips #8 – Acetyl Groups are like Peptides: Planar and trans <http://phenix-online.org/newsletter/CCN_2014_07.pdf#page=2> Cheers Nigel -- Nigel W. Moriarty Building 64R0246B, Physical Biosciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720-8235 Phone : 510-486-5709 Email : NWMoriarty(a)LBL.gov Fax : 510-486-5909 Web : CCI.LBL.gov

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PSDI 2014, Registration and Abstract Info
by Anna Gardberg 13 Aug '14

13 Aug '14

*[image: Inline image 1]PROTEIN STRUCTURE DETERMINATION IN INDUSTRY 2014* The 22nd PSDI will take place at the Hotel Miragem in Cascais, Portugal, a coastal town located 30 kilometers west of Lisbon, Portugal. The meeting will start with registration and an opening reception on Sunday, 2nd November. This will be followed by two and a half days of scientific program starting Monday morning and finishing at noon on Wednesday, 5th November. A half day excursion to Lisbon is scheduled as a part of the meeting. The scientific program will include the following sessions: · Drug Discovery Stories · Challenging Targets · Biophysics Supporting Structural Biology · Binding Kinetics in Drug Discovery · Structural Biology of Biopharmaceuticals Registration for participants and exhibitors is open at the website: www.psdi2014.org *Please note the deadline for registration and payment: 31 Aug 2014* If you are interested in speaking in any of the scientific sessions, please contact the organizers at psdi2014(a)merckgroup.com with an abstract. Abstracts for “Binding Kinetics in Drug Discovery” are particularly encouraged. Additional information concerning the conference and further updates can be found at the PSDI2014 website <http://www.psdi2014.org/>. Vendor/Sponsor opportunities are available. If you have any questions, please contact the organizers at psdi2014(a)merckgroup.com. Please feel free to forward this announcement to anyone who may be interested in participating. We look forward to a great conference this fall. With kind regards, The PSDI 2014 organizing committee: · Tiago Bandeiras, IBET, Portugal · Anna Gardberg, EMD Serono, USA · Theresa Johnson, EMD Serono, USA · Beate Matlok, Merck KGaA, Germany · Djordje Musil, Merck KGaA, Germany psdi2014(a)merckgroup.com http://www.psdi2014.org

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random half data sets
by Michael Thompson 12 Aug '14

12 Aug '14

Hello All, I'm interested in doing some comparisons of random half data sets, inspired by statistics like CC1/2, CC*, etc. Does phenix contain some tool to split unmerged data into 2 random sets? Thought I would ask before trying to write my own script. Thanks, Mike -- Michael C. Thompson Postdoctoral Scholar Institute of Genomics and Proteomics University of California, Los Angeles miket(a)chem.ucla.edu

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Alternate sequence
by Mullins, Elwood A. 12 Aug '14

12 Aug '14

Hello all, I'm having trouble refining a protein-DNA complex in which one of the DNA strands has a mixture of two different nucleotides at one position. Both are non-standard and require CIF files. I tried assigning each nucleotide the same chain identifier and the same residue number but unique alternate location identifiers. This didn't work. Phenix refined the model but only linked one of the nucleotides with the rest of the chain, pushing the 3' OH and 5' phosphate out of the density for the other nucleotide. Coot won't even open the model output by Phenix. I assume there's some way to do this. Thanks in advance, Elwood Elwood A. Mullins, Ph.D. <> elwood.mullins(a)vanderbilt.edu<mailto:[email protected]> <> tel 615.936.5234 <> fax 615.343.6707

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Calculate F (model)
by PC 12 Aug '14

12 Aug '14

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Re: [phenixbb] pdb_redo
by Nathaniel Echols 12 Aug '14

12 Aug '14

> > From: "Lenin Domínguez" <acheron24(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [phenixbb] pdb_redo > I was wondering about PDB_REDO too. Your command line is priceless, Nat. > > I have one further question: Using phenix.fetch_pdb --maps shouldn't I be > able tro reproduce a figure from a paper showing the electron density of a > ligand? > Well, yes, usually. But: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23385452 The one caveat is that there are a few legitimate manipulations that could make the figure look slightly different from how it appears in e.g. Coot: 1. Use of a finer FFT grid (d_min/5 or smaller, versus d_min/4 or d_min/3 which are the defaults for Phenix and Coot respectively) 2. Maximum entropy treatment (removes Fourier artifacts, extends coefficients to high resolution without actually adding information) 3. Map sharpening (2) and (3) should really be explicitly mentioned, however. And I have yet to see a case where these would make the difference between a ligand being detectable or not by eye. (Maximum entropy can sometimes improve the performance of LigandFit but the density is still pretty obvious to a human.) The maps from PDB_REDO shouldn't be hugely different from the maps that come out of phenix.maps, so looking at those results would be another control. I have tried using phenix.fetch_pdb, PDB_REDO (conservative and aggresive > refinement) as well as the data straight from EDS. > > Any thoughts? > Send me the PDB ID (and ligand name) off-list and I'll take a look. -Nat

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Re: [phenixbb] pdb_redo
by Ed Pozharski 11 Aug '14

11 Aug '14

I believe the intent is to provide electron density maps at the end of pdb_redo re-refinement process. Recent versions of coot allow direct download of pdb_redo maps and there are also pymol plugins. You could ask Robbie Joosten directly whether your specific intended use of pdb_redo output is kosher. Sent on a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® III <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Nathaniel Echols <nechols(a)lbl.gov> </div><div>Date:08/11/2014 11:06 AM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: PC <patrick.cossins(a)inbox.com> </div><div>Cc: PHENIX user mailing list <phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: [phenixbb] pdb_redo </div><div> </div>On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 10:50 AM, PC <patrick.cossins(a)inbox.com> wrote: I was wondering what the community thought of the use of PDB_REDO for MTZ files? I see that they have easy to download MTZ files but has anyone actively used them? Unless we're looking at something different, these are output from Refmac, and do not include all of the data contained in the original deposition. I am not sure if the data will have undergone other changes as well. For instance, the deposited structure factors for PDB ID 2whz include both the fully processed anomalous differences (DANO) and the anomalous intensities (I+/I- and sigmas). The MTZ file I found on PDB_REDO has neither, just FP with Friedel mates merged. This throws out important information. Personally, I just do this: phenix.fetch_pdb --mtz 2whz or this: phenix.fetch_pdb --maps 2whz (Perhaps someday we'll have a server for this.) I should mention however that this will fail on a significant fraction of PDB entries that do not adhere to the CIF standard, at least as implemented in CCTBX. -Nat

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pdb_redo
by PC 11 Aug '14

11 Aug '14

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Two ions at same position
by Eric Girard 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

Dear phenixbb members, I am refining a structure that contains Ca2+ atoms. The structure was determined in presence of lanthanide ions. Thus, the resulting density clearly indicates that a part of each Ca2+ sites is substituted with Eu3+ (let's say 75% Ca2+ and 25% Eu3+ per sites). How can I deal with such situation? Indeed phenix.refine complains when I try to put a Ca2+ ion and a Eu3+ one with the same coordinates (and with the occupancies mentionned above) and stop. Thanks for your help. Eric. -- **************************************************************** Eric Girard Extremophiles and Large Macromolecular Assemblies (ELMA) group Institut de Biologie Structurale UMR 5075 CEA-CNRS-UJF-PSB 71 avenue des Martyrs CS 10090 38044 Grenoble Cedex 9 Phone: +33 (0)4 57 42 86 45 Fax: +33 (0)4 76 50 18 90 Web site: http://www.ibs.fr/ *****************************************************************

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command line
by PC 08 Aug '14

08 Aug '14

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RNA 5' end needs 2 PO4s
by Phoebe A. Rice 07 Aug '14

07 Aug '14

I'm trying to model the first residue of an RNA, which has a di (maybe tri) phosphate on the 5' end I'm sure someone has already worked this out ... should we call the 1st residue GDP or GTP, and somehow tell phenix about the bond to residue #2 (how?) or should we add pyrophosphate to the default 5' phosphate? PS - as a side point, elbow generates GMP with no phosphate thanks, Phoebe

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CIF for Thiol-substituted DNA
by Mark A. White 06 Aug '14

06 Aug '14

Hello, I have a diThiol substituted phosphate on a CYT residue (C2S: S1P & S2P in place of O1P & O2P). So far I have tried using phenix.elbow to produce a CIF, but with limited success. First, the links to the neighbouring nucleotides are not created. I could just add a links.cif to the input, but this would not include the DNA angle restraints. Second, the sugar-base chirality is not preserved, although it is listed in the CIF file. Is there a better way to produce a substituted DNA, similar to the example of adding the O5T to 5pho GUA? Also, why is the sugar-base chirality not preserved if it is in the CIF? C2S chir_03 C1' O4' N1 C2' positiv the comand: phenix.elbow --do-all dt15_C.pdb produced: elbow.C2S.dt15_C_pdb.001.cif Thanks, Mark -- Yours sincerely, Mark A. White, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Manager, Sealy Center for Structural Biology and Molecular Biophysics Macromolecular X-ray Laboratory, Basic Science Building, Room 6.660 C University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX 77555-0647 Tel. (409) 747-4747 Cell. (281) 734-3614 Fax. (409) 747-1404 mailto://[email protected] http://xray.utmb.edu QQ: "All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others." - Douglas Noel Adams (2002)

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elbow, how to get partial charges in mol2 output file?
by Florian Nachon 06 Aug '14

06 Aug '14

Dear phenixbbers, The partial charges are not written in mol2 output files generated by elbow. Is there any way to change that behavior? Probably by editing tripos_mol2_writer.py? Thanks for helping. Florian -- La chance ne sourit qu'aux esprits bien préparés. Louis Pasteur

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Re: [phenixbb] PEG dependent structural changes in crystal structure
by shivendra singh 05 Aug '14

05 Aug '14

Dear Dr. Van Raaji and Dr. Domínguez, Thank you very much for your reply. The salt and pH of crystallisation recipe were same except PEG avg. mol wt. I agree, it may be due to different crystal packing but i am wondering whether disorderedness observed was intrinsic to the protein under PEG1500 or induced by different crystal packing. Also, is it possible that it may be the molten globule state of this protein? I read somewhere that its almost impossible to crystallise molten globule of any protein due to its transient nature. Is it possible that under the PEG1500 environment this collapsed state is more stable? Also looking at its active site, we are sure that it cant be in active form so i am not sure what may be its significance. Also if its a different conformation of active enzyme so is it possible to find out that whether its prior or later state of native form. The function of this enzyme is not related to polyols but hydrolyze cyclic amide substrate. Kind regards Shiv On 6 August 2014 00:23, shivendra singh <shivendra22(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > I have been working on a protein which initially got crystallised in > condition having PEG1500 as precipitant. The space group was P21 and got > solved with reasonable Rfree. Analysis of its structure showed large > deviation and very distinct active site architecture along with > disorderedness in one of its long loop (no density) in comparison with the > expected result, based on related homologous structures. The structure does > not seem to be active with one of its active site residue moved apart from > other catalytic amino acids. Also the substrate entry tunnel looks > distorted. The purified enzyme used for crystallisation showed optimum > activity in vitro. This led us to screen it again for some other > crystallisation condition and got another crystal hit in condition having > PEG3350 as precipitant. Rest of the components of crystallisation cocktail > were same. The data belonged to P212121 space group. The regions which were > disordered or distorted in earlier case were observed to be ordered and in > their expected orientation and position. The enzyme is not reported to be > in different structural or functional states as observed. > I am wondering how the protein from the same batch showed two distinct > structural organizations in conditions with varying PEGs. > What may cause it to follow such transition. > Whether it has some significant functional aspect or just a result of > improper crystal packing. > > Thanks. > > Shiv >

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Phenix/DivCon: IUCr & ACS conferences
by Lance Westerhoff 05 Aug '14

05 Aug '14

Hello all- If you are attending the International Union of Crystallography conference in Montreal this week, be sure to stop by our booth and say hello (we are sharing booth #229 with CCG). We will be there to discuss QuantumBio’s quantum mechanics plugin to Phenix, and we will also be presenting results from some of our recent work with Phenix/DivCon. If you would like more information on our activities at the conference, please take a look at the following link: http://www.quantumbioinc.com/news/show/IUCr-2014 And for those of you planning to attend the American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco next week, we’ll be there as well (yeah, this will be a busy couple of weeks!). I will be presenting a talk on the subject of quantum mechanics based refinement and its impact on drug discovery efforts. More information is available here: http://www.quantumbioinc.com/news/show/ACS-2014-CA Incidentally, we have a new release of our Phenix plugin coming out. If you are not yet a user and you would like to check it out, certainly feel free contact me for more information. Release Notes: http://www.quantumbioinc.com/news/show/Update-6.0.8 We look forward to seeing you! -Lance ____________________ Lance M. Westerhoff, Ph.D. President and General Manager QuantumBio Inc. WWW: http://www.quantumbioinc.com Email: lance(a)quantumbioinc.com Phone: 814-235-6908 Fax: 814-235-6909

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PEG dependent structural changes in crystal structure
by shivendra singh 05 Aug '14

05 Aug '14

Dear All, I have been working on a protein which initially got crystallised in condition having PEG1500 as precipitant. The space group was P21 and got solved with reasonable Rfree. Analysis of its structure showed large deviation and very distinct active site architecture along with disorderedness in one of its long loop (no density) in comparison with the expected result, based on related homologous structures. The structure does not seem to be active with one of its active site residue moved apart from other catalytic amino acids. Also the substrate entry tunnel looks distorted. The purified enzyme used for crystallisation showed optimum activity in vitro. This led us to screen it again for some other crystallisation condition and got another crystal hit in condition having PEG3350 as precipitant. Rest of the components of crystallisation cocktail were same. The data belonged to P212121 space group. The regions which were disordered or distorted in earlier case were observed to be ordered and in their expected orientation and position. The enzyme is not reported to be in different structural or functional states as observed. I am wondering how the protein from the same batch showed two distinct structural organizations in conditions with varying PEGs. What may cause it to follow such transition. Whether it has some significant functional aspect or just a result of improper crystal packing. Thanks. Shiv

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Two ions at same position
by Eric Girard 04 Aug '14

04 Aug '14

Dear phenixbb members, I am refining a structure that contains Ca2+ atoms. The structure was determined in presence of lanthanide ions. Thus, the resulting density clearly indicates that a part of each Ca2+ sites is substituted with Eu3+ (let's say 75% Ca2+ and 25% Eu3+ per sites). How can I deal with such situation? Indeed phenix.refine complains when I try to put a Ca2+ ion and a Eu3+ one with the same coordinates (and with the occupancies mentionned above) and stop. Thanks for your help. Eric. -- **************************************************************** Eric Girard Extremophiles and Large Macromolecular Assemblies (ELMA) group Institut de Biologie Structurale UMR 5075 CEA-CNRS-UJF-PSB 71 avenue des Martyrs CS 10090 38044 Grenoble Cedex 9 Phone: +33 (0)4 57 42 86 45 Fax: +33 (0)4 76 50 18 90 Web site: http://www.ibs.fr/ *****************************************************************

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