Hello everyone,
I have a few crystals to be x-rayed next week. Before that I hope to get a clear idea about what I am doing (I am new to anomalous scattering).
Facts:
- The crystal is a protein co-crystallized with a ligand
- The protein structure is known.
- The ligand has a heavy atom bromide (absorption K-egde=13.47Kev)
- Data resolution is ~3 angstrom
Goals:
- Locate the bromide position
- Locate and refine the ligand
Questions:
- Do I need to carry out MAD experiment at 3 wavelengths or there is some other easier way since the protein structure is known (I am not expecting big change of the protein structure itself)?
- Assuming I have the MAD data, what should I do next using phenix to achieve the two goals listed above? Here are some thoughts:
- Using phenix.hyss to locate the anomalous scatterers
- Using phenix.autobuild to build the protein model (which data set to use?)
- Using coot to add ligands to the protein structure (Is the relative position between the protein and the ligand known based on phenix.hyss and phenix.autobuild?)
- Using phenix.refine to refine the ligand+protein complex
Thank you all for reading this.