Hi, I am currently refining a good 1.6 Angstroem data set using Phenix. Thereby I noticed a significant difference of R-free (>3%) depending on whether I used phenix version 1.3-rc6 (installed on my Mac laptop) or phenix version 1.4-3 (installed on my linux work station). Rfree differs by more than 3% (!) although I am using the same starting model, the same reflection file and the same refinement protocol (shown at the end of this email with detailed R and R-free factors for the 3 steps). In my opinion, my phenix 1.4-3 installation has a problem in the "bulk solvent modeling and scaling" steps. Indeed, I find in the log file that the "overall anisotropic scale matrix" shows all values set to zero. Analogous the "maximum likelihood estimate for coordinate error". This is true in all steps where an "overall anisotropic scale matrix" is calculated. Here is one example during 1.4-3 refinement: ====================== bulk solvent modeling and scaling ====================== |--(resolution: 1.61 - 29.59 A; n_refl. = 99535)------------------------------| | | | r_work= 0.3419 r_free= 0.3358 ksol= 0.39 Bsol= 19.12 scale= 1.247 | | | | overall anisotropic scale matrix (Cartesian basis; B11,B22,B33,B12,B13,B23):| | (0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00); trace/3= 0.00 | | | | maximum likelihood estimate for coordinate error: -0.00 A | | x-ray target function (ml) for work reflections: 5.981207 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| The same example during 1.3-rc6 refinement: ===================== bulk solvent correction and scaling ===================== |-macro cycle = 1-(resolution: 1.61 - 29.59 A; n_refl. = 99537)---------------| | | | r_work= 0.3153 r_free= 0.3064 ksol= 0.40 Bsol= 43.79 scale= 1.087 | | | | overall anisotropic scale matrix (Cartesian basis; B11,B22,B33,B12,B13,B23):| | (-4.01,-5.36,-8.20,-0.00,2.74,0.00); trace/3= -5.86 | | | | maximum likelihood estimate for coordinate error: 0.33 A | | x-ray target function (ml) for work reflections: 5.946583 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| I am asking now: Did something go wrong during my Phenix installation? I already re-installed Phenix (no errors): same result. Do I have to change something in my input files? I should probably mention that "bulk_solvent_and_scale = True" in my input .def files. Any help appreciated. Many thanks, Oliv -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Refinement protocol and development of R and Rfree during each refinement round: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1)Rigid body refinement 2) Simulated annealing (5000K) 3) Ordered solvent (plus annealing @ 2000K) phenix version 1.3-rc6: 1) R=31.5, Rf=30.6 2) R=23.9, Rf=25.8 3) R=19.8, Rf=22.0 phenix version 1.4-3: 1) R=31.6, Rf=30.6 2) R=27.8, Rf=29.8 3) R=23.7, Rf=25.2 -- Oliv Eidam, Ph.D. Postdoctoral fellow University of California, San Francisco Dept. of Pharmaceutical Chemistry 1700 4th Street, Byers Hall North, Room 501 San Francisco, CA 94158 - Box 2550 Phone: 415-514-4253 Fax : 415-514-4260 Email: [email protected]