Hi Tongqin,

I second Dorothee's point that we need more information to resolve this problem. If you still have this problem please send me inputs files (data, model, .eff from last refinement, as well as ligand .CIF files if any) and I will look into this once I have files.

Pavel

On 8/31/16 09:29, Dorothee Liebschner wrote:
Hi Tongqin,

It is a bit difficult to diagnose with the information you provided. Could you please answer the following questions?

- Did you also try to reset the B-factors to similar values than neighboring atoms?
F.ex. the average B-factor in the model could be 50 A**2, but in the ligand region, it could be lower, let's say 20 A**2. Then the starting value using average B is quite far from the likely B-factor of the ligand.

- What refinement strategy do you apply? How many macro-cycles? Do you use any non-default parameters for B-factor refinement?

- Which Phenix version are you using?

Best wishes,

Dorothee

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 7:12 AM, Zhou, Tongqing (NIH/VRC) [E] <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear All,

 

I am refining a structure with diffraction to 2.2A resolution and 95 % overall completeness. Now the Rs are at 18% and 23%, respectively. But the program failed to refine B factors for several ligands, atoms had high B factors while showing positive Fo-Fc map around them. Occupancy was set to 1 and I also tried to reset B to mean B of the whole PDB. Any of you seeing this phenomenon? Thanks!

 

Shown below is HEPES that has high B factor and positive density around it after refinement: