14 Dec
2006
14 Dec
'06
5:17 p.m.
Hi Jianghi, > 4) The refinement (TLS + ML + B individual) went through, I got > reasonable R, Rfree, rmsdBOND, rmsdANGLE. But the B factors are > pretty low. The B factor of the backbone is much lower than the side > chain, some have numbers like 4. Some metal atoms also have B > factors around 4. What did I do wrong? - Low B-factors are common for high resolution models, like higher 1.0A. - Also, you can get low B-factors at very low resolution, since in this case they are mostly modeled by overall B-factor (ether though TLS or by overall exponential scaling). - In rare cases side chain atoms can have lower B than corresponding main chain atoms if they are involved in H-bonding. I need more details for further diagnostics. Cheers, Pavel.