Hi William,

For find_ncs_from_density the shape of the molecule itself is not so important. What matters is if there is some local part of the molecule that is recognizable in both copies. So I would try default parameters first. I assume you did that and it didn't give you a useful answer...so then I would do these things:

1. try many locations : n_center_use=20

This is the best option...it will try 20 times using density at 20 different locations to search. If you have an older version of phenix you may need to download a nightly build to do this.

2. Try varying the resolution

3. Try varying the angular spacing of the search (delta_phi)

All the best,

Tom T

From: CCP4 bulletin board [[email protected]] on behalf of William Chao [[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2015 10:24 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [ccp4bb] Optimal settings for finding NCS from density

Dear all,

What would be the best settings to look for NCS using phenix.find_ncs_from_density on an elongated (~150A) molecule? No coordinate is available unfortunately and there should be 2 copies in a P21 space group.

Many thanks in advance!

William

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