Pavel, I am following up on this question of the oxidation state of metals. It is important to deal with this properly to get the most out of the data and to able to show difference maps in papers that make sense. Where are the scattering factors stored (it1992's for example)? One could hack an oxidation state in for the standard numbers to get it right (ugly but effective). Alternatively, maybe the scattering factor tables and element id's could be expanded? Is this all hard coded or are there libraries or tables that are parsed? THanks for any comments, as always. George N. Phillips, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Biochemistry and of Computer Sciences University of Wisconsin-Madison 433 Babcock Dr. Madison, Wi 53706 Phone/FAX (608) 263-6140 Hi Andy, currently phenix.refine will not make difference between say "Fe" and "Fe+2". So if you see some artifacts at mFo-DFc map around your Fe, that might be explained by not taking "+2" into account. Refining occupancy of Fe would fix the map appearance (most likely), but I would not do that, since it will rather hide the problem than properly address it (and of course it would be misleading too). Regarding "n_gaussian table": it is just a dynamic approximation to the standard scattering factor table (mostly done to optimize runtime; the accuracy is not compromised). For more details see: Grosse-Kunstleve RW, Sauter NK, Adams PD: cctbx news Newsletter of the IUCr Commission on Crystallographic Computing 2004, 3:22-31. Pavel. On 11/25/09 12:37 PM, Andy Torelli wrote:

To the Phenix group:

I've created a .cif file for a ligand that includes metal atoms. The metal atoms are defined in the .cif file with their element name, but in actuality, they should be defined according to their oxidation state so that the correct scattering parameters are used during refinement.

In CNS, this meant choosing an "atom type" that would be parsed to match the correct scattering definition listed in the scatter.lib file. I see that phenix uses the n_gaussian table for scattering values. Where can I view this and the other scattering table options? Like CNS, do I just need to use the name of the element with the correct oxidation state from the table (e.g. "Fe+2") in my .cif file to ensure that the correct scattering definition is used during refinement and map calculation?

Thanks, -Andy Torelli

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