[phenixbb] phenix.map_to_model input mtz file failure --caution on using map_to_model with X-ray data

Tim Gruene tim.gruene at psi.ch
Thu Jun 8 10:05:40 PDT 2017


Hi Ed,

including the 'free' reflections in the map for modelling does not taint the 
value of Rfree. That is a misconception that i s very persistent (as prejudice 
usually are). I believe it was Ian Tickle who formulated that when you simply 
refine long enough towards convergence, all reflections excluded from refinement 
will become independent, i.e. you can assign a new set for Rfree every time 
you refine, if you wish so. 

This concept is the reason why Rcomplete (the "better" equivalent to Rfree for 
small data sets with < 10,000 unique reflections), introduced by Axel Brunger, 
works, as we could demonstrate in     doi: 10.1073/pnas.1502136112
 
So nothing to worry about when including all reflections in map calculations.

Cheers,
Tim

On Thursday, June 8, 2017 12:42:53 PM CEST Edward A. Berry wrote:
> Hi, Tom,
> Please forgive what may be a silly question from an outsider who hasn't
> really kept up with the crystallography literature or even all the Phenix
> newsletters- What is the evidence that including the free set in real space
> refinement biases R-free of the resulting model? Is this Rfree also biased
> when map coefficients use "fill-in" for the excluded free reflections (and
> is that what phenix.remove_free_from_map does?).
> 
> My point is that literally excluding the free reflections, as opposed to
> substituting their values with Fc, will bias the free set toward grossly
> incorrect values (namely zero) and therefore greatly worsen R-free. Thus if
> the evidence for bias is that you get worse R-free when you exclude the
> free set, you have to think about how much of that difference results from
> bias towards the observed values (when the reflections are included) and
> how much is from bias towards zero (when the free set is excluded). 
> (Again, I realize this may be all very well understood by the
> crystallography community and properly taken care of in phenix; I'm just
> asking for my own information) eab
> 
> On 06/08/2017 07:28 AM, Terwilliger, Thomas Charles wrote:
> > ​Hi Wei,
> > 
> > 
> > I want to give a word of caution about how to use phenix.map_to_model on
> > crystallographic data...The bottom line is you should remove the test set
> > from your map coefficients before running phenix.map_to model on X-ray
> > data.  Here is why:
> > 
> > 
> > phenix.map_to_model uses real-space refinement, which is refinement
> > against the map. If you supply map coefficients that include your test
> > reflections, then you will be refining against data that is in your test
> > set.   This will make your Rfree invalid when you go back and refine your
> > model against the original crystallographic data.
> > 
> > 
> > To remove the test set from your map coefficients you can use:
> > 
> > 
> > phenix.remove_free_from_map  map_coeffs=my_map_coeffs.mtz
> > free_in=my_data_file_with_freeR_flags.mtz
> > mtz_out=my_map_coeffs_no_free.mtz
> > 
> > 
> > Also note that phenix.map_to_model uses a fixed map (it does not do
> > density modification).  Consequently for most crystallographic data at
> > moderate resolution or higher phenix.autobuild is going to do much better
> > than phenix.map_to_model.
> > 
> > 
> > All the best,
> > 
> > Tom T
> > 
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> > ---------------------------- *From:* dingding830106 at 163.com
> > <dingding830106 at 163.com> on behalf of dancingdream at 163.com
> > <dancingdream at 163.com> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 6, 2017 9:16 PM
> > *To:* Terwilliger, Thomas Charles
> > *Cc:* phenixbb at phenix-online.org
> > *Subject:* Re:Re: [phenixbb] phenix.map_to_model input mtz file failure
> > Dear Thomas,
> > I use CAD to convert the labels from FDM->FWT, PHIDM->PHFWT, then submit
> > this job again (without map_coeffs_labels=... ), and everything seems ok.
> > Thank you very much for you help.
> > Best!
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Wei Ding
> > P.O.Box 603
> > The Institute of Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences
> > Beijing,China
> > 100190
> > Tel: +86-10-82649083
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> > E-mail: dingwei at iphy.ac.cn <mailto:wangli at moon.ibp.ac.cn>
> > 
> > At 2017-06-07 10:32:14, "Terwilliger, Thomas Charles" 
<terwilliger at lanl.gov> wrote:
> >     Hi Wei,
> >     
> >     
> >     I'm sorry for the trouble!
> >     
> >     
> >     If you supply an MTZ file that has FWT,PHFWT or similar labels, then
> >     you can skip the "labels=...." statement and it should run.
> >     
> >     
> >     Let me know if that does not work!
> >     All the best,
> >     
> >     Tom T
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> >     *Subject:* [phenixbb] phenix.map_to_model input mtz file failure
> >     Dear Phenix bb,
> >     I intend to build a initial model by phenix.map_to_model. And the
> >     command line is as follows: phenix.map_to_model_1.12rc0-2787 
> >     map_coeffs_file=../rep_dm.mtz map_coeffs_labels="'FP,SIGFP' 'PHIDM'
> >     'FOMDM'" seq_file=../resolve.seq  is_crystal=True 
> >     use_sg_symmetry=True  density_select=False  truncate_at_d_min=True
> >     and the feedback like this:
> >     Sorry: No initial assignment made for map_coeffs. Labels used:
> >     FP,SIGFP PHIDM FOMDM. Available labels: ['PHIB', 'FOM',
> >     'HLA,HLB,HLC,HLD', 'FP,SIGFP', 'PHIDM', 'FOMDM', 'FDM',
> >     'HLADM,HLBDM,HLCDM,HLDDM'] NOTE: grouped labels like 'FP,SIGFP' must
> >     stay together,
> >     have commas, and have no spaces. If they come from an MTZ file,
> >     they must be in adjacent columns as well.
> >     Suggested labels to use:  PHIDM  FOMDM
> >     I try many other input format of map_coeffs_labels, such as
> >     map_coeffs_labels="FP,SIGFP PHIDM FOMDM"
> >     map_coeffs_labels=["FP,SIGFP PHIDM FOMDM"]
> >     ... ...
> >     but the result is the same. Dose anyone can tell me how to fix this
> >     problem? Thank a lot.
> >     
> >     
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> >     Wei Ding
> >     P.O.Box 603
> >     The Institute of Physics,Chinese Academy of Sciences
> >     Beijing,China
> >     100190
> >     Tel: +86-10-82649083
> >     E-mail: dingwei at iphy.ac.cn <mailto:wangli at moon.ibp.ac.cn>
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