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refinement
by Almudena Ponce Salvatierra 02 Apr '15

02 Apr '15

Dear all, I am using Phenix.refine after MR and I have a complete model and data to 2.8 Angstrom resolution. However, for some reason, Phenix does not place any water molecules. Is there a setting I could change in order to see whether this situation changes? What could the reason be? Thanks a lot in advance. Best, Almudena -- Almudena Ponce-Salvatierra Macromolecular crystallography and Nucleic acid chemistry Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Am Fassberg 11 37077 Göttingen Germany

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twinning
by Shun Liu 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

Dear all, Recently I have got a data set that diffracts to 1.7 angstrom. Images look good. During data processing I did not find anything that looks strange. However, when I was doing Phaser-MR, I got a warning: “ Intensity moments suggest significant twinning (>5%). Tests based on possible twin laws will be more definitive.” What does this mean? A twinning data set? I still found a solution and refined the model step by step, using the data (20-1.7 angstrom). It seems that the final model and map are acceptable. But R-factors are 0.24/0.28, very high. Does the twin cause the high R-factors? Is there a solution to detwin? Or are the R-factors acceptable for a twinning data set? Any suggestions are appreciated and thanks in advance! Best, Shun

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a question on henix refine
by Smith Liu 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

Dear All, For the Phenix refine, the default for the Scattering table in "other options" in the graphical interface is n_gaussian, in which situation to use electron is much better? And how much would be the benefit to use electron instead of n_gaussian? Smith

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Maps
by mohamed noor 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

Dear developers What is the difference between MEM and FEM maps? I read the documentation and my understanding is both are supposed to create beautiful maps :) My problem is I have a structure at 1.9 A (a different protein than the one referred to in my previous question), the Rfactor is around 20/22 %, Rms bonds is 0.03 and Rms angles is 1.845. If the bonds/angles get lower, the Rfactor jumps up (same problem as the other structure). Looking in Coot, there are positive and negative density and missing density for the side chains of residues with high B factor. For some reason, phenix.refine keeps on adding water at strange places even at regions that I suspect to be just noise. For this reason, I want to see if the noise is really noise. A second reason is I have density that seem to be too big for a water molecule but waters were placed anyway, so I want to know if these are real positive density. The dataset was obtained from only 50 degrees, SG is P 61 2 2. Including more images brought up the Rmerge to 30-40% and Rfactor being stuck at 30 %. For some reason, I don't find the X-ray statistics from the phenix.model_vs_data logfile but in essence, I have: 28-1.9: 82 % 6 A - infinity: 95 % in the shells (2.25-2.14, 2.14-2.04, 2.04-1.97, 1.97-1.9) my completeness is around 85-62 % and CCwork is at least 70 % and CC1/2 of the dataset is 60 % at the highest resolution shell. Thanks.

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continuously Rfree lower than Rwork
by Smith Liu 31 Mar '15

31 Mar '15

Dear All, If in a Phenix.refine proces, the Rfree continuously lower than Rwork, what does it mean? Smith

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Twinning
by Shun Liu 30 Mar '15

30 Mar '15

Dear all, Recently I have got a data set that diffracts to 1.7 angstrom. Images look good. During data processing I did not find anything that looks strange. However, when I was doing Phaser-MR, I got a warning: “ Intensity moments suggest significant twinning (>5%). Tests based on possible twin laws will be more definitive.” What does this mean? A twin data set? I still found a solution and refined the model step by step, using the data (20-1.7 angstrom). It seems that the final model and map are acceptable. But R-factors are 0.24/0.28, a little high. Does the twin cause the high R-factors? Is there a solution to detwin? Or are the R-factors acceptable for a twin data set? Any suggestions are appreciated and thanks in advance! Best, Shun

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First-Science Discussions for Life-Science Beamlines at NSLS-II: April 21-22, 2015
by Robert Sweet 27 Mar '15

27 Mar '15

We will hold a "First Science at the ABBIX Beamlines" meeting on Tuesday - Wednesday, April 21-22, 2015, pertaining to the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-sponsored "Advanced Beamlines for Biological Investigations with X-rays" (ABBIX) Project. These three state-of-the-art beamlines are now under construction at the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS)-II facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). Two of the beamlines are for macromolecular crystallography (MX), and the third is for life sciences applications of x-ray scattering. Visit this web site for further information and registration materials: http://workshops.ps.bnl.gov/?w=ABBIXApr2015 Briefly, the MX beamline called FMX - Frontier MX - is optimized to address microbeam applications, and the other called AMX - Highly Automated MX - is optimized for highly automated throughput. The scattering beamline called LIX - High Brightness X-Ray Scattering for Life Sciences - will offer multiple modes of study. The MX beamlines view canted undulator sources, and the scattering beamline views a single undulator, providing world-leading brightness. Current plans are to conclude construction by the end of 2015 and start commissioning then. During the commissioning period, opportunities will arise to perform early experiments before the general user programs of the beamlines commence in 2016, and it is the upcoming meeting's purpose to explore and discuss scientific areas and opportunities on which early operation of the beamlines could capitalize. Note: Registration is required. There is no registration fee. Visit this site to register: http://workshops.ps.bnl.gov/?w=ABBIXApr2015 Those who registered for the original meeting planned for January must re-register for the new occurrence in April. Contributed presentations describing experiments that exploit the capabilities of the ABBIX beamlines will be selected from submitted abstracts. The meeting will consist of both plenary and parallel sessions. The plenary session will begin with presentations on science topics in research fields that the beamlines are designed to address, followed by facility presentations to update the community about the early scientific capabilities at the suite of ABBIX beamlines and, in addition, of the Life Science and Biomedical Technology Research Resource (LSBR), sponsored by the NIH and the Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research (DOE BER). Two parallel sessions on Tuesday afternoon will focus on MX and x-ray scattering, consisting mainly of presentations that will address specific opportunities in these areas. These will be followed by two more parallel sessions on Wednesday morning, also focusing on MX and x-ray scattering, which will include contributions. If you wish to give a contributed presentation during one of the parallel sessions, please submit an abstract here: http://workshops.ps.bnl.gov/abstracts/default.aspx?w=ABBIXApr2015 The parallel sessions are designed to provide forums to facilitate more detailed discussions about potential first experiments at specific beamlines and the formation of the experiment teams. Specifically, each parallel session group will be charged to accomplish these goals: 1. Identify key research projects and the associated first experiments that may be performed at the suite of ABBIX beamlines, emphasizing those projects that will take advantage of NSLS-II properties and ABBIX beamline capabilities. 2. Facilitate the formation of research teams to generate first experiment proposals for submission. 3. Identify key additional team members in such areas as theory and analysis, ancillary measurements, and specimen preparation, needed to achieve the research goals. Confirmed invited speakers: Karen Allen (Boston Univ), Martin Caffrey (Trinity College Dublin), Seth Darst (Rockefeller Univ), Richard Gillilan (Cornell Univ), Wayne Hendrickson (Columbia Univ), AndrHoelz (California Inst Tech), Huey Huang (Rice Univ), Shenping Liu (Pfizer), Lee Makowski (Northeastern Univ), David Ostrov (Univ of Florida), Rebecca Page (Brown Univ), Anna Marie Pyle (Yale Univ), Christian Riekel (ESRF), Thomas Schneider (EMBL-Hamburg), John Tainer (Scripps Research Inst). We would like two outcomes from this meeting: (a) a concise meeting report outlining how ABBIX beamlines will help to address outstanding problems in life sciences, and (b) a list of potential first experiments along with the corresponding research teams. For more information on the meeting, please contact Sonya Kiss, at skiss(a)bnl.gov. Note: Registration deadline is Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Organizers: Lonny Berman ABBIX Project Manager National Synchrotron Light Source II Brookhaven National Laboratory Sean McSweeney Structural Biology Program Manager Photon Sciences Division Deputy Director National Synchrotron Light Source II

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can mr_rosetta include twin_law?
by Ni, Fengyun 27 Mar '15

27 Mar '15

Hi everyone, When I run phenix.mr_rosetta, I use the following file (twin.eff) to add the twin_law with the keyword: refinement_params=twin.eff. I checked the output that the phenix.refine stage could recognize this file. But the autobuild step can not read this file and give the error information as follows, refinement.twinning { twin_law = "h,-h-k,-l" } Unable to read the parameters file twin.eff. Is there anyway to overcome this issue? Thank you very much in advance! Fengyun

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Refinement
by mohamed noor 25 Mar '15

25 Mar '15

Dear all I have a structure at 1.4 A currently with an Rfactor of 21/26 %. I notice from the plot by cycle that everytime the RMS bonds/angles reduce, the Rfactor increases a few percent. Is there any way of telling phenix.refine to not 'restrain' the model too much? I have already used automatic weighting. Also, RINGER identified a few alternate conformations, so I'm thinking that modeling this might account for a better model. However, as I have an NCS of 4, this can be tedious to do by hand, and AFAIK, phenix.refine does not create new conformations. Is there an alternative? Final question, some residues were flagged as having high B factors but not in all the copies. How do I deal with this? Some background: I initially had problems with refinement being stuck at 30-35 % in SG P 3 2 1 (as suggested by Pointless and Xtriage). However, the beamline scientist suggested that there could've been lattice translocation and that it is actually P 3. Reintegrating seems to have solved the problem. With integrated data up to 1.2 A, I tried cut-off at 1.4, 1.3 and 1.2 A. Together with CC1/2 and refinement results, I chose 1.4 A, but should I cut it a bit lower? Thanks.

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PhD position in Structural Biology in Norway
by Hans-Petter Hersleth 24 Mar '15

24 Mar '15

Dear all, A 3- or 4-year PhD position in Structural Biology / Biophysics / Biochemistry starting August 2015 is available at University of Oslo, Department of Biosciences, Section for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in the Metalloprotein group. The project is in the field of structural biology, biophysics and biochemistry with an emphasis on protein crystallography and spectroscopy (UV-vis, Raman and EPR) in combination with other biochemical and biophysical methods. The project is dealing with different redox proteins involved in oxygen activation and electron transfer. The focus will be on some enzyme systems like ribonucleotide reductase and nitric oxide synthase, their reaction mechanism and redox activation pathways. More information about the project, position and application procedure is found on the website: http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/1352831/96323?iso=no Applicants must hold a Master's degree or equivalent in structural biology, bioinorganic chemistry, biochemistry, biophysics, protein crystallography or related fields. We are seeking a highly motivated candidate that should have skills and experience in working with proteins or bioinorganic molecules. It would be advantageous with hands-on experience within topics like cloning, protein expression, purification, crystallisation, protein crystallography, spectroscopy, bioinorganic chemistry, protein-protein interactions, enzyme kinetics and redox-, radical- and metalloproteins. Candiates without a Master's Degree have until 30 June 2015 to complete the final exam. Application deadline is 13th April 2015 through the website: http://uio.easycruit.com/vacancy/1352831/96323?iso=no For further information please contact: Dr. Hans-Petter Hersleth, (h.p.hersleth(a)ibv.uio.no) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans-Petter Hersleth, PhD Project Leader, Researcher and Senior Lecturer Department of Biosciences, University of Oslo Section for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology P.O.Box 1066 Blindern, NO-0316 Oslo, Norway Phone: +47 2285 4631 Fax: +47 2285 4726 Mobile: +47 413 33 126 http://www.hersleth.org/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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