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Restraints generation for TaBr
by Rebecca Oot 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

Hello all, I am trying to create a restraints file for hexatantlum dodecabromide (TaBr or TBR) and using Elbow, I get an error message saying that the program does not deal with heavy atom clusters. Does anyone have any advice on which program would be suitable to use? Thanks very much in advance Rebecca

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Re: [phenixbb] Phenix.Rosetta_refine on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
by Jan Gebauer 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

Hi David, hi all, I now managed to at least get a test refinement working. What I mostly changed was the Ubuntu version. I have no idea why, but I managed to get it to work on Ubuntu 10.04. In principle I installed 10.04 freshly in a virtualbox and from their it worked rather straight-forward. Here is how I proceeded in detail for those of you who are interested: 1) Setting up a Virtualbox 4.3.2 r90405 on Ubuntu 12.04.3. 2) Installing the 64bit version of Ubuntu 10.04 in a virtualbox (4 processors / 90% speed cap / 4GB Ram /VT-x enabled) 3) Install VBoxAdditions 4) Update ubuntu (sudo apt-get update) 5) Installing g++ and zlib library (sudo apt-get install g++ zlib1g-dev) 6) Installing binary version of phenix-dev-1525 to /usr/local/science/phenix-dev-1525 (sudo ./install --prefix=/usr/local/science) 7) Unpack rosetta_2013_wk42_bundle to /usr/local/science/rosetta_2013_wk42_bundle 8) set rossetta variables by inserting them at the start of /usr/local/science/pheninx-dev-1525/phenix_env.sh (just in line 3ff): export PHENIX_ROSETTA_PATH=/usr/local/science/rosetta_2013wk42_bundle export ROSETTA3_DB=/usr/local/science/rosetta_2013wk42_bundle/main/database export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/science/rosetta_2013wk42_bundle/main/source/bin 9) assign ownership to active user (sudo chown gebauer:gebauer /usr/local/science/ -R) 10) Compile it (phenix.build_phenix_interface nproc=4) It should run without problems Testing: 1) Create a new directory (mkdir test && cd test) 2) Download testset (suggested by Nat: phenix.fetch_pdb --mtz 1yjp) 3) Run rosetta_refine (phenix.rosetta_refine 1yjp.pdb 1yjp.mtz nproc=4) In my case rFree dropped from 18.21 to 14.90. It's not a low resolution dataset, but it show that it general works and lowRes would potentially take to long for a mere testing My real data are still being processed so I have no idea how well it will works... only thing I found out already: 4.5 GB RAM for 4 processes calculating ~500Aa via rosetta seems not to be enough. I thereby reduced my "real run" to only one processor... Regards, Jan Am 01.11.2013 08:39, schrieb David Goldstone: > Hi Jan, > > I followed the same procedure. The only differences being that I have > installed it to my home directory to keep it separate from our > standard install of phenix and rosetta and I run the phenix_env.sh > separately from the exports. I had to remove our default init.sh > script from my .bashrc (this is our setup script for all programs ccp4 > etc) and now manually source a different version to ensure it points > to the correct version of phenix. > > I originally had trouble with the python shared libraries but Nat has > fixed this by building them into the binary installer. > > Sorry I can't be more help > > David > > > ---- > Dr David Goldstone > Senior Lecturer > University of Auckland > New Zealand > Ph +64 9 3737599 x84607 <tel:+64%209%203737599;84607> > > On 1/11/2013, at 8:30 PM, Jan Gebauer <jan.gebauer(a)uni-koeln.de > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Dear David, >> >> thanks for your remark. Indeed my paths are wrong in the mail; >> however, this is due to lazy typing... I do set the Rosetta_DB3 path >> corretly... >> I'm still interested to know, how you managed to install build it. >> Have you done the same procedure as described by me? (only with >> different releases?) >> Or did you do something differently? >> >> Regards, >> Jan >> >> Am Donnerstag, 31. Oktober 2013 23:11:42 schrieb David Goldstone: >>> Dear Jan, >>> >>> I have recently installed phenix with rosetta refine on Ubuntu 10.04 >>> using phenix-dev-1515 and rosetta_wk40_bundle. >>> >>> This install also appears to run on an Ubuntu 12 install. >>> >>> I think you export commands are not correct mine are as follows >>> >>> export >>> PHENIX_ROSETTA_PATH=/mnt/home/dgol002/programs/rosetta_2013wk40_bundle >>> export >>> ROSETTA3_DB=/mnt/home/dgol002/programs/rosetta_2013wk40_bundle/main/database >>> export >>> PATH=$PATH:/mnt/home/dgol002/programs/rosetta_2013wk40_bundle/main/source/bin >>> >>> ie you are exporting ROSETTA_BIN twice rather than ROSETTA3_DB. >>> >>> Hope this helps >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> >>> On 1/11/2013 4:48 a.m., Jan Gebauer wrote: >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> I'm trying to get rosetta_refine working on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. >>>> >>>> This was the (latest) way I tried it: >>>> >>>> 1) Downloaded phenix-dev-1523 binary & installed it via installer in >>>> /usr/local/science/phenix4rosetta/phenix-dev-1523 >>>> 2) Downloaded rosetta 2031wk42 and extracted it in >>>> /usr/local/science/phenix4rosetta/rosetta_2013wk42_bundle >>>> 3) Inserted into phenix_env.sh >>>> export >>>> ROSETTA_BIN=/usr/local/science/phenix4rosetta/rosetta_2013wk42_bundle/main/source/bin >>>> export >>>> PHENIX_ROSETTA_PATH=/usr/local/science/phenix4rosetta/rosetta_2013wk42_bundle/ >>>> export >>>> ROSETTA_BIN=/usr/local/science/phenix4rosetta/rosetta_2013wk42_bundle/main/database >>>> 4) sources phenix_env.sh >>>> 5) build the interface via >>>> rosetta.build_phenix_interface nproc=4 >>>> 6) exceute the refinement via phenix.rosetta_refine phasermodel.pdb >>>> data.mtz nproc=4 >>>> >>>> The programm runs fine, up to the point where it should generate >>>> models via rosetta, it then stops and crashes. >>>> I have attached some logfiles >>>> >>>> Has anyone managed to run rosetta_refine on Ubuntu? Which phenix and >>>> rosetta versions did you use? Ist there anything wrong on my above >>>> mentioned build protocol? >>>> >>>> I'm thankful for any help. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Jan Gebauer >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Jan Gebauer >>>> AG Prof. Baumann >>>> Institut für Biochemie / Uni-Köln >>>> Otto-Fischer-Str. 12-14 / 50674 Köln >>>> Fon: +49 (221) 470 3212 >>>> Fax: +49 (221) 470 5066 >>>> >>>> http://px.uni-koeln.de/ >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> phenixbb mailing list >>>> phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org <mailto:[email protected]> >>>> http://phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dr David Goldstone >>> Senior Lecturer & Rutherford Discovery Fellow >>> Structural Biology >>> University of Auckland >>> New Zealand >>> Ph +64 9 3737599 x84607 -- Dr. Jan Gebauer AG Prof. Baumann Institut für Biochemie / Uni-Köln Otto-Fischer-Str. 12-14 / 50674 Köln Fon: +49 (221) 470 3212 Fax: +49 (221) 470 5066 http://px.uni-koeln.de/

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Post-doctoral Fellowships at the University of Texas
by Gabrielle Rudenko 04 Nov '13

04 Nov '13

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Re: [phenixbb] Appropriate number of reflections for FreeR
by Edward Berry 03 Nov '13

03 Nov '13

Looking at it from the other side- suppose we say for a robust refinement we need a certain number of reflections- say 4 times the number of atoms, maybe less, I don't know. Any more than that is not really going to affect the structure, So if you have high resolution you can afford to use a large percentage of free reflections, and the cross-validation and maximum liklihood will go really well, even with thin shells. On the other hand at low resolution, well, sorry, you really can't spare any reflections for cross-validation. (I have no idea whether this makes sense or not, but it would be another way of looking at it). >>> Mark van Raaij 11/01/13 7:39 PM >>> the limit of 2000 reflections I guess is just because it would be a waste to "throw away" more reflections for refinement, once the statistical minima for calculating a reliable Rfree have been met. I.e. if you have 100.000 reflections, it would be a waste to use 5 or 10% of the reflections instead of just 2%. I'd rather use as many as possible reflections for refinement. On 31 Oct 2013, at 20:21, Pavel Afonine wrote: > Hi Joe, > > flags should be selected such that there is enough of them in each relatively thin resolution shell (thin enough so ML target parameters can be considered constant in each such shell). Lower end is about 50 reflections per shell. All in all this usually translates into about 10% overall. > > Yes, there is a limit parameter set to 2000 by default. I don't know what's the rationale for having it, may be someone can explain. > > Pavel > > On 10/31/13 12:10 PM, Joseph Noel wrote: >> Hi All. I think I have asked this before but forgot. Old age. What is >> the appropriate number / percentage of reflections to flag for a >> statistically appropriate Free-R calculation? If I am correct, the >> reflection file editor in Phenix chooses by default either 10% of the >> measured reflections or 2000 whichever comes first. >> ______________________________________________________________________________________ >> Joseph P. Noel, Ph.D. >> Arthur and Julie Woodrow Chair >> Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute >> Professor, The Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics >> The Salk Institute for Biological Studies >> 10010 North Torrey Pines Road >> La Jolla, CA 92037 USA >> >> Phone: (858) 453-4100 extension 1442 >> Cell: (858) 349-4700 >> Fax: (858) 597-0855 >> E-mail: noel(a)salk.edu >> >> Publications & Citations: >> http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xiL1lscAAAAJ >> >> Homepage Salk: http://www.salk.edu/faculty/noel.html >> Homepage HHMI: http://hhmi.org/research/investigators/noel.html >> ______________________________________________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> phenixbb mailing list >> phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org >> http://phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb >> > _______________________________________________ > phenixbb mailing list > phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org > http://phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb _______________________________________________ phenixbb mailing list phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org http://phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb

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Appropriate number of reflections for FreeR
by Joseph Noel 03 Nov '13

03 Nov '13

Hi All. I think I have asked this before but forgot. Old age. What is the appropriate number / percentage of reflections to flag for a statistically appropriate Free-R calculation? If I am correct, the reflection file editor in Phenix chooses by default either 10% of the measured reflections or 2000 whichever comes first. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Joseph P. Noel, Ph.D. Arthur and Julie Woodrow Chair Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, The Jack H. Skirball Center for Chemical Biology and Proteomics The Salk Institute for Biological Studies 10010 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037 USA Phone: (858) 453-4100 extension 1442 Cell: (858) 349-4700 Fax: (858) 597-0855 E-mail: noel(a)salk.edu Publications & Citations: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xiL1lscAAAAJ Homepage Salk: http://www.salk.edu/faculty/noel.html Homepage HHMI: http://hhmi.org/research/investigators/noel.html ______________________________________________________________________________________

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Re: [phenixbb] Appropriate number of reflections for FreeR
by Pavel Afonine 02 Nov '13

02 Nov '13

Hi Rongjin, it's not really waste: test reflections are used not only in Rfree calculations, but in ML refinement target parameters estimations, so more test reflections you use better these estimations are, and so better refinement target is. I still believe that 10% is a good number, and any capping the amount of test reflections is NOT necessary: it's not about getting a statistically meaningful amount of them overall, but rather it's about getting the right spread of them across the whole resolution range, and the right amount across all of the thin slices of resolution. I imagine by capping them at a particular number you may end up having a couple of test reflections per certain bin, which isn't great. Pavel On 11/1/13 9:18 PM, Rongjin Guan wrote: > Thank you, Nat and Pavel. I just came back and saw replies from both of > you. Thanks a lot. > I have an impression that free_R set has max 2000 reflections, and more > importantly, each resolution shell has at least > 50 reflections, so I feel >4500 in the free_R set / 150 each shell kind > of luxury ("waste"), and if I have more reflections in the refinement > set, I could have better data/parameters ratio. But this may not make > much difference. > Best, and have a great weekend. > Rongjin > > > On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Nathaniel Echols <nechols(a)lbl.gov > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 12:13 PM, rjguan <rjguan(a)gmail.com > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I solved a structure with 2.7 A Se-Met data set, with 10% > reflections in free_R set. > > Now I have 2.0 A native data set, and extended free_R to 2.0A. > Now I have >4500 reflections > > in free_R set, each resolution shell has >150 reflections. Kind > of too much, right? > > I don't think it's necessarily too much, but it is probably more > than you need. > > > > What is the best way to reduce the number of reflections in the > free_R set, say, to 5%? > > I already built and refined model at 2.7 A, but do not want to > redo autobuild. > > Use the reflection file editor in the GUI - click "More options" in > the section for R-free flags, and check the box "Adjust test set > size to specified fraction". > > > Another question: now I have 2.0A data set, shall I use phases > from 2.7 A data in refinement? > > I compared, without using the phases I got lower R/R_free (about > 1% lower). > > is this because the 2.0 A data is more accurate than the 2.7 A > phases, and I should continue > > to refine at 2.0A without the phases from 2.7 A data? > > It's difficult to reach a conclusion by comparing R-factors alone; > maybe you simply need to run more cycles of refinement with phases > to get the same result. Alternately, if the crystals aren't truly > isomorphous, the phases may be inappropriate for the native > structure. But I think with 2.0Å data and a complete model, it is > perfectly valid to use the amplitudes-only ML refinement target. > > -Nat > >

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Phenix.Rosetta_refine on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
by Jan Gebauer 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

Dear all, I'm trying to get rosetta_refine working on ubuntu 12.04 LTS. This was the (latest) way I tried it: 1) Downloaded phenix-dev-1523 binary & installed it via installer in /usr/local/science/phenix4rosetta/phenix-dev-1523 2) Downloaded rosetta 2031wk42 and extracted it in /usr/local/science/phenix4rosetta/rosetta_2013wk42_bundle 3) Inserted into phenix_env.sh export ROSETTA_BIN=/usr/local/science/phenix4rosetta/rosetta_2013wk42_bundle/main/source/bin export PHENIX_ROSETTA_PATH=/usr/local/science/phenix4rosetta/rosetta_2013wk42_bundle/ export ROSETTA_BIN=/usr/local/science/phenix4rosetta/rosetta_2013wk42_bundle/main/database 4) sources phenix_env.sh 5) build the interface via rosetta.build_phenix_interface nproc=4 6) exceute the refinement via phenix.rosetta_refine phasermodel.pdb data.mtz nproc=4 The programm runs fine, up to the point where it should generate models via rosetta, it then stops and crashes. I have attached some logfiles Has anyone managed to run rosetta_refine on Ubuntu? Which phenix and rosetta versions did you use? Ist there anything wrong on my above mentioned build protocol? I'm thankful for any help. Regards, Jan Gebauer -- Dr. Jan Gebauer AG Prof. Baumann Institut für Biochemie / Uni-Köln Otto-Fischer-Str. 12-14 / 50674 Köln Fon: +49 (221) 470 3212 Fax: +49 (221) 470 5066 http://px.uni-koeln.de/

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warning: do not upgrade Mac OS yet!
by Nathaniel Echols 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

There is some kind of strange issue with wxPython on the new Mac OS ("Mavericks"), which for at least the 1.8.4 version prevents Phenix application windows (but not the main GUI) from opening. It is also printing out an extraordinary number of warning messages about fonts to the console. I'm hoping there is a simple solution (which seems likely, since 1.8.2 is mostly okay despite using the same version of wxPython), but until we figure out what is causing this, I recommend leaving your Macs unmolested if you want to use the Phenix GUI. Updates to follow if-and-when I fix this. thanks, Nat

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Using phenix_rosetta_refine
by Jan Gebauer 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

Dear all, I tried to install phenix.rosetta_refine for a recently solved structure, which only diffracts up to 3.5-4.0 Angstrom (anisotropic). However, I was unable to get the programs correctly set up. I first tried to compile phenix 1.8.4-1496 from source according to this documentation : http://www.phenix-online.org/version_docs/dev-1500/rosetta_refine.htm. The build process failed during GTK2 building, without an obvious explanation (error code 1, no missing libraries ...) I then realised that the developer version are potentially more suitable, as they seem to be prepared for this. I installed the binary from 1523 and tried to start the building process from there with rosetta.build_phenix_interface nproc=X Unfortunatelly Rosetta 3.5 seems to have a different folder structure. There is no main subfolder, instead there are "rosetta_sources", "rosetta_tools" and so one. After a fast "cp rosetta_sources main/source/" it worked a bit but still exited with: scons: *** Error converting option: extras Invalid value(s) for option: python File ..... /setup.py, line 72, in setup_build_options I have the following questions: 1) Am I right to assume that I do NOT have to recompile the dev 1523 (1520 states "Python shared library for linux) on Linux? 2) Which rosetta version do I have to use? Does 3.5 work? There is no 3.6 on rosettacommons... (or is it hidden?) Regards, Jan -- Dr. Jan Gebauer AG Prof. Baumann Institut für Biochemie / Uni-Köln Otto-Fischer-Str. 12-14 / 50674 Köln Fon: +49 (221) 470 3212 Fax: +49 (221) 470 5066 http://px.uni-koeln.de/

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Need help with atom selection for anisotropic refinement
by Dr. Mark Mayer 27 Oct '13

27 Oct '13

Hi, I'm trying to do a mixed individual isotropic anisotropic refinement b factor refinement and can't get my atom selections to be accepted by phenix.refine. For the atoms I want to do isotropic refinement I used optional (element H or element D or resname HOH or chain E or chain F or chain A or chain B) for the anisotropic selection I used chain A and chain B and not (element H or element D or resname HOH or chain E or chain F or chain A resseq 5:11 or chain A resseq 66:72 or chain A resseq 117:138 or chain A resseq 152:184 or chain A resseq 196:210 or chain A resseq 249:251 or chain B resseq 3:6 or chain B resseq 66:72 or chain B resseq 166:210 or chain B resseq 249:251) I've tried various combuinations, but so far all have given the error message: Selection string results in empty selection. Thanks for your help Mark --

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