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eLBOW generates Mogul geometries
by Nigel Moriarty 23 Dec '11

23 Dec '11

Folks For a few weeks now eLBOW has been able to generate Mogul geometries. If you have CCDC's mogul installed and accessible at the command-line, eLBOW can request Mogul provide an experimentally accurate geometry. Simply use the --mogul option at the command-line and eLBOW will query Mogul for the geometry to use to generate a restraints file and a PDB file. Stay tuned for more details in the Computational Crystallography Newsletter. Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Nigel -- Nigel W. Moriarty, PhD Building 64R0246B, Physical Biosciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley, CA 94720-8235 Phone : 510-486-5709 Email : NWMoriarty(a)LBL.gov Fax : 510-486-5909 Web : CCI.LBL.gov

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partial model in autobuild?
by Yarrow Madrona 21 Dec '11

21 Dec '11

Hello, I would like to use autobuild to start from a partial model. I have done Phaser EP with phases from MR. I can see the fourth molecule but it is not well defined and I am not exactly sure where to place it. Is it possible to run autobuild from the partial model to fill in the fourth model? Thanks. -Yarrow -- Yarrow Madrona Graduate Student Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Dept. University of California, Irvine Natural Sciences I, Rm 2403 Irvine, CA 92697

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Re: [phenixbb] Reflection file woes phenix/ccp4/PDB
by Machius, Mischa Christian 20 Dec '11

20 Dec '11

Robbie, Yes, the thought that the anomalous R free flags could have something to do with it occurred to me as well, so I checked. As far as I can see, the test reflections are evenly distributed between the + and - sets; they were not selected from the + or - set only. For the vast majority of the test reflections, both Bijvoet mates were measured and both were flagged properly. For some, however, only one Bijvoet mate was measured and flagged. It probably wouldn't do any harm to consolidate the test flags, discarding the few with only one measured Bijvoet mate, but I really don't see why it should be necessary to do so. For now, I have converted the reflection file into the CNS format and sent to the PDB, hoping that they will be able to deal with that one properly. Bit surprised though that no one has run into that problem before. Thanks for your suggestion. MM On Dec 16, 2011, at 3:54 AM, Robbie P. Joosten wrote: > Hi Mischa, > > Your mtz file seems to contain 'anomalous' free R-flags (that is what I gather from Pavel's post). This is kind of weird. Do you really want I+ in the work set and I- in the test set? That would bias your R-free. If the two flags match (which I really hope), then you can leave one column out before you (re)deposit your data. This will hopefully solves the problem. > > Cheers, > Robbie Joosten > > Netherlands Cancer Institute > > On 12/15/2011 05:40 PM, Machius, Mischa Christian wrote: >> Y'all, >> >> While depositing a structure, the PDB 'complained' about my structure-factor file, saying they don't contain R-free flags or are otherwise incomplete. The comment was prompted by their Refmac R-factor test failing. >> >> The structure-factor file I submitted came from phenix.refine (xxx_data.mtz). I am using version 1.7.3-928. >> >> Indeed, using this file in CCP4 fails with the message: >> "CCP4MTZfile: Mtz column type mismatch: I-obs(+) K-J CCP4MTZfile: Mtz column type mismatch: SIGI-obs(+) M-Q" >> >> The file contains anomalous data. I have no problems with files that do not contain anomalous data. >> >> Needless to say that Phenix uses the structure-factor file just fine when reading it back into, say, its validation utility. >> >> When I use iotbx.reflection_file_reader, I cannot detect any anomalies. >> >> I am at a loss as to how to resolve this issue. I would like to deposit the data as prepared by Phenix so that the PDB tools can use them. >> >> Anybody ran into this issue before? Any ideas for how to resolve it? >> >> Many thanks in advance! >> >> MM >> _______________________________________________ >> phenixbb mailing list >> phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org >> http://phenix-online.org/mailman/listinfo/phenixbb

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Failure in installing Phenix-1.7.3
by arka chakraborty 20 Dec '11

20 Dec '11

Hi all I am facing a problem while installing phenix 1.7.3 on Redhat Enterprise 5 OS. I have tried with fedora 3 binary as instructed in the download page and also with others but nothing works. I have tried installing from the root. Every time the error log is states that GLIB 2.4 is unavailable which is required by user/local/.. Please help! Thanks in advance, ARKO -- *ARKA CHAKRABORTY* *CAS in Crystallography and Biophysics* *University of Madras* *Chennai,India*

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SF-Tool check
by Dialing Pretty 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Dear All, I have done the SF-Tool check for my protein crystal structure, and the result is as following. My 3 questions are (1) What does the following mean and how to solve the problem "Error! No labels are written for MTZ to mmCIF conversion Structure factor conversion is done?" (2)Where there is no "Calculated phenix R_factor(all data)"? (3) Where there is no "Correlation (Fo-Fc)"? I am looking forward to getting your reply. Dialing Error! No labels are written for MTZ to mmCIF conversion Structure factor conversion is done. Header of the mtz file can be seen from here Click here to see the converted mmCIF file Checking Xray Data by PHENIX (model_vs_data) ... PHENIX (model_vs_data) is done. Checking structure factor quality ... PHENIX.xtriage is done. Summary of Results (XXXX : ) Reported PHENIX Calculated phenix High resolution 2.829 2.83 Low resolution 50.937 50.94 Number of Reflection17446 17446 Completeness 99.98 100.0 R_factor (all data) 0.2134 ? R_factor (work set) 0.2106 0.2093 R_free 0.2668 0.2667 Correlation (Fo-Fc) ? ?

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Prevent MacPyMOL from registering as a valid pdb/pml/etc viewer.
by Francis E Reyes 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Hi phenix developers I just installed 1.7.3-928. Apparently, OS X thinks the internally distributed pymol is my preferred pdb viewer (as opposed to my more recent build in /Applications). This may have something to do with the Info.plist registering document types. A small change in Finder for the user, but it was quite maddening to figure out why I had opened a pdb and pseudoatom was not working. Can future builds keep the internally distributed pymol as walled in as possible? Thanks! F --------------------------------------------- Francis E. Reyes M.Sc. 215 UCB University of Colorado at Boulder

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fwd: Annual CCP4 summer school in USA, at APS, June 19-26
by Nathaniel Echols 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sanishvili, Ruslan" <rsanishvili(a)anl.gov> To: "'phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org'" <phenixbb(a)phenix-online.org> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:39:28 -0600 Subject: Annual CCP4 summer school in USA, at APS, June 19-26 Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the fifth annual CCP4 summer school at Advanced Photon Source (APS), Argonne National Laboratory (ANL). All details can be found at http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/APS-2012/ Title: "CCP4 school: From data collection to structure refinement and beyond" Dates: June 19 to 26. Site: Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois (Near Chicago), USA The school content: Data collection workshop the first two days: beamline training and data collection on GM/CA-CAT beamlines 23ID-B and 23ID-D. For data collection, only the participants' crystals will be used. Software workshop: The rest of the time after data collection will feature many modern crystallographic software packages taught by authors and other experts. It will be organized in three Sections – lectures, tutorials and hands-on trouble-shooting. There will be model data sets available for tutorials but data, provided by participants, will have higher priority for the hands-on sessions. Applicants: Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers and young scientists at the assistant professor level are encouraged to apply. Only 20 applicants will be selected for participation. Participants of the workshop are strongly encouraged to bring their own problem data sets or crystals so the problems can be addressed during data collection workshop and/or hands-on sessions. Application: Application deadline is April 17. The application form, the program, contact info and other details can be found at http://www.ccp4.ac.uk/schools/APS-2012/ Fees: There is no fee for the workshop. The students will be responsible for their transportation and lodging. The workshop organizers will arrange economical lodging at the Argonne Guest House. The workshop will also cover the expenses for all meals and refreshments. Garib, Ronan and Nukri Ruslan Sanishvili (Nukri), Ph.D. GM/CA-CAT Biosciences Division, ANL 9700 S. Cass Ave. Argonne, IL 60439 Tel: (630)252-0665 Fax: (630)252-0667 rsanishvili(a)anl.gov

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phenix.refine and ligands
by AFL 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Hi, I'm facing an extremely annoying 'problem' when refining structures with ligands. When I try to refine a structure with a ligand inserted in coot from what I believe is refmac dictionary I'm getting following error: Number of atoms with unknown nonbonded energy type symbols: 13 "HETATM 3279 OG2 FLC B 1 .*. O " "HETATM 3280 CGC FLC B 1 .*. C " "HETATM 3281 OG1 FLC B 1 .*. O " "HETATM 3282 CG FLC B 1 .*. C " "HETATM 3283 CB FLC B 1 .*. C " "HETATM 3284 OHB FLC B 1 .*. O " "HETATM 3285 CBC FLC B 1 .*. C " "HETATM 3286 OB2 FLC B 1 .*. O " "HETATM 3287 OB1 FLC B 1 .*. O " "HETATM 3288 CA FLC B 1 .*. C " ... (remaining 3 not shown) When FLC (citrate anion) is exported via libcheck and cif file is generated with phenix.elbow everything works fine. Why is the phenix.refine not compatible with the refmac dictionary definitions? Or maybe I am doing something wrong? Cheers, Andrzej -- alnyds(a)gmail.com e-mail

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High B-factors after Phenix restrained refinement
by Da Duan 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

Hi all I am rather new to the crystallography so please bear with me, :-). I used Phenix AutoMR to solved a structure to 3.3A and after 1 round of rigidbody refinement with Phenix Refine I proceeded to restrained refinement. The R/Rfree from the refinement decreased nicely as expected but the B average is at ~100 (using Group B factor refinement option). I took the same model and mtz through Refmac and the B average is about ~40. Has anyone experienced this before? I am almost positive it maybe a setting issue in Phenix Refine that i should be looking at to get the B factors to refine correctly. Thanks in advance for your help! Da Duan

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Phaser problems
by Yarrow Madrona 18 Dec '11

18 Dec '11

Hello, Lately I have been having some trouble with phaser MR. For some reason even if I get a complete solution, it involves molecules from two different unit cells and it one case it picked up a symmetry related molecule as a crystallagraphic dimer. Recently I re-ran jobs from a sucessful run (over a year ago) in Phaser 2.1.4 where I get 4 molecules in the asymetric unit with plausable contacts that refined very well. Recently, however, I have re-run the job with the same search molecule and settings (all default). Although I get a solution, it involves molecules apparently from two asymetric units. The dimers formed are not the same contacts as what was seen in the earlier phaser run with Phaser 2.1.4. However if you turn on the symetry related molecues the tight crystallagraphic dimer seen previously shows up between one molecule and a symmetry mate. Has anyone had experiences like these recently with phaser? BTW my search model is 99% identical to my molecule (only one residue difference). Thanks. -Yarrow -- Yarrow Madrona Graduate Student Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Dept. University of California, Irvine Natural Sciences I, Rm 2403 Irvine, CA 92697

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