Hi John, I'm sorry for the slow reply; I was on a site visit and out of email contact. The AutoBuild wizard in the current version (which I am afraid you probably do not have!) does try to take the FreeR flags from your input file. You can also tell it specifically to do so with the GUI and in the command-line with refinement_file=ref.mtz input_refinement_labels="FP SIGFP None None None None None None FreeR" If you have version 1.25a , then you still should be able to specify the column for FreeR flags in the GUI window that asks which column labels to use (I could be wrong about that, however, as I don't have this version on my computer any longer). You should also be able to specify them with a script: phenix.runWizard AutoBuild AutoBuild.start_from_model terwill@rosie> cat $PHENIX/phenix/phenix/wizard_scripts/AutoBuild.start_from_model # AutoBuild.start_from_model # script to run a AutoBuild starting from a model # Version 1.26 of 26-Jan-2007 # run with: # phenix.runWizard AutoBuild AutoBuild.start_from_model [restart] # if you specify restart it will forget everything, # otherwise it will continue on from where it is now. input_ncs_file NONE # heavy-atom or PDB file for finding NCS input_data_file $PHENIX/examples/p9-sad/solve_1.mtz # file with experimental data. # Can be any format if only FP SIGFP; must be mtz if phases or HL or FreeR input input_labels FP SIGFP None None None None None None FreeR_flag # optional # line defining the 9 columns in input_mtz_file corresponding to # FP SIGFP PHIB FOM HLA HLB HLC HLD FreeR (use "None" for missing) input_map_file $PHENIX/examples/p9-sad/resolve_1.mtz # Optional map-coefficients file for first rebuild input_map_labels FP PHIM FOMM # optional line defining the 3 columns # in input_map_file corresponding to FP PHIB FOM ("None" for missing) input_seq_file $PHENIX/examples/p9-sad/seq.dat # file with sequence in 1-letter form # separate chains with >>> resolution 2.5 # high-resolution limit solvent_fraction 0.60 # you can put any other parameters here input_pdb_file $PHENIX/examples/p9-sad/p9.pdb # input PDB file for rebuilding rebuild_in_place True # rebuild my_model.pdb in place # (as opposed to building from scratch) start_chains_list 4 # chain 1 starts at residue 4 # rebuild residues 21-27 of chain "" and 31-42 of chain "" # rebuild_res_start_list 21 31 # rebuild_res_end_list 27 42 # rebuild_chain_list "" "" # n_cycle_rebuild_min 5 # n_cycle_rebuild_max 10 # AutoBuild will run automatically from here on with no more inputs I hope that helps! The new version of PHENIX that will be out very soon fixes many other problems as well! All the best, Tom T At 03:26 AM 3/13/2007, john kryst wrote:

Hi phenixbb !!

I have few questions.

1. Is there any utility in phenix to write out pdb formatted (which is ready to deposit) output file.. like xtal_pdbsubmission utility in CNS. 2. In Autobuild wizard how to ask the program to use the Free R flags present in the file. It always generates new Free R flags during refinement. One general question.

Does the rmsd estimation (for eg. rmsd_bonds ) depends on the program we use ??

I have been refining in CNS. then i used Autobuild wizard to build my model. when i went back to cns the rmsd of bond increased ( 0.0218 A). But phenix.refine says it it 0.007A.

Thanks in advance for your kind inputs.

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