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Re: [ccp4bb]: Cys modification
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Jeff Taylor wrote:
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> Is this common? I checked a sub set of the pdb and did not find any
> metal ions near cysteines.
>
That is probably because people tend to deposit native structures, and
not their heavy metal derivatives. If you look in the heavy metal
database (http://wwwbmcd.nist.gov:8080/bmcd/bmcd.html)
you can find a lot of examples, especially with mercury. Depends on what
you have in your buffers I guess....
Flip
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