Re: [ccp4bb]: MR

["Eleanor J. Dodson" <ccp4@ysbl.york.ac.uk>]

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Jeroen Mesters wrote:
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> Hi ccp4bb community,
> 
> our protein contains two zinc ions for which we are able to pick up
> the signal. However, the phasing power is to low to solve the structure.
> With MR we also failed because the search model is less then half of
> the molecule with about 30 % seq. identity but also containing two zincs.
> 
> Is it possible to use the zinc ions as an anchoring point and rotate the
> search model around this axis?! Which program will do so?
> 
> THANX, JEROEN
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 Hmmm - you lose the chance to use FFT search functions then. Best to
verify your solutions by checking the Zn positions are consistent 

Eleanor