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Subject: B-factor & Space gr questions!
From: "Ibrahim M {- dot -} Moustafa" I {- dot -} moustafa {- at -} PSU {- dot -} EDU
Date: 2007-06-04

Hi all,

While reading a crystallographic paper describing the structure
of an apo-protein and its complex I noticed that

the authors described the space goup as P6122 for the unit cell:
a=141.9, b=143.9, c=380.4 !

Could this be considered as a typo or I'm missing something here!
the requirement for the hexagonal is a = b # C....right?

Another observation in that paper too: the B-factors for the 2.4 A
and 3.2 A structures are 39 and 40?? Does this make sense to anyone??

The last question: In the same paper, for the complex structure R and
Rfree are equal (30%) is that an indication for improper refinement
in these published structure? I'd love to hear your comments on that too.

thanks,
Ibrahim

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