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Re: [ccp4bb] question about getting rid of model bias in refinement

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Subject: Re: question about getting rid of model bias in refinement
From: Anastassis Perrakis a {- dot -} perrakis {- at -} NKI {- dot -} NL
Date: 2008-07-29

If resolution is around 2.0 or better, ARP/wARP is particularly
powerful for such cases when model bias needs to be reduced.

For more info:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18094467?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11567158?ordinalpos=4&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Tassos

On Jul 28, 2008, at 3:19, Sun Tang wrote:

>
> Hello Charlie,
>
>
> Thank you very much for your comments. I mostly agree with you.
> However, as far as I know most of the complexes structures are
> solved with MR with the their apo-enzyme as search model and refined
> the structures with CCP4 or CNS. I tried the simulated annealing
> omitting the residue and 4 neighboring residues on each side and I
> found the conformation are essentially the same. I also tried to use
> composite omit-map calculation in CSN but I gave it because it took
> several days of computer time but only finished only 1/4 of the
> calculation.
>
>
> I understand the starting from the beginning is one choice. I wonder
> whether there are other easier ways in CCP4 to deal with this
> situation because this problem is quite common in refinement.
>
>
> I appreciate all the replies to my questions and I say "Thank you
> very much" here.
>
>
> Best,
>
>
> Sun
>
>
> --- On Sat, 7/26/08, Charles W. Carter Jr. wrote:
>
> From: Charles W. Carter Jr.
> Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] question about getting rid of model bias in
> refinement
> To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008, 3:15 PM
>
> Sun,
>
> I'm most of the way to one side of this debate: I believe that it
> is not possible to emerge fully from model bias without avoiding it
> in the first place with experimental phases. I may be overly
> pessimistic, but have considerable experience supporting at least
> skepticism.
>
> My interpretation of the experimental result you describe is that
> the covariances among the parts of the structure you left in place
> and those side chains you omitted is so strong and extensive that
> you'll never see the correct density coming back upon refinement,
> because other parts of the structure are ever so slightly off their
> true mean positions to compensate for the (evidently false)
> positions of the residues you omitted. Bill's suggestion that you
> actually refine the structure using simulated annealing without the
> omitted residues is an improvement over what you did, but it will
> require many cycles to get a much better approximation, and there is
> really no way to be sure when you can be confident. Starting the
> entire refinement over is a more aggressive strategy. If you decide
> to try this, you should examine the projection of the residue by
> residue real-space correlation coefficients across the entire
> sequence to ensure that you have only one population of values and
> delete all residues that comprise any population that has a
> distinctly different real-space correlation coefficient, building
> them back into the structure as it refines. That is, you should
> ensure that you don't begin refining any residues at the very
> beginning for which there is evidence that they might be different
> from their positions in your molecular replacement model.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Jul 26, 2008, at 2:12 PM, William G. Scott wrote:
>
>> Hi Sun:
>>
>> It might be worth doing a simulated annealing omit refinement in
>> phenix or CNS, with the residues in question omitted. CNS also
>> allows you to make a composite-omit map. I haven't seen that in
>> phenix yet but presumably it is doable.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> William G. Scott
>>
>> Contact info:
>> http://chemistry.ucsc.edu/~wgscott/
>>
>>
>> On Jul 25, 2008, at 10:53 PM, Sun Tang wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>> I have a question about getting rid of model bias in refinement
>>> with refmac. I solved the structure with molecular replacement.
>>> After final refinement of the structure, I found out some key
>>> amino acids in the structure and wanted to make sure their
>>> conformations are correct. I omitted these amino acids (by setting
>>> occupancy to zero) and refined the structure. I manually fit the
>>> amino acids into the density and refined the structure again. I
>>> found these amino acids return to the precious conformations even
>>> though the conformations I fit were different. Should I omit these
>>> amino acids from the beginning of the refinement? What is the best
>>> way to get rid of the model bias? Your suggestions are greatly
>>> appreciated!
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Sun
>>>
>>>
>>>
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