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Lisa Wang wrote:
> Hello all,
> I have a complex structure  with resolution 2.7A The total molecular weight
> is 80KD, and about 10% is disordered. I refined this structure to R and
> Rfree 25.5% and 29.7% with CNS. I also tried refmac5, but the R and Rfree
> have no difference with CNS. I use sfcheck of ccp4 to check this structure.
> But sfcheck give the R-factor for all relections 29%. and Rfree 33%. Why
> sfcheck and CNS give different  R and Rfree?
> Which R and Rfree is true?
> Best
> Lisa
>
>   
Re truth - it is all relative!
  But SFCHECK, CNS and REFMAC all scale the data diferently, and at 2.7A 
resolution this can make a big difference to the R factors.
  Eleanor