What are the most likely modifications of a CYS residue? I am attaching images of a couple of residues in my current structure. Blue is 2Fo-Fc, Green is Fo-Fc positive difference, purple is model-phased anomalous differences at 3 sigma, data from 1.70 A source. I am guessing about 3 non-H atoms, probably one of them with anomalous scattering. Not all CYS in the structure are thus modified, only these two, but they show up consistently in 4 noncrystallographic copies. TIA, -- ======================================================================= All Things Serve the Beam ======================================================================= David J. Schuller modern man in a post-modern world MacCHESS, Cornell University [log in to unmask]