Hi all,
Assume that the diffraction resolution is low (say 3.0A or worse) and the model (a high resolution homologue, from 2A xray data is available) was docked into experimental phases (say 4A or worse) and extended to the 3.0A data using refinement (the high resolution model as a source of restraints). There are some conformational differences between the high resolution model and the target crystal.
The author observes that in the 2fofc map at 3A, most of the model shows reasonable density, but for a stretch of backbone the density is weak.
Is the weakness of the density in this region because of disorder or bad model phases?
Would love people's thoughts on this one,
F
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Francis E. Reyes M.Sc.
215 UCB
University of Colorado at Boulder
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