On 8 August 2016 at 21:04, Mahdi, Sam <sam.mahdi.846@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, I had some general questions regarding model-free analysis that came up as I was running it. About 2 months ago, I ran model-free on a 126 residue protein. The pdb file I used for the protein had an extra 7 residue modifier at one of the terminals, which made it 133 residues; thus, my data did not match the pdf file. That run took a little over a week, with the sphere model running about 2 models, along with every other model being about 2. The data for this run I obtained was unusable (values as small as 5x10^-30 for S^2). I attributed this to the fact that my pdf files sequence did not align with my data.
Do you mean that the residue numbers were out by 7? I have considered this, but relax currently has no way of renumbering the residues in a 3D structure or renumbering the residues of the input data. So unfortunately you'll either have to use a molecular view to change your PDF file, or a script or spreadsheet to renumber your input data.
I adjusted my relax data (simply added 7 residues with no values), and ran it again (all settings the same as before, everything automatic).
I don't think that your data will match up to the correct residues. The residue numbers in the PDB file and the input relaxation data must be exact matches.
This time it has taken almost a month, with the sphere model on its 20th run. I saw in a previous email that the max is 30 iterations. Is it normal to hit the max? Does this mean my data is bad if it requires the max 30 iterations? Also, why is it running up to 20 now? The 7 residues I added didn't have data, so it doesn't run models for them. I assumed there would be a difference in time since the data is now attributed to different spins, but not this much of a difference.
If the 3D info and input data do not match, then the results for non-isotropic (ellipsoidal and spheroidal diffusion) will make no sense. In relax you should never need to add relaxation data for these 7 residues, as relax will handle this situation automatically. What does your input relaxation data look like? Regards, Edward