On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 07:59:34AM -0400, John Penniston wrote: > I would like to add my voice to John Simms'. In my hands the > restriction to an alpha helix works fine but the restriction to a beta > strand doesn't work at all. Could we please have a response on this > from the Sali group? Thanks.
This problem comes up from time to time. The most likely explanation for the lack of beta strand structure is that the imposed restraints are simply not strong enough to overcome the homology-derived restraints - if your templates don't have beta strand-like structure in the region, you're unlikely to be able to force the model to take on that geometry. However, it may be true that the code does not properly enforce the restraints under some circumstances, and I am investigating.
Ben Webb, Modeller Caretaker