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There are some options, but in the end you might have to accept a fairly large number of [[Ramachandran plot]] outliers.
There are some options, but in the end you might have to accept a fairly large number of [[Ramachandran plot]] outliers.


Try [[PHENIX|phenix.refine]] with the keyword "discard_psi_phi=False". Then the psi and phi dihedral angles should be restrained according to the CCP4 monomer library definitions. There was a [http://www.phenix-online.org/pipermail/phenixbb/2007-July/000357.html discussion of in in the phenixbb in juli 2007]. Also see the [http://www.dl.ac.uk/list-archive-public/ccp4bb/msg19554.html discussion in the ccp4bb from december 2006].
Try [[PHENIX|phenix.refine]] with the keyword "discard_psi_phi=False". Then the psi and phi dihedral angles should be restrained according to the CCP4 monomer library definitions. There was a [http://www.phenix-online.org/pipermail/phenixbb/2007-July/000357.html discussion of in in the phenixbb in July 2007]. Also see the [http://www.dl.ac.uk/list-archive-public/ccp4bb/msg19554.html discussion in the ccp4bb from December 2006].


Remember that [[Ramachandran plot|phi-psi angels]] are excellent for [[validation]] purposes, but only when they are unrestrained, so if you restrain them you lose this option!
Remember that [[Ramachandran plot|phi-psi angles]] are excellent for [[validation]] purposes but only when they are unrestrained. If you restrain them, you lose this option!


You can also try restraining alpha-helices hydrogen bonding, and beta-sheet cross-strand hydrogen bonds. This can be done in [[REFMAC]], [[PHENIX|phenix.refine]] and [[CNS]] (its documented for all of them).  
You can also try restraining alpha-helices hydrogen bonding, and beta-sheet cross-strand hydrogen bonds. This can be done in [[REFMAC]], [[PHENIX|phenix.refine]] and [[CNS]] (it's documented for all of them).  


If you are really desperate, another option could be to use harmonic restraints in [[CNS]] to keep your backbone fairly fixed in parts of the map where you believe the secondary structure is correct (most likely alpha-helices). You could also fix main chain elements completely (in any refinement program), but it is definitely preferable to leave some room for change in the xyz-positions, and harmonic restrains are a nice way of doing exactly that.
If you are really desperate, another option could be to use harmonic restraints in [[CNS]] to keep your backbone fairly fixed in parts of the map where you believe the secondary structure is correct (most likely alpha-helices). You could also fix main-chain elements completely (in any refinement program), but it is definitely preferable to leave some room for change in the xyz positions, and harmonic restraints are a nice way of doing exactly that.