Table 2. Progress of the crystal structure of the GCN4 Asn-16–Ala variant determined by elves running on an eight-processor, 2-GHz Athlon, Linux computer.
| elf | Task | Timing | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| wedger | Indexing | 38 sec | P4 symmetry |
| processer | Data integration (mosflm) | 39 min | 816 frames, 5 λs |
| scaler | Scale wedges (scala) | 3.5 hr | Rsym = 0.066-0.075 |
| phaser | Locate Ses (shelx) | 3 min | 3 sites |
| phaser | Refine Ses (mlphare) | 13 min | 〈m〉 = 0.507 |
| phaser | Solvent flatten (dm) | 15 min | 〈m〉 = 0.708 |
| phaser | Calculate electron density map (CCP4) | <1 min | |
| phaser | Se search and phasing in seven alternate space groups | 23 min | P43212 symmetry |
| processer | Build and refine model (arp/warp) | 4 hr | R/Rfree = 0.20/0.31 |
| Total time | 9.5 hr |