[Chimera-users] Combining two models into one model

[Elaine Meng]

Hi Zhuangwei Zhang,
Chimera is not doing any "recognizing," this is just because you have the protein and peptide in two different models because they were opened from two different files.  This output PDB file has them as two models, which is OK for many programs.  However, If you want to write a PDB file where both structures are in one model, you have to first combine them.  

In Chimera you can combine models with the "copy/combine" function in the Model Panel (open Model Panel from Favorites menu, choose the two models on the left, i.e. highlight both rows with the mouse, then click the "copy/combine" button on the right, OR you can use the "combine" command.

copy/combine in Model Panel
<https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/modelpanel.html#combine>

combine command:
<https://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/combine.html>

Then just save the new combined model as a PDB file.

I hope this helps,
Elaine
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Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D.                       
UCSF Chimera(X) team
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
University of California, San Francisco

> On Sep 11, 2021, at 8:13 AM, Zhuangwei Zhang via Chimera-users <chimera-users at cgl.ucsf.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> Dear Chimera developers，
> I encountered some problems when dealing with complexes of peptide-protein docking，Chimera could not correctly recognize the peptide as a single ligand, but recognized the peptide as model 2 and the receptor protein as model 1.
> Like this:<781690BA-E872-401A-96D1-4F34E432BFE8.png>
> I would appreciate it if you could help me answer this question.
> Thank you.
> Zhuangwei zhang
> Zhejiang Oeacn University
> 
> <ligand.pdb><receptor.pdb><complex.pdb>x