Mirek,
coot's merging algorithm is a bit over-cautious in these cases. Try using
"Calculate->Change Chain ID" and define the residue ranges for the merge, that
should help.
HTH
Carsten
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mailing list for users of COOT Crystallographic Software
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mirek Cygler
> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 1:03 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [COOT] merge chains?
>
> Hi,
> I would like to combine two chains into one inside Coot. The
> residue
> numbers do not overlap. I cannot find the command to do it. Renaming
> the
> second chain does not work, Coot tells me that I alredy have a chain of
> that
> name.
> Thanks for your help,
>
> Mirek