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Chimera comands
by Michał Kadlof 16 Nov '17

16 Nov '17

Hello, I have some troubles with finding in documentation suitable commands. How do I should write script which: - open a trajectory in saved PDB or PSF/DCD in MD movie tool. - read pseudobonds from file, and change the color of all of them at once - change origin, voxel size and rotation angle of opened volumetric data Can you help me? -- best wishes, Michał Kadlof <m.kadlof(a)cent.uw.edu.pl <mailto:m.kadlof@cent.uw.edu.pl>>

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scripting: howto add IDATM labels
by Wiktor Pronobis 15 Nov '17

15 Nov '17

Hi all, I have a python script and want to know, how do I 1. add IDATM labels to the atoms 2. add a label in the upper right/left corner 3. make image nicer 4. save image as png I use the command "from chimera import runCommand as rc" and then "rc(COMMAND)" What should COMMAND be for my questions 1. - 4.? Thanks in advance, wpron

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Re: [Chimera-users] the matrix reported in 'fit in map'
by Tom Goddard 14 Nov '17

14 Nov '17

Hi Qiang, Glad you figured this out. Chimera uses whatever map origin is specified in the map file, and this may not follow the EMAN2 convention of putting the origin at the center of the map. You can change the map origin in Chimera using Volume Viewer panel menu entry Features / Coordinates, and you could save a new map with that origin with Volume Viewer menu File / Save Map As…. Tom > On Nov 13, 2017, at 8:10 PM, 周强 wrote: > > Hi Tom, > Thank you very much for your kind reply. > I have tested the Chimera matrix in EMAN2 Transform class as you described. The rotation part is consistent between Chimera and EMAN2. The translation part is also consistent if the origin index is set to the center of the map. ( For even images, the center is at (nx/2,ny/2) where the first pixel is at (0,0). For odd sized images, the center is at ((nx-1)/2,(ny-1)/2). The same concept extends to 3-D. http://blake.bcm.edu/emanwikiEman2TransformInPython ). > > Qiang > > >> -----原始邮件----- >> 发件人: "Tom Goddard" <goddard(a)sonic.net> >> 发送时间: 2017-11-14 02:13:27 (星期二) >> 收件人: "周强" <zhouq2015(a)mail.tsinghua.edu.cn> >> 抄送: >> 主题: Re: [Chimera-users] the matrix reported in 'fit in map' >> >> Hi Qiang, >> >> The 3x4 matrix reported by Chimera has the 3x3 rotation in the first 3 columns and the translation in the last column. I do not know EMAN2 conventions. Chimera does not use or convert to Euler angles. Keep in mind that the rotation is about the origin of the map coordinates which is set by the “Origin index” value (shown with Chimera Volume Viewer menu entry Features / Coordinates). If you rotate your map about a different origin, then that becomes a non-zero translation and a rotation about the map origin. >> >> Tom >> >> >>> On Nov 10, 2017, at 8:36 PM, 周强 <zhouq2015(a)mail.tsinghua.edu.cn> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Chimera developer group, >>> I am Dr. Qiang Zhou from Tsinghua university in Beijing China. Recently I'm going to calculate relative position between two maps with 'fit in map' in chimera. The 'fit in map' feature reported a matrix of 3 x 4. Can I convert this matrix to Euler angle with transform class of EMAN2 directly? Is the matrix of chimera same to that of EMAN2? BTW, The translation column in chimera matrix maybe contains a bug. I just manually rotated a map and then fit it into the original map. The matrix reported by Chimera should contain zero translation column. However, it reported a non-zero value (about 6-7 pixel) in translation column. >>> Thank you very much. >>> Qiang >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Chimera-users mailing list: Chimera-users(a)cgl.ucsf.edu >>> Manage subscription: http://plato.cgl.ucsf.edu/mailman/listinfo/chimera-users >

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Help using Chimera with SFLD - I cannot 'view in chimera'
by Anne-Frances Miller 14 Nov '17

14 Nov '17

Dear Elaine, or other Chimera Guru, I would like to start using the wonderful tools in SFLD, and watched the tutorials, however when I try to do any of the things that is supposed to send something to Chimera, it crashes. I cannot open enzyme active sites in Chimera, or HMM alignments. I have updated by chimera. I am running Mac OS X 10.10.5, and firefox 56.0.2 Anne-Frances Miller Professor of Chemistry University of Kentucky

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cap clipping plane
by René Frank 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

Hi, I have a problem that the cap of my clipping plane is capping only some of the electron density. See screenshot attached. Any tips on how to ensure all electron densities, including smaller structures, are capped would be gratefully received. Many thanks, René ============================= Dr R. Frank, PhD MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Francis Crick Avenue Cambridge CB2 0QH United Kingdom Lab: +44 1223 267487 Mobile: +44 7870 208280 ============================

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question
by 等儿会儿 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

dear editor： i am a noob with using Chimera. Now, i want to find and select all amino acid surrounding my ligand within a particular range（eg. 10Å）,how should i do? thanks for your help ! from a user

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the matrix reported in 'fit in map'
by 周强 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

Dear Chimera developer group, I am Dr. Qiang Zhou from Tsinghua university in Beijing China. Recently I'm going to calculate relative position between two maps with 'fit in map' in chimera. The 'fit in map' feature reported a matrix of 3 x 4. Can I convert this matrix to Euler angle with transform class of EMAN2 directly? Is the matrix of chimera same to that of EMAN2? BTW, The translation column in chimera matrix maybe contains a bug. I just manually rotated a map and then fit it into the original map. The matrix reported by Chimera should contain zero translation column. However, it reported a non-zero value (about 6-7 pixel) in translation column. Thank you very much. Qiang

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working with PDB files from XplorNIH
by Miriam Gochin 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

I am wondering if it is possible in Chimera to select between different chains in a multimer that are defined by the SEGID parameter in XPLOR. This appears on columns 77-80 of the PDB file, e.g. in this homotrimer: ATOM 1 N GLN 1 -2.276 -27.488 29.307 1.00 0.00 A ... ATOM 684 N GLY 1 4.365 -26.465 20.200 1.00 0.00 C --- ATOM 1357 N GLN 1 13.798 -26.207 29.441 1.00 0.00 E ... Atom selection results in picking up 3 atoms instead of 1, since Chimera expects the chain designation after the residue name. The XPLOR output is therefore not compatible with Chimera input requirements and I am wondering if there is a workaround. Many thanks for any suggestions. --------------------------------- Miriam Gochin Touro University California miriam.gochin(a)tu.edu 707-638-5463

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help！
by 余汉文 12 Nov '17

12 Nov '17

Good afternoon! Can you give me a favor? I have a serious problem in the process of studying application cytoscape. I can't open protein structure formate file in cytoscape via RINalyzer. However UCSF Chimera does not start. SO I check the path to UCSF Chimera. The Chimera is installed at D:\Chimera. Finally, i open the dialog Cytoscape Preferences Editor to modify the path "D:\Chimera\bin". But i can't open the protein structure formate file in cytoscape via RINalyzer as same as early. I Heartfelt thank you to help me solve this problem. From the student in china

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Help with chimera / sfld compatibility
by Anne-Frances Miller 11 Nov '17

11 Nov '17

Hello experts, I have tried reloading many things and switched browsers. When I am in SFLD and want to view my aligned sequences of the subgroup identified by my enzyme, in chimera, I get the error message: Error while processing /Users/afm/Desktop/sfld-3.chimerax: '/var/folders/zg/vzx644v88xl59y001s75rw2h0000gp/T/hmmer_align_fsgWHiJp.sto' is not a Stockholm file Also Any ideas? IOError at /ajax/download_temp/hmmer_align_mZdHMnpU.sto/ [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/tmp/sfld/hmmer_align_mZdHMnpU.sto' Request Method: GET Request URL: http://sfld.rbvi.ucsf.edu/django/ajax/download_temp/hmmer_align_mZdHMnpU.st… Django Version: 1.6.8 Exception Type: IOError Exception Value: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: u'/tmp/sfld/hmmer_align_mZdHMnpU.sto' Exception Location: /usr/local/projects/sfld/production/www/sflddjango/apache/../../sflddjango/sfldajax/views.py in download_tempfile, line 61 Python Executable: /usr/bin/python Python Version: 2.7.5 Python Path: ['/usr/local/projects/netgen/production/lib/python/netgen/interface', '/usr/local/projects/sfld/production/lib/python/sqlparse-0.1.13-py2.7.egg', '/usr/local/projects/sfld/production/lib/python/MySQL_python-1.2.3-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg', '/usr/local/projects/sfld/production/lib/python/django_debug_toolbar-1.2.2-py2.7.egg', '/usr/local/projects/sfld/production/lib/python/pycharm-debug.egg', '/usr/local/projects/sfld/production/lib/python/Sphinx-1.0.7-py2.7.egg', '/usr/local/projects/sfld/production/www/sflddjango/apache/../../../lib/python', '/usr/local/projects/sfld/production/www/sflddjango/apache/../..', '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PEAK_Rules-0.5a1.dev_r2713-py2.7.egg', '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/Extremes-1.1.1-py2.7.egg', '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/AddOns-0.7-py2.7.egg', '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/DecoratorTools-1.8-py2.7.egg', '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/BytecodeAssembler-0.6-py2.7.egg', '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/SymbolType-1.0-py2.7.egg', '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PrivateWikis-1.0.0-py2.7.egg', '/usr/lib64/python27.zip', '/usr/lib64/python2.7', '/usr/lib64/python2.7/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-tk', '/usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-old', '/usr/lib64/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages', '/usr/local/lib64/python2.7/site-packages', '/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gtk-2.0', '/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages', '/usr/local/projects/netgen/production/lib/python'] Server time: Sat, 11 Nov 2017 08:54:00 -0800 Anne-Frances Miller Professor of Chemistry University of Kentucky

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labels turned white
by Oleksiy Kovtun 09 Nov '17

09 Nov '17

Dear community, I encountered a problem with 2D labels turning white disregards what colour presets I give. The script reads title presets from a file (2dlabel path) and then display the title with these commnads: 2dlabels change * bgColor 1,1,1,0.75; 2dlabels change title visibility show The 'title' label should appear as opaque black font as defined in the label file: Label title (x,y): (0.18,0.5) text: u'Title' shown: False font size(s): 40 font style(s): bold font typeface(s): sans serif color(s): (0, 0, 0, 1) But it appears in white. Bizarrely all other presets in the label file translate into the title appearance as they should except for the colour. I run Chimera 1.11.12 (build 41280) on Unix. Script and label file are attached. Thank you. Oleksiy Dr Oleksiy Kovtun Research Fellow Briggs group MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Francis Crick Avenue Cambridge CB2 0QH UK Tel: + 44 1223 267551 Email: okovtun(a)mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk

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All PDB ca atom pairwise distance
by Kyle Morris 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

Dear chimera dev and users, Is there a way to calculate (using the GUI, commands or using a python script) the pairwise distances for every single c-alpha atom in a set of loaded PDB coordinates and spit this out to a file for further analysis? There are 142,800 atoms in the current loaded assembly. Thanks! Kyle

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rmsd graph
by SEFA ÇELİK 02 Nov '17

02 Nov '17

Dear Dr. I am using Chimera software(windows platform). I tried to get rmsd graph. And I got the result. But, graph's x-axis "*frame*" and y-axis "*rmsd*" value. I want the x axis to be the "*time*". Briefly, I want to see how the value of rmsd changes with time. Can you help with this? Could you explain in detail? Best regard Dr. Sefa Celik

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error during MPEGM enconding
by Edoardo D'Imprima 02 Nov '17

02 Nov '17

Dear Chimera team, I ma trying to record a simple movie using the following command #!/bin/csh -f # # windowsize 900 1094 movie record supersample 4 volume #0 style solid; wait volume #0 planes z,0,0; wait volume #0 planes z,0,115; wait movie stop ###bitrate 5000 movie encode output my_movie.mp4 quality highest framerate 25 mformat mp4 however I keep on getting this error message: /Applications/Chimera/Chimera.app/Contents/Resources/bin/ffmpeg -r 25.0 -i /var/folders/2h/r_flycl50hj8klh8w4t1xmw400030f/T/chimovie_Vcz6-%05d.ppm -vf crop=floor(in_w/2)*2:floor(in_h/2)*2:0:0 -y -f mp4 -pix_fmt yuv420p -qscale 1 /Users/user/Desktop/folder/my_movie.mp4 An error occurred during encoding. See Reply Log for details. Error during MPEG encoding: ----------------------------- Exit value: 1 Error message: libavutil 52. 48.100 / 52. 48.100 libavcodec 55. 39.100 / 55. 39.100 libavformat 55. 19.104 / 55. 19.104 libavdevice 55. 5.100 / 55. 5.100 libavfilter 3. 90.100 / 3. 90.100 libswscale 2. 5.101 / 2. 5.101 libswresample 0. 17.104 / 0. 17.104 libpostproc 52. 3.100 / 52. 3.100 [image2 @ 0x7fac00802000] Could find no file with path '/var/folders/2h/r_flycl50hj8klh8w4t1xmw400030f/T/chimovie_Vcz6-%05d.ppm' and index in the range 0-4 /var/folders/2h/r_flycl50hj8klh8w4t1xmw400030f/T/chimovie_Vcz6-%05d.ppm: No such file or directory Could you please let me know what am I doing wrong? I tried both on my laptop (MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) with OS version 10.11.6 (15G1004)) and our linux terminals (Linux sbterm 3.10.0-514.16.1.el7.x86_64 GNU/Linux) It happens on both Chimera 1.12 and Chimera 1.11 Many thanks in advance, Edoardo --------------------------------------------------- Edoardo D'Imprima PhD Student Max Planck Institute of Biophysics Structural Biology Department Max-von-Laue Straße 3 60438 Frankfurt am Main Germany Tel: +49 (0) 69 6303 3015

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ChimeraX x Chimera feature comparison?
by Gustavo Seabra 02 Nov '17

02 Nov '17

Hi guys, I wonder if there is a ChimeraX x Chimera feature comparison anywhere. I’m aware of the “ChimeraX Advantages” page (http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/docs/user/advantages.html) However, I’m actually looking for a comparison that can tell what features are currently on Chimera that are *not* in ChimeraX, to consider if there is any reason to keep both in the computer. Thanks, -- Gustavo Seabra Adjunct Professor Federal University in Pernambuco Recife - PE - Brazil +55-81-2126-7450 x5023 (goo.gl/ktsXSc)

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problem with showing broken peptide after residues with alternative conformation
by Wangshu Jiang 01 Nov '17

01 Nov '17

Dear Chimera Support, I am using Chimera to performing structural analysis for a manuscript. I have been struggling to show the protein structure with PDB entry 3LR2, the peptide bond between residue with alternative conformations and the next residue was shown broken, both in backbone and in ribbon presentation. I am not sure what went wrong here, I compared the PDB text file to other PDB entries with alternative conformations and I did not find obvious differences. It would be nice to show all the rotamers in the PDB instead of manually deleting by coot just from ‘eyeballing'. Could you please help me to solve this issue? Any suggestion is deeply appreciated! I attached an image illustrating the problem I described. I hope to hear from you soon! Best Regards, Wangshu Jiang PhD student Dept Cell and Molecular Biology BMC Box 596 Husargatan 3 751 24 Uppsala Sweden [cid:0D42E809-5937-4AC1-83FB-07A00C355333] Wangshu Jiang PhD student Dept Cell and Molecular Biology BMC Box 596 Husargatan 3 751 24 Uppsala Sweden

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Linux focus on toolbar click
by Daniel P Farrell 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Hello, I'm not sure if this is a distro thing, but I'm on linux mint and when I click on something in the toolbar the first time, the window appears on top of the main chimera window. However, if the window is already open, now the window no longer is brought to the front, and instead lights up on the linux application toolbar. Would it be possible/easy to change this so that when I click on the toolbar and the window is already open for it to be brought to the front? It seems to already work this way on mac. NAME="Linux Mint" VERSION="18.1 (Serena)" ID=linuxmint Cheers, Dan

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download Chimera to new computer
by Kjaergaard, Christian Hauge 27 Oct '17

27 Oct '17

To whom it may concern, My name is Christian Kjaergaard and I'm a Scientist at FibroGen. We bought a perpetual license to use Chimera in 2014. However, Lee Wright, who has been the sole user, recently left the company. Therefore we would like to install Chimera on a different computer if possible. Do we need to obtain a new license key or what are the steps to accomplish this? Best Regards, Christian

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Resmap local resolution video
by D.A. Semchonok 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Dear colleagues, How to record video: chimera-resmap animation that resmap creates for the local resolution. Sincerely, Dmitry

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Chimera 1.12 release
by Elaine Meng 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

A new production release of UCSF Chimera (version 1.12) is available: http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/download.html Download is free for noncommercial use. Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux. New since version 1.11 (see release notes for the full list): http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/relnotes/1.12.html General I/O, Display: * Updated URLs for fetching PDB, mmCIF, EDS * improved initial display of EDS difference map (shows both positive and negative isosurfaces) * "click-to-center" mouse mode (default Ctrl-right button) uses surface vertex instead of entire surface * "clip" and "thickness" commands prevent placing the back plane in front of the front plane Structure Analysis and Modeling: * AmberTools updated to version 17 * Add Charge uses precalculated charges for NAD and NDP * Morph Conformations "core fraction" exposed for more control over hinge detection * "hbonds" command option to show as dashed or dotted lines Bugfixes * Mol2 output includes metal-coordination bonds * Dock Prep consistent handling of alternate locations in adjacent residues Note: most new development focuses on ChimeraX, also available: http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimerax/ Enjoy! On behalf of the Chimera team, Elaine ---------- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Chimera(X) team Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco

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How to write pdb file by script?
by 陈品 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Dear developers, I use CHIMERA to add charge into protein file from PDB format to mol2 format, i found that the script: $ cat prep_protein.py import chimera from DockPrep import prep models = chimera.openModels.list(modelTypes=[chimera.Molecule]) prep(models) from WriteMol2 import writeMol2 writeMol2(models, "10gs_protein_charged.pdb") $ ~/.local/UCSF-Chimera64-1.12rc/bin/chimera --nogui 10gs_protein.pdb prep_protein.py This script works well, but how to write PDB format file. I can not find WriteDPB function. How Can i write the data to PDB format? Kind Regards. Pin. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 本邮件及其附件含有发送给特定个人和用于特定目的的保密信息。如果您不是预期的收件人，请立即删除本邮件并通知发件人。严禁任何非预期的收件人使用、传播、分发或复制本邮件或其附件。 This email and its attachments may contain confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this email and notify the sender immediately. Any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this email or its attachments by persons other than the intended recipient(s), is strictly prohibited.

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Parse error in reply log
by Dr. Samson Soon 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Dear experienced chimera users, I’m constantly failing my auto docking experiments due to the problem attached. Solution to this problem is urgently required. Thank you for any kind assistance rendered. Best regards Samson

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Selecting residues in chains defined by segname
by Francesco Pietra 23 Oct '17

23 Oct '17

Hi Elaine: I am referring to Oct 28, 2005, at 9:50 AM, Eric Gillitzer wrote: and your answer: command: select :45.a-d > or > command: select :45.* > > Or, to select > residue 45 in just chains A and D: > > command: select :45.a,45.d > I have a more complex case, where chains are defined by segname, for example A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 etc while the standard PDB definition is "A" for all them. The same for standard "B", "C" etc. As I want to display a movie of ligand pathways, where the ligand moves from, say, "A1" to, say, "F3", I want in the first instance become able to select particular residues in particular chains, as defined by their segname. Could you imagine a simple way not requiring selection by atom numbers? Thanks francesco pietra .

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Chimera build instructions?
by Yuri 23 Oct '17

23 Oct '17

Are there build instructions anywhere? https://www.cgl.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/sourcecode.html is rather discouraging, and doesn't contain a "Build" section. GNUmakefile prints "there is no default make target". Is there a script or a makefile that builds it? Thanks, Yuri

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Matrix Application
by Amanda Constantinides 23 Oct '17

23 Oct '17

I have a structure with two subunits. I am trying to show movement of the C-terminal subunit upon ligand binding by superposition with another structure from the same strain in the apo form. I want to superpose the N-terminal subunits (A), note the RMSD, then apply the resulting matrix to the superposition of both subunits of the molecule with both subunits of the other (B),then I want to superpose on the C-terminal subunits (C), and then measure the RMSD between (C) and the C-terminal subunits from (B). How can I do this in Chimera? I know how to superpose molecules and calculate the RMSD in Chimera, but I do not know how to apply the resulting matrix from (A) to (B). I tried to save the aligned structures from (A) as a PDB file to check and see if there was a matrix in the file, but an error message came up saying that I needed to save the file as $name or $number. I tried to save the file with $ in front of the name, but it didn't work. Thanks in advance, Amanda Constantinides Graduate Research Assistant Georgia State University

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