
                                 prettyseq 



Function

   Write a nucleotide sequence and its translation to file

Description

   prettyseq reads a nucleotide sequence and writes an output file
   containing in a clean format the sequence with the translation (within
   specified ranges) displayed beneath it. The translated nucleic acid
   region is given lower-case letters with the rest of the input sequence
   left in the input case. A specified codon usage table is used to
   translate the codons.

Usage

   Here is a sample session with prettyseq


% prettyseq 
Write a nucleotide sequence and its translation to file
Input nucleotide sequence: tembl:x13776
Range(s) to translate [1-2167]: 135-1292
Output file [x13776.prettyseq]: 

   Go to the input files for this example
   Go to the output files for this example

Command line arguments

   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-sequence]          sequence   Nucleotide sequence filename and optional
                                  format, or reference (input USA)
   -range              range      [Whole sequence] Range(s) to translate
  [-outfile]           outfile    [*.prettyseq] Output file name

   Additional (Optional) qualifiers:
   -table              menu       [0] Genetic code to use (Values: 0
                                  (Standard); 1 (Standard (with alternative
                                  initiation codons)); 2 (Vertebrate
                                  Mitochondrial); 3 (Yeast Mitochondrial); 4
                                  (Mold, Protozoan, Coelenterate Mitochondrial
                                  and Mycoplasma/Spiroplasma); 5
                                  (Invertebrate Mitochondrial); 6 (Ciliate
                                  Macronuclear and Dasycladacean); 9
                                  (Echinoderm Mitochondrial); 10 (Euplotid
                                  Nuclear); 11 (Bacterial); 12 (Alternative
                                  Yeast Nuclear); 13 (Ascidian Mitochondrial);
                                  14 (Flatworm Mitochondrial); 15
                                  (Blepharisma Macronuclear); 16
                                  (Chlorophycean Mitochondrial); 21 (Trematode
                                  Mitochondrial); 22 (Scenedesmus obliquus);
                                  23 (Thraustochytrium Mitochondrial))
   -[no]ruler          boolean    [Y] Add a ruler
   -[no]plabel         boolean    [Y] Number translations
   -[no]nlabel         boolean    [Y] Number DNA sequence

   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers:
   -width              integer    [60] Width of screen (Integer 10 or more)

   Associated qualifiers:

   "-sequence" associated qualifiers
   -sbegin1            integer    Start of the sequence to be used
   -send1              integer    End of the sequence to be used
   -sreverse1          boolean    Reverse (if DNA)
   -sask1              boolean    Ask for begin/end/reverse
   -snucleotide1       boolean    Sequence is nucleotide
   -sprotein1          boolean    Sequence is protein
   -slower1            boolean    Make lower case
   -supper1            boolean    Make upper case
   -sformat1           string     Input sequence format
   -sdbname1           string     Database name
   -sid1               string     Entryname
   -ufo1               string     UFO features
   -fformat1           string     Features format
   -fopenfile1         string     Features file name

   "-outfile" associated qualifiers
   -odirectory2        string     Output directory

   General qualifiers:
   -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
   -stdout             boolean    Write first file to standard output
   -filter             boolean    Read first file from standard input, write
                                  first file to standard output
   -options            boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
   -debug              boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
   -verbose            boolean    Report some/full command line options
   -help               boolean    Report command line options. More
                                  information on associated and general
                                  qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
   -warning            boolean    Report warnings
   -error              boolean    Report errors
   -fatal              boolean    Report fatal errors
   -die                boolean    Report dying program messages

Input file format

   prettyseq reads any nucleic acid sequence USA.

  Input files for usage example

   'tembl:x13776' is a sequence entry in the example nucleic acid
   database 'tembl'

  Database entry: tembl:x13776

ID   X13776; SV 1; linear; genomic DNA; STD; PRO; 2167 BP.
XX
AC   X13776; M43175;
XX
DT   19-APR-1989 (Rel. 19, Created)
DT   14-NOV-2006 (Rel. 89, Last updated, Version 24)
XX
DE   Pseudomonas aeruginosa amiC and amiR gene for aliphatic amidase regulation
XX
KW   aliphatic amidase regulator; amiC gene; amiR gene.
XX
OS   Pseudomonas aeruginosa
OC   Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Pseudomonadales;
OC   Pseudomonadaceae; Pseudomonas.
XX
RN   [1]
RP   1167-2167
RA   Rice P.M.;
RT   ;
RL   Submitted (16-DEC-1988) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
RL   Rice P.M., EMBL, Postfach 10-2209, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 6900 Heidelberg, FRG
.
XX
RN   [2]
RP   1167-2167
RX   DOI; 10.1016/0014-5793(89)80249-2.
RX   PUBMED; 2495988.
RA   Lowe N., Rice P.M., Drew R.E.;
RT   "Nucleotide sequence of the aliphatic amidase regulator gene of Pseudomona
s
RT   aeruginosa";
RL   FEBS Lett. 246(1-2):39-43(1989).
XX
RN   [3]
RP   1-1292
RX   PUBMED; 1907262.
RA   Wilson S., Drew R.;
RT   "Cloning and DNA seqence of amiC, a new gene regulating expression of the
RT   Pseudomonas aeruginosa aliphatic amidase, and purification of the amiC
RT   product.";
RL   J. Bacteriol. 173(16):4914-4921(1991).
XX
RN   [4]
RP   1-2167
RA   Rice P.M.;
RT   ;
RL   Submitted (04-SEP-1991) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
RL   Rice P.M., EMBL, Postfach 10-2209, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 6900 Heidelberg, FRG
.
XX
DR   GOA; Q51417.
DR   UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot; Q51417; AMIS_PSEAE.
XX


  [Part of this file has been deleted for brevity]

FT                   /replace=""
FT                   /note="ClaI fragment deleted in pSW36,  constitutive
FT                   phenotype"
FT   misc_feature    1
FT                   /note="last base of an XhoI site"
FT   misc_feature    648..653
FT                   /note="end of 658bp XhoI fragment, deletion in  pSW3 cause
s
FT                   constitutive expression of amiE"
FT   conflict        1281
FT                   /replace="g"
FT                   /citation=[3]
XX
SQ   Sequence 2167 BP; 363 A; 712 C; 730 G; 362 T; 0 other;
     ggtaccgctg gccgagcatc tgctcgatca ccaccagccg ggcgacggga actgcacgat        6
0
     ctacctggcg agcctggagc acgagcgggt tcgcttcgta cggcgctgag cgacagtcac       12
0
     aggagaggaa acggatggga tcgcaccagg agcggccgct gatcggcctg ctgttctccg       18
0
     aaaccggcgt caccgccgat atcgagcgct cgcacgcgta tggcgcattg ctcgcggtcg       24
0
     agcaactgaa ccgcgagggc ggcgtcggcg gtcgcccgat cgaaacgctg tcccaggacc       30
0
     ccggcggcga cccggaccgc tatcggctgt gcgccgagga cttcattcgc aaccgggggg       36
0
     tacggttcct cgtgggctgc tacatgtcgc acacgcgcaa ggcggtgatg ccggtggtcg       42
0
     agcgcgccga cgcgctgctc tgctacccga ccccctacga gggcttcgag tattcgccga       48
0
     acatcgtcta cggcggtccg gcgccgaacc agaacagtgc gccgctggcg gcgtacctga       54
0
     ttcgccacta cggcgagcgg gtggtgttca tcggctcgga ctacatctat ccgcgggaaa       60
0
     gcaaccatgt gatgcgccac ctgtatcgcc agcacggcgg cacggtgctc gaggaaatct       66
0
     acattccgct gtatccctcc gacgacgact tgcagcgcgc cgtcgagcgc atctaccagg       72
0
     cgcgcgccga cgtggtcttc tccaccgtgg tgggcaccgg caccgccgag ctgtatcgcg       78
0
     ccatcgcccg tcgctacggc gacggcaggc ggccgccgat cgccagcctg accaccagcg       84
0
     aggcggaggt ggcgaagatg gagagtgacg tggcagaggg gcaggtggtg gtcgcgcctt       90
0
     acttctccag catcgatacg cccgccagcc gggccttcgt ccaggcctgc catggtttct       96
0
     tcccggagaa cgcgaccatc accgcctggg ccgaggcggc ctactggcag accttgttgc      102
0
     tcggccgcgc cgcgcaggcc gcaggcaact ggcgggtgga agacgtgcag cggcacctgt      108
0
     acgacatcga catcgacgcg ccacaggggc cggtccgggt ggagcgccag aacaaccaca      114
0
     gccgcctgtc ttcgcgcatc gcggaaatcg atgcgcgcgg cgtgttccag gtccgctggc      120
0
     agtcgcccga accgattcgc cccgaccctt atgtcgtcgt gcataacctc gacgactggt      126
0
     ccgccagcat gggcggggga ccgctcccat gagcgccaac tcgctgctcg gcagcctgcg      132
0
     cgagttgcag gtgctggtcc tcaacccgcc gggggaggtc agcgacgccc tggtcttgca      138
0
     gctgatccgc atcggttgtt cggtgcgcca gtgctggccg ccgccggaag ccttcgacgt      144
0
     gccggtggac gtggtcttca ccagcatttt ccagaatggc caccacgacg agatcgctgc      150
0
     gctgctcgcc gccgggactc cgcgcactac cctggtggcg ctggtggagt acgaaagccc      156
0
     cgcggtgctc tcgcagatca tcgagctgga gtgccacggc gtgatcaccc agccgctcga      162
0
     tgcccaccgg gtgctgcctg tgctggtatc ggcgcggcgc atcagcgagg aaatggcgaa      168
0
     gctgaagcag aagaccgagc agctccagga ccgcatcgcc ggccaggccc ggatcaacca      174
0
     ggccaaggtg ttgctgatgc agcgccatgg ctgggacgag cgcgaggcgc accagcacct      180
0
     gtcgcgggaa gcgatgaagc ggcgcgagcc gatcctgaag atcgctcagg agttgctggg      186
0
     aaacgagccg tccgcctgag cgatccgggc cgaccagaac aataacaaga ggggtatcgt      192
0
     catcatgctg ggactggttc tgctgtacgt tggcgcggtg ctgtttctca atgccgtctg      198
0
     gttgctgggc aagatcagcg gtcgggaggt ggcggtgatc aacttcctgg tcggcgtgct      204
0
     gagcgcctgc gtcgcgttct acctgatctt ttccgcagca gccgggcagg gctcgctgaa      210
0
     ggccggagcg ctgaccctgc tattcgcttt tacctatctg tgggtggccg ccaaccagtt      216
0
     cctcgag                                                                216
7
//

   You can specifiy a file of ranges to extract by giving the '-range'
   qualifier the value '@' followed by the name of the file containing
   the ranges. (eg: '-range @myfile').

   The format of the range file is:
     * Comment lines start with '#' in the first column.
     * Comment lines and blank lines are ignored.
     * The line may start with white-space.
     * There are two positive (integer) numbers per line separated by one
       or more space or TAB characters.
     * The second number must be greater or equal to the first number.
     * There can be optional text after the two numbers to annotate the
       line.
     * White-space before or after the text is removed.

   An example range file is:

# this is my set of ranges
12   23
 4   5       this is like 12-23, but smaller
67   10348   interesting region

Output file format

  Output files for usage example

  File: x13776.prettyseq

PRETTYSEQ of X13776 from 1 to 2167

           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
         1 GGTACCGCTGGCCGAGCATCTGCTCGATCACCACCAGCCGGGCGACGGGAACTGCACGAT 60


           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
        61 CTACCTGGCGAGCCTGGAGCACGAGCGGGTTCGCTTCGTACGGCGCTGAGCGACAGTCAC 120


           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
       121 AGGAGAGGAAACGGatgggatcgcaccaggagcggccgctgatcggcctgctgttctccg 180
         1               M  G  S  H  Q  E  R  P  L  I  G  L  L  F  S  E 16

           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
       181 aaaccggcgtcaccgccgatatcgagcgctcgcacgcgtatggcgcattgctcgcggtcg 240
        17   T  G  V  T  A  D  I  E  R  S  H  A  Y  G  A  L  L  A  V  E 36

           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
       241 agcaactgaaccgcgagggcggcgtcggcggtcgcccgatcgaaacgctgtcccaggacc 300
        37   Q  L  N  R  E  G  G  V  G  G  R  P  I  E  T  L  S  Q  D  P 56

           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
       301 ccggcggcgacccggaccgctatcggctgtgcgccgaggacttcattcgcaaccgggggg 360
        57   G  G  D  P  D  R  Y  R  L  C  A  E  D  F  I  R  N  R  G  V 76

           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
       361 tacggttcctcgtgggctgctacatgtcgcacacgcgcaaggcggtgatgccggtggtcg 420
        77   R  F  L  V  G  C  Y  M  S  H  T  R  K  A  V  M  P  V  V  E 96

           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
       421 agcgcgccgacgcgctgctctgctacccgaccccctacgagggcttcgagtattcgccga 480
        97   R  A  D  A  L  L  C  Y  P  T  P  Y  E  G  F  E  Y  S  P  N 116

           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
       481 acatcgtctacggcggtccggcgccgaaccagaacagtgcgccgctggcggcgtacctga 540
       117   I  V  Y  G  G  P  A  P  N  Q  N  S  A  P  L  A  A  Y  L  I 136

           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
       541 ttcgccactacggcgagcgggtggtgttcatcggctcggactacatctatccgcgggaaa 600
       137   R  H  Y  G  E  R  V  V  F  I  G  S  D  Y  I  Y  P  R  E  S 156

           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
       601 gcaaccatgtgatgcgccacctgtatcgccagcacggcggcacggtgctcgaggaaatct 660
       157   N  H  V  M  R  H  L  Y  R  Q  H  G  G  T  V  L  E  E  I  Y 176

           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
       661 acattccgctgtatccctccgacgacgacttgcagcgcgccgtcgagcgcatctaccagg 720
       177   I  P  L  Y  P  S  D  D  D  L  Q  R  A  V  E  R  I  Y  Q  A 196



  [Part of this file has been deleted for brevity]

      1441 GCCGGTGGACGTGGTCTTCACCAGCATTTTCCAGAATGGCCACCACGACGAGATCGCTGC 1500


           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
      1501 GCTGCTCGCCGCCGGGACTCCGCGCACTACCCTGGTGGCGCTGGTGGAGTACGAAAGCCC 1560


           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
      1561 CGCGGTGCTCTCGCAGATCATCGAGCTGGAGTGCCACGGCGTGATCACCCAGCCGCTCGA 1620


           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
      1621 TGCCCACCGGGTGCTGCCTGTGCTGGTATCGGCGCGGCGCATCAGCGAGGAAATGGCGAA 1680


           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
      1681 GCTGAAGCAGAAGACCGAGCAGCTCCAGGACCGCATCGCCGGCCAGGCCCGGATCAACCA 1740


           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
      1741 GGCCAAGGTGTTGCTGATGCAGCGCCATGGCTGGGACGAGCGCGAGGCGCACCAGCACCT 1800


           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
      1801 GTCGCGGGAAGCGATGAAGCGGCGCGAGCCGATCCTGAAGATCGCTCAGGAGTTGCTGGG 1860


           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
      1861 AAACGAGCCGTCCGCCTGAGCGATCCGGGCCGACCAGAACAATAACAAGAGGGGTATCGT 1920


           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
      1921 CATCATGCTGGGACTGGTTCTGCTGTACGTTGGCGCGGTGCTGTTTCTCAATGCCGTCTG 1980


           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
      1981 GTTGCTGGGCAAGATCAGCGGTCGGGAGGTGGCGGTGATCAACTTCCTGGTCGGCGTGCT 2040


           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
      2041 GAGCGCCTGCGTCGCGTTCTACCTGATCTTTTCCGCAGCAGCCGGGCAGGGCTCGCTGAA 2100


           ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
      2101 GGCCGGAGCGCTGACCCTGCTATTCGCTTTTACCTATCTGTGGGTGGCCGCCAACCAGTT 2160


           -------
      2161 CCTCGAG 2167


Data files

   The codon usage table is read by default from "Ehum.cut" in the
   'data/CODONS' directory of the EMBOSS distribution. If the name of a
   codon usage file is specified on the command line, then this file will
   first be searched for in the current directory and then in the
   'data/CODONS' directory of the EMBOSS distribution.

   EMBOSS data files are distributed with the application and stored in
   the standard EMBOSS data directory, which is defined by the EMBOSS
   environment variable EMBOSS_DATA.

   To see the available EMBOSS data files, run:

% embossdata -showall

   To fetch one of the data files (for example 'Exxx.dat') into your
   current directory for you to inspect or modify, run:

% embossdata -fetch -file Exxx.dat

   Users can provide their own data files in their own directories.
   Project specific files can be put in the current directory, or for
   tidier directory listings in a subdirectory called ".embossdata".
   Files for all EMBOSS runs can be put in the user's home directory, or
   again in a subdirectory called ".embossdata".

   The directories are searched in the following order:
     * . (your current directory)
     * .embossdata (under your current directory)
     * ~/ (your home directory)
     * ~/.embossdata

Notes

   By default, the base and residue numbers of the sequence and its
   translation are shown beside the sequences in the output. There are
   options to change this behaviour.

   The translation will be shown in a number of sequence regions only.
   The ranges are specified with the -range qualifier. As an alternative
   to specifying a set of ranges at the command-line, a range file
   containing such range data may be specified (see "Input File Format").

References

   None.

Warnings

   None.

Diagnostic Error Messages

   "Range outside length of sequence" - this is self explanatory. You
   should specify a range of sequences to translate that is within the
   length of the input sequence.

Exit status

   It always exits with a status of 0.

Known bugs

   None.

See also

   Program name Description
   abiview Display the trace in an ABI sequencer file
   backtranambig Back-translate a protein sequence to ambiguous
   nucleotide sequence
   backtranseq Back-translate a protein sequence to a nucleotide sequence
   cirdna Draws circular maps of DNA constructs
   coderet Extract CDS, mRNA and translations from feature tables
   lindna Draws linear maps of DNA constructs
   pepnet Draw a helical net for a protein sequence
   pepwheel Draw a helical wheel diagram for a protein sequence
   plotorf Plot potential open reading frames in a nucleotide sequence
   prettyplot Draw a sequence alignment with pretty formatting
   remap Display restriction enzyme binding sites in a nucleotide
   sequence
   seealso Finds programs with similar function to a specified program
   showalign Display a multiple sequence alignment in pretty format
   showdb Displays information on configured databases
   showfeat Display features of a sequence in pretty format
   showorf Display a nucleotide sequence and translation in pretty format
   showseq Displays sequences with features in pretty format
   sixpack Display a DNA sequence with 6-frame translation and ORFs
   textsearch Search the textual description of sequence(s)
   transeq Translate nucleic acid sequences

   showseq has more options for specifying various ways of displaying a
   sequence, with or without various ways of translating it.

Author(s)

   Alan Bleasby (ajb  ebi.ac.uk)
   European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus,
   Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK

History

   Written (1999) - Alan Bleasby

Target users

   This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from
   naive users to embedded scripts.

Comments

   None
