|   | charge | 
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charge reads a protein sequence and writes a file (or plots a graph) of the mean charge of the amino acids within a window of specified length as the window is moved along the sequence.
charge uses the column "charge" from a datafile (Eamino.dat) of amino acid properties. It gives the residues 'D' and 'E' a charge of -1, 'K' and 'R' a charge of +1, and the residue 'H' a charge of +0.5. Then it calculates the mean charge across the window, which by default is 5 residues.
| % charge tsw:hbb_human Draw a protein charge plot Output file [hbb_human.charge]: | 
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Draw a protein charge plot
Version: EMBOSS:6.6.0.0
   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers (* if not always prompted):
  [-seqall]            seqall     Protein sequence(s) filename and optional
                                  format, or reference (input USA)
*  -graph              xygraph    [$EMBOSS_GRAPHICS value, or x11] Graph type
                                  (ps, hpgl, hp7470, hp7580, meta, cps, x11,
                                  tek, tekt, none, data, xterm, png, gif, pdf,
                                  svg)
*  -outfile            outfile    [*.charge] Output file name
   Additional (Optional) qualifiers:
   -window             integer    [5] Window length (Integer 1 or more)
   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers:
   -aadata             datafile   [Eamino.dat] Amino acids properties and
                                  molecular weight data file
   -plot               toggle     [N] Produce graphic
   Associated qualifiers:
   "-seqall" associated qualifiers
   -sbegin1            integer    Start of each sequence to be used
   -send1              integer    End of each 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
   -scircular1         boolean    Sequence is circular
   -squick1            boolean    Read id and sequence only
   -sformat1           string     Input sequence format
   -iquery1            string     Input query fields or ID list
   -ioffset1           integer    Input start position offset
   -sdbname1           string     Database name
   -sid1               string     Entryname
   -ufo1               string     UFO features
   -fformat1           string     Features format
   -fopenfile1         string     Features file name
   "-graph" associated qualifiers
   -gprompt            boolean    Graph prompting
   -gdesc              string     Graph description
   -gtitle             string     Graph title
   -gsubtitle          string     Graph subtitle
   -gxtitle            string     Graph x axis title
   -gytitle            string     Graph y axis title
   -goutfile           string     Output file for non interactive displays
   -gdirectory         string     Output directory
   "-outfile" associated qualifiers
   -odirectory         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 and exit. 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
   -version            boolean    Report version number and exit
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| Qualifier | Type | Description | Allowed values | Default | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers | ||||
| [-seqall] (Parameter 1) | seqall | Protein sequence(s) filename and optional format, or reference (input USA) | Readable sequence(s) | Required | 
| -graph | xygraph | Graph type | EMBOSS has a list of known devices, including ps, hpgl, hp7470, hp7580, meta, cps, x11, tek, tekt, none, data, xterm, png, gif, pdf, svg | EMBOSS_GRAPHICS value, or x11 | 
| -outfile | outfile | Output file name | Output file | <*>.charge | 
| Additional (Optional) qualifiers | ||||
| -window | integer | Window length | Integer 1 or more | 5 | 
| Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers | ||||
| -aadata | datafile | Amino acids properties and molecular weight data file | Data file | Eamino.dat | 
| -plot | toggle | Produce graphic | Toggle value Yes/No | No | 
| Associated qualifiers | ||||
| "-seqall" associated seqall qualifiers | ||||
| -sbegin1 -sbegin_seqall | integer | Start of each sequence to be used | Any integer value | 0 | 
| -send1 -send_seqall | integer | End of each sequence to be used | Any integer value | 0 | 
| -sreverse1 -sreverse_seqall | boolean | Reverse (if DNA) | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -sask1 -sask_seqall | boolean | Ask for begin/end/reverse | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -snucleotide1 -snucleotide_seqall | boolean | Sequence is nucleotide | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -sprotein1 -sprotein_seqall | boolean | Sequence is protein | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -slower1 -slower_seqall | boolean | Make lower case | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -supper1 -supper_seqall | boolean | Make upper case | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -scircular1 -scircular_seqall | boolean | Sequence is circular | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -squick1 -squick_seqall | boolean | Read id and sequence only | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -sformat1 -sformat_seqall | string | Input sequence format | Any string | |
| -iquery1 -iquery_seqall | string | Input query fields or ID list | Any string | |
| -ioffset1 -ioffset_seqall | integer | Input start position offset | Any integer value | 0 | 
| -sdbname1 -sdbname_seqall | string | Database name | Any string | |
| -sid1 -sid_seqall | string | Entryname | Any string | |
| -ufo1 -ufo_seqall | string | UFO features | Any string | |
| -fformat1 -fformat_seqall | string | Features format | Any string | |
| -fopenfile1 -fopenfile_seqall | string | Features file name | Any string | |
| "-graph" associated xygraph qualifiers | ||||
| -gprompt | boolean | Graph prompting | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -gdesc | string | Graph description | Any string | |
| -gtitle | string | Graph title | Any string | |
| -gsubtitle | string | Graph subtitle | Any string | |
| -gxtitle | string | Graph x axis title | Any string | |
| -gytitle | string | Graph y axis title | Any string | |
| -goutfile | string | Output file for non interactive displays | Any string | |
| -gdirectory | string | Output directory | Any string | |
| "-outfile" associated outfile qualifiers | ||||
| -odirectory | string | Output directory | Any string | |
| General qualifiers | ||||
| -auto | boolean | Turn off prompts | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -stdout | boolean | Write first file to standard output | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -filter | boolean | Read first file from standard input, write first file to standard output | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -options | boolean | Prompt for standard and additional values | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -debug | boolean | Write debug output to program.dbg | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -verbose | boolean | Report some/full command line options | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -help | boolean | Report command line options and exit. More information on associated and general qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -warning | boolean | Report warnings | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -error | boolean | Report errors | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -fatal | boolean | Report fatal errors | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -die | boolean | Report dying program messages | Boolean value Yes/No | Y | 
| -version | boolean | Report version number and exit | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
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ID   HBB_HUMAN               Reviewed;         147 AA.
AC   P68871; A4GX73; B2ZUE0; P02023; Q13852; Q14481; Q14510; Q45KT0;
AC   Q549N7; Q6FI08; Q6R7N2; Q8IZI1; Q9BX96; Q9UCD6; Q9UCP8; Q9UCP9;
DT   21-JUL-1986, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   23-JAN-2007, sequence version 2.
DT   13-JUN-2012, entry version 108.
DE   RecName: Full=Hemoglobin subunit beta;
DE   AltName: Full=Beta-globin;
DE   AltName: Full=Hemoglobin beta chain;
DE   Contains:
DE     RecName: Full=LVV-hemorphin-7;
GN   Name=HBB;
OS   Homo sapiens (Human).
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
OC   Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini;
OC   Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=9606;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA].
RX   MEDLINE=77126403; PubMed=1019344;
RA   Marotta C., Forget B., Cohen-Solal M., Weissman S.M.;
RT   "Nucleotide sequence analysis of coding and noncoding regions of human
RT   beta-globin mRNA.";
RL   Prog. Nucleic Acid Res. Mol. Biol. 19:165-175(1976).
RN   [2]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA].
RX   MEDLINE=81064667; PubMed=6254664; DOI=10.1016/0092-8674(80)90428-6;
RA   Lawn R.M., Efstratiadis A., O'Connell C., Maniatis T.;
RT   "The nucleotide sequence of the human beta-globin gene.";
RL   Cell 21:647-651(1980).
RN   [3]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA], AND VARIANT LYS-7.
RX   PubMed=16175509; DOI=10.1086/491748;
RA   Wood E.T., Stover D.A., Slatkin M., Nachman M.W., Hammer M.F.;
RT   "The beta-globin recombinational hotspot reduces the effects of strong
RT   selection around HbC, a recently arisen mutation providing resistance
RT   to malaria.";
RL   Am. J. Hum. Genet. 77:637-642(2005).
RN   [4]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA].
RA   Lu L., Hu Z.H., Du C.S., Fu Y.S.;
RT   "DNA sequence of the human beta-globin gene isolated from a healthy
RT   Chinese.";
RL   Submitted (JUN-1997) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
RN   [5]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA], AND VARIANT ARG-113.
RA   Cabeda J.M., Correia C., Estevinho A., Cardoso C., Amorim M.L.,
RA   Cleto E., Vale L., Coimbra E., Pinho L., Justica B.;
RT   "Unexpected patterns of globin mutations in thalassemia patients from
RT   north of Portugal.";
  [Part of this file has been deleted for brevity]
FT   VARIANT     141    141       A -> V (in Puttelange; polycythemia; O(2)
FT                                affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003082.
FT   VARIANT     142    142       L -> R (in Olmsted; unstable).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003083.
FT   VARIANT     143    143       A -> D (in Ohio; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003084.
FT   VARIANT     144    144       H -> D (in Rancho Mirage).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003085.
FT   VARIANT     144    144       H -> P (in Syracuse; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003087.
FT   VARIANT     144    144       H -> Q (in Little Rock; O(2) affinity
FT                                up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003086.
FT   VARIANT     144    144       H -> R (in Abruzzo; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003088.
FT   VARIANT     145    145       K -> E (in Mito; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003089.
FT   VARIANT     146    146       Y -> C (in Rainier; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003090.
FT   VARIANT     146    146       Y -> H (in Bethesda; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003091.
FT   VARIANT     147    147       H -> D (in Hiroshima; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003092.
FT   VARIANT     147    147       H -> L (in Cowtown; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003093.
FT   VARIANT     147    147       H -> P (in York; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003094.
FT   VARIANT     147    147       H -> Q (in Kodaira; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_003095.
FT   CONFLICT     26     26       Missing (in Ref. 15; ACD39349).
FT   CONFLICT     42     42       F -> L (in Ref. 13; AAR96398).
FT   HELIX         6     16
FT   TURN         21     23
FT   HELIX        24     35
FT   HELIX        37     42
FT   HELIX        44     46
FT   HELIX        52     57
FT   HELIX        59     77
FT   TURN         78     80
FT   HELIX        82     94
FT   TURN         95     97
FT   HELIX       102    119
FT   HELIX       120    122
FT   HELIX       125    142
FT   HELIX       144    146
SQ   SEQUENCE   147 AA;  15998 MW;  A31F6D621C6556A1 CRC64;
     MVHLTPEEKS AVTALWGKVN VDEVGGEALG RLLVVYPWTQ RFFESFGDLS TPDAVMGNPK
     VKAHGKKVLG AFSDGLAHLD NLKGTFATLS ELHCDKLHVD PENFRLLGNV LVCVLAHHFG
     KEFTPPVQAA YQKVVAGVAN ALAHKYH
//
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The output file contains two columns separated by space or TAB characters. The first column is the position of the start of the window. The second column is the charge of the amino acids within that window.
| CHARGE of HBB_HUMAN from 1 to 147: window 5 Position Residue Charge 1 M 0.100 2 V 0.100 3 H -0.100 4 L -0.400 5 T -0.200 6 P -0.200 7 E -0.200 8 E 0.000 9 K 0.200 10 S 0.000 11 A 0.000 12 V 0.000 13 T 0.000 14 A 0.200 15 L 0.200 16 W 0.200 17 G 0.200 18 K 0.000 19 V -0.400 20 N -0.400 21 V -0.400 22 D -0.400 23 E -0.400 24 V -0.200 25 G -0.200 26 G -0.200 27 E 0.000 28 A 0.200 29 L 0.200 30 G 0.200 31 R 0.200 32 L 0.000 33 L 0.000 34 V 0.000 35 V 0.000 36 Y 0.000 37 P 0.200 38 W 0.200 39 T 0.200 40 Q 0.000 41 R 0.000 42 F -0.200 43 F -0.200 44 E -0.400 45 S -0.200 46 F -0.200 47 G -0.200 [Part of this file has been deleted for brevity] 93 H 0.100 94 C 0.100 95 D 0.100 96 K 0.100 97 L -0.100 98 H -0.300 99 V -0.400 100 D -0.400 101 P 0.000 102 E 0.000 103 N 0.200 104 F 0.200 105 R 0.200 106 L 0.000 107 L 0.000 108 G 0.000 109 N 0.000 110 V 0.000 111 L 0.000 112 V 0.000 113 C 0.100 114 V 0.200 115 L 0.200 116 A 0.200 117 H 0.400 118 H 0.100 119 F 0.000 120 G 0.000 121 K 0.000 122 E -0.200 123 F 0.000 124 T 0.000 125 P 0.000 126 P 0.000 127 V 0.000 128 Q 0.000 129 A 0.200 130 A 0.200 131 Y 0.200 132 Q 0.200 133 K 0.200 134 V 0.000 135 V 0.000 136 A 0.000 137 G 0.000 138 V 0.000 139 A 0.000 140 N 0.100 141 A 0.300 142 L 0.300 143 A 0.400 | 
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:
| Program name | Description | 
|---|---|
| hmoment | Calculate and plot hydrophobic moment for protein sequence(s) | 
| iep | Calculate the isoelectric point of proteins | 
| octanol | Draw a White-Wimley protein hydropathy plot | 
| pepinfo | Plot amino acid properties of a protein sequence in parallel | 
| pepstats | Calculate statistics of protein properties | 
| pepwindow | Draw a hydropathy plot for a protein sequence | 
| pepwindowall | Draw Kyte-Doolittle hydropathy plot for a protein alignment | 
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