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pepinfo plots various amino acid properties in parallel for an input protein sequence. The types of plot available are i. Hydrophobicity plots using the method of Kyte & Doolittle, the optimal matching hydrophobicity scale (OHM) of Sweet & Eisenberg, or consensus parameters (Eisenberg et al). ii. Histogram of the presence of residues with the physico-chemical properties: Tiny, Small, Aliphatic, Aromatic, Non-polar, Polar, Charged, Positive, Negative. The data are also written out to an output file.
| % pepinfo Plot amino acid properties of a protein sequence in parallel. Input protein sequence: tsw:opsd_human Graph type [x11]: cps Output file [opsd_human.pepinfo]: Created pepinfo.ps | 
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Plot amino acid properties of a protein sequence in parallel.
Version: EMBOSS:6.6.0.0
   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-sequence]          sequence   Protein sequence 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    [*.pepinfo] Output file name
   Additional (Optional) qualifiers:
   -aaproperties       datafile   [Eaa_properties.dat] Amino acid chemical
                                  classes data file
   -aahydropathy       datafile   [Eaa_hydropathy.dat] Amino acid hydropathy
                                  values data file
   -hwindow            integer    [9] Window size for hydropathy averaging
                                  (Integer 1 or more)
   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers:
   -[no]generalplot    boolean    [Y] Plot histogram of general properties
   -[no]hydropathyplot boolean    [Y] Plot graphs of hydropathy
   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
   -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
   -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 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 | ||||
| [-sequence] (Parameter 1) | sequence | Protein sequence filename and optional format, or reference (input USA) | Readable sequence | 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] (Parameter 2) | outfile | Output file name | Output file | <*>.pepinfo | 
| Additional (Optional) qualifiers | ||||
| -aaproperties | datafile | Amino acid chemical classes data file | Data file | Eaa_properties.dat | 
| -aahydropathy | datafile | Amino acid hydropathy values data file | Data file | Eaa_hydropathy.dat | 
| -hwindow | integer | Window size for hydropathy averaging | Integer 1 or more | 9 | 
| Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers | ||||
| -[no]generalplot | boolean | Plot histogram of general properties | Boolean value Yes/No | Yes | 
| -[no]hydropathyplot | boolean | Plot graphs of hydropathy | Boolean value Yes/No | Yes | 
| Associated qualifiers | ||||
| "-sequence" associated sequence qualifiers | ||||
| -sbegin1 -sbegin_sequence | integer | Start of the sequence to be used | Any integer value | 0 | 
| -send1 -send_sequence | integer | End of the sequence to be used | Any integer value | 0 | 
| -sreverse1 -sreverse_sequence | boolean | Reverse (if DNA) | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -sask1 -sask_sequence | boolean | Ask for begin/end/reverse | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -snucleotide1 -snucleotide_sequence | boolean | Sequence is nucleotide | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -sprotein1 -sprotein_sequence | boolean | Sequence is protein | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -slower1 -slower_sequence | boolean | Make lower case | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -supper1 -supper_sequence | boolean | Make upper case | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -scircular1 -scircular_sequence | boolean | Sequence is circular | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -squick1 -squick_sequence | boolean | Read id and sequence only | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -sformat1 -sformat_sequence | string | Input sequence format | Any string | |
| -iquery1 -iquery_sequence | string | Input query fields or ID list | Any string | |
| -ioffset1 -ioffset_sequence | integer | Input start position offset | Any integer value | 0 | 
| -sdbname1 -sdbname_sequence | string | Database name | Any string | |
| -sid1 -sid_sequence | string | Entryname | Any string | |
| -ufo1 -ufo_sequence | string | UFO features | Any string | |
| -fformat1 -fformat_sequence | string | Features format | Any string | |
| -fopenfile1 -fopenfile_sequence | 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 | ||||
| -odirectory2 -odirectory_outfile | 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 | 
The input is a standard EMBOSS sequence query (also known as a 'USA').
Major sequence database sources defined as standard in EMBOSS installations include srs:embl, srs:uniprot and ensembl
Data can also be read from sequence output in any supported format written by an EMBOSS or third-party application.
The input format can be specified by using the command-line qualifier -sformat xxx, where 'xxx' is replaced by the name of the required format. The available format names are: gff (gff3), gff2, embl (em), genbank (gb, refseq), ddbj, refseqp, pir (nbrf), swissprot (swiss, sw), dasgff and debug.
See: http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/SequenceFormats.html for further information on sequence formats.
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ID   OPSD_HUMAN              Reviewed;         348 AA.
AC   P08100; Q16414; Q2M249;
DT   01-AUG-1988, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   01-AUG-1988, sequence version 1.
DT   13-JUN-2012, entry version 145.
DE   RecName: Full=Rhodopsin;
DE   AltName: Full=Opsin-2;
GN   Name=RHO; Synonyms=OPN2;
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=84272729; PubMed=6589631; DOI=10.1073/pnas.81.15.4851;
RA   Nathans J., Hogness D.S.;
RT   "Isolation and nucleotide sequence of the gene encoding human
RT   rhodopsin.";
RL   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 81:4851-4855(1984).
RN   [2]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA].
RA   Suwa M., Sato T., Okouchi I., Arita M., Futami K., Matsumoto S.,
RA   Tsutsumi S., Aburatani H., Asai K., Akiyama Y.;
RT   "Genome-wide discovery and analysis of human seven transmembrane helix
RT   receptor genes.";
RL   Submitted (JUL-2001) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
RN   [3]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA].
RC   TISSUE=Retina;
RX   PubMed=17974005; DOI=10.1186/1471-2164-8-399;
RA   Bechtel S., Rosenfelder H., Duda A., Schmidt C.P., Ernst U.,
RA   Wellenreuther R., Mehrle A., Schuster C., Bahr A., Bloecker H.,
RA   Heubner D., Hoerlein A., Michel G., Wedler H., Koehrer K.,
RA   Ottenwaelder B., Poustka A., Wiemann S., Schupp I.;
RT   "The full-ORF clone resource of the German cDNA consortium.";
RL   BMC Genomics 8:399-399(2007).
RN   [4]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE MRNA].
RX   PubMed=15489334; DOI=10.1101/gr.2596504;
RG   The MGC Project Team;
RT   "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA
RT   project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).";
RL   Genome Res. 14:2121-2127(2004).
RN   [5]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA] OF 1-120.
RX   PubMed=8566799; DOI=10.1016/0378-1119(95)00688-5;
RA   Bennett J., Beller B., Sun D., Kariko K.;
RT   "Sequence analysis of the 5.34-kb 5' flanking region of the human
RT   rhodopsin-encoding gene.";
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FT                                /FTId=VAR_004816.
FT   VARIANT     209    209       V -> M (effect not known).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004817.
FT   VARIANT     211    211       H -> P (in RP4; dbSNP:rs28933993).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004818.
FT   VARIANT     211    211       H -> R (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004819.
FT   VARIANT     216    216       M -> K (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004820.
FT   VARIANT     220    220       F -> C (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004821.
FT   VARIANT     222    222       C -> R (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004822.
FT   VARIANT     255    255       Missing (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004823.
FT   VARIANT     264    264       Missing (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004824.
FT   VARIANT     267    267       P -> L (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004825.
FT   VARIANT     267    267       P -> R (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004826.
FT   VARIANT     292    292       A -> E (in CSNBAD1).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004827.
FT   VARIANT     296    296       K -> E (in RP4; dbSNP:rs29001653).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004828.
FT   VARIANT     297    297       S -> R (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004829.
FT   VARIANT     342    342       T -> M (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004830.
FT   VARIANT     345    345       V -> L (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004831.
FT   VARIANT     345    345       V -> M (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004832.
FT   VARIANT     347    347       P -> A (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004833.
FT   VARIANT     347    347       P -> L (in RP4; common variant).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004834.
FT   VARIANT     347    347       P -> Q (in RP4).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004835.
FT   VARIANT     347    347       P -> R (in RP4; dbSNP:rs29001566).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004836.
FT   VARIANT     347    347       P -> S (in RP4; dbSNP:rs29001637).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_004837.
SQ   SEQUENCE   348 AA;  38893 MW;  6F4F6FCBA34265B2 CRC64;
     MNGTEGPNFY VPFSNATGVV RSPFEYPQYY LAEPWQFSML AAYMFLLIVL GFPINFLTLY
     VTVQHKKLRT PLNYILLNLA VADLFMVLGG FTSTLYTSLH GYFVFGPTGC NLEGFFATLG
     GEIALWSLVV LAIERYVVVC KPMSNFRFGE NHAIMGVAFT WVMALACAAP PLAGWSRYIP
     EGLQCSCGID YYTLKPEVNN ESFVIYMFVV HFTIPMIIIF FCYGQLVFTV KEAAAQQQES
     ATTQKAEKEV TRMVIIMVIA FLICWVPYAS VAFYIFTHQG SNFGPIFMTI PAFFAKSAAI
     YNPVIYIMMN KQFRNCMLTT ICCGKNPLGD DEASATVSKT ETSQVAPA
//
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The output is to the specified graphics device.
The results can be output in one of several formats by using the command-line qualifier -graph xxx, where 'xxx' is replaced by the name of the required device. Support depends on the availability of third-party software packages.
The device names that output to a file are: ps (postscript), cps (colourps), png, gif, pdf, svg, hpgl, hp7470, hp7580, das, data.
The other available device names are: meta, x11 (xwindows), tek (tek4107t), tekt (tektronix), xterm, text.
Output can be turned off by specifying none (null).
See: http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/GraphicsDevices.html for further information on supported devices.
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Printing out Tiny residues in OPSD_HUMAN from position 1 to 348
Position  Residue			Result
       1       M                               0
       2       N                               0
       3       G                               1
       4       T                               1
       5       E                               0
       6       G                               1
       7       P                               0
       8       N                               0
       9       F                               0
      10       Y                               0
      11       V                               0
      12       P                               0
      13       F                               0
      14       S                               1
      15       N                               0
      16       A                               1
      17       T                               1
      18       G                               1
      19       V                               0
      20       V                               0
      21       R                               0
      22       S                               1
      23       P                               0
      24       F                               0
      25       E                               0
      26       Y                               0
      27       P                               0
      28       Q                               0
      29       Y                               0
      30       Y                               0
      31       L                               0
      32       A                               1
      33       E                               0
      34       P                               0
      35       W                               0
      36       Q                               0
      37       F                               0
      38       S                               1
      39       M                               0
      40       L                               0
      41       A                               1
      42       A                               1
      43       Y                               0
      44       M                               0
      45       F                               0
      46       L                               0
      47       L                               0
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  301       Y                           0.500
  302       N                           0.549
  303       P                           0.633
  304       V                           0.636
  305       I                           0.553
  306       Y                           0.438
  307       I                           0.358
  308       M                           0.250
  309       M                           0.262
  310       N                          -0.172
  311       K                          -0.288
  312       Q                          -0.409
  313       F                          -0.409
  314       R                          -0.362
  315       N                          -0.281
  316       C                          -0.120
  317       M                           0.128
  318       L                           0.028
  319       T                           0.341
  320       T                           0.481
  321       I                           0.282
  322       C                           0.124
  323       C                           0.020
  324       G                           0.143
  325       K                           0.202
  326       N                          -0.051
  327       P                          -0.183
  328       L                          -0.298
  329       G                          -0.282
  330       D                          -0.136
  331       D                           0.020
  332       E                           0.001
  333       A                           0.003
  334       S                          -0.070
  335       A                          -0.137
  336       T                          -0.042
  337       V                          -0.042
  338       S                          -0.117
  339       K                          -0.117
  340       T                          -0.280
  341       E                          -0.154
  342       T                          -0.206
  343       S                          -0.172
  344       Q                           0.063
  345       V                           0.000
  346       A                           0.000
  347       P                           0.000
  348       A                           0.000
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![[pepinfo results]](pepinfo.1.pepinfo.gif) 
The output file 'pepinfo.out' contains the coordinates from the graphs.
For the first set of graphs, 9 sets of true/false values are written out. For the second set of graphs, 3 sets of hydrophobicity values are written.
The hydropathy data of the residues are read from the EMBOSS data file 'Eaa_hydropathy.dat'. This file can be copied into your current directory and inspected ot altered by using the application 'embossdata -fetch'. Another file can be specified using the qualifier '-aahydropathy'.
EMBOSS data files are distributed with the application and stored in the standard EMBOSS data directory, which is defined by EMBOSS environment variable EMBOSS_DATA.
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:
For calculating the hydrophobicity plots, hdrophobicity is calculated in windows of a specified size over the sequence.
The optimal matching hydrophobicity scale (OHM) scale is based on the likelihood of a given amino acid to be replaced by another hydrophobic or "buried" amino acid.
| 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 | 
| charge | Draw a protein charge plot | 
| cirdna | Draw circular map of DNA constructs | 
| compseq | Calculate the composition of unique words in sequences | 
| emowse | Search protein sequences by digest fragment molecular weight | 
| freak | Generate residue/base frequency table or plot | 
| hmoment | Calculate and plot hydrophobic moment for protein sequence(s) | 
| iep | Calculate the isoelectric point of proteins | 
| lindna | Draw linear maps of DNA constructs | 
| mwcontam | Find weights common to multiple molecular weights files | 
| mwfilter | Filter noisy data from molecular weights file | 
| octanol | Draw a White-Wimley protein hydropathy plot | 
| oddcomp | Identify proteins with specified sequence word composition | 
| pepdigest | Report on protein proteolytic enzyme or reagent cleavage sites | 
| pepnet | Draw a helical net for a protein sequence | 
| pepstats | Calculate statistics of protein properties | 
| pepwheel | Draw a helical wheel diagram for a protein sequence | 
| pepwindow | Draw a hydropathy plot for a protein sequence | 
| pepwindowall | Draw Kyte-Doolittle hydropathy plot for a protein alignment | 
| plotorf | Plot potential open reading frames in a nucleotide sequence | 
| prettyplot | Draw a sequence alignment with pretty formatting | 
| prettyseq | Write a nucleotide sequence and its translation to file | 
| remap | Display restriction enzyme binding sites in a nucleotide sequence | 
| showfeat | Display features of a sequence in pretty format | 
| showpep | Display protein sequences with features in pretty format | 
| sixpack | Display a DNA sequence with 6-frame translation and ORFs | 
| wordcount | Count and extract unique words in molecular sequence(s) | 
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