[EMBOSS] getorf includes unspecified amino acids as part of the ORF sequence
Fungazid
fungazid at yahoo.com
Mon Jan 11 09:26:34 EST 2010
Hello people,
I just installed emboss on linux ubuntu (using the ubuntu synaptic package manager). I am using the getorf program, and I see it gives me this kind of output lines:
>00001_3 [803 - 1120]
LARLRFVVLGNSFIASAKGWSTPYGPTTFGPFRSCIYPRVFRSTRVRKAMATRIGSNRVN
ILIRCTXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXNPYLGWWCYIFCIFR
I don't like the Xs as they represent unspecified amino acids. Is there an input parameter to tell the program to report only the regions before and after the Xs ?
In addition (and maybe this is beyond the scope of this mailing list) what is the biological meaning of such Xs ?
thanks,
Avi
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