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Sequence Translation

Translate DNA sequences to amino acid sequences.

  1. Select Sequences in the navigation bar A.
  2. Open Translate sequences from the tool list on wide windows, or select the tool name B at the top of the page to switch tools.
  3. Add the input files C with Browse files, Browse folder, or Open archive. SEGUI searches a folder and its subfolders for files that match the tool's input format. See file input for mobile options.
  4. Select Browse under Select output directory to choose the output folder. On phones and tablets, enter a Directory name instead; SEGUI saves it in the app's own folder.
  5. Select the output sequence format. Turn on Set interleaved format to write interleaved output (optional).
  6. Select the translation table. The default is the standard genetic code.
  7. Select the reading frame. The default is the first reading frame. Turn on Detect reading frame automatically to let the app choose the frame for each file instead.
  8. Select the run button D, labeled Translate, to start the task.

The app will generate a file containing the translated sequences. The default name is the input file.

The app supports the following translation tables:

Table NoGenetic Code
1The Standard Code
2The Vertebrate Mitochondrial Code
3The Yeast Mitochondrial Code
4The Mold, Protozoan, and Coelenterate Mitochondrial Code and the Mycoplasma/Spiroplasma Code
5The Invertebrate Mitochondrial Code
6The Ciliate, Dasycladacean and Hexamita Nuclear Code
9The Echinoderm and Flatworm Mitochondrial Code
10The Euplotid Nuclear Code
11The Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid Code
12The Alternative Yeast Nuclear Code
13The Ascidian Mitochondrial Code
14The Alternative Flatworm Mitochondrial Code
16Chlorophycean Mitochondrial Code
21Trematode Mitochondrial Code
22Scenedesmus obliquus Mitochondrial Code
23Thraustochytrium Mitochondrial Code
24Rhabdopleuridae Mitochondrial Code
25Candidate Division SR1 and Gracilibacteria Code
26Pachysolen tannophilus Nuclear Code
29Mesodinium Nuclear Code
30Peritrich Nuclear Code
33Cephalodiscidae Mitochondrial UAA-Tyr Code

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers: DEB-1754393 and DEB-2244754. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.