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A file containing protein sequences together with corresponding metadata

Classical protein-databases are text files containing a large number of protein-sequences.

Protein sequences are represented as strings of uppercase letters, each corresponding to a different aminoacid. Each protein sequence is preceeded by a header line containing metadata (protein reference number, name, description...).

The standard fasta format looks like:

>P31946|1433B_HUMAN 14-3-3 protein beta/alpha OS=Homo sapiens GN=YWHAB PE=1 SV=3
MTMDKSELVQKAKLAEQAERYDDMAAAMKAVTEQGHELSNEERNLLSVAYKNVVGARRSS
YEILNSPEKACSLAKTAFDEAIAELDTLNEESYKDSTLIMQLLRDNLTLWTSENQGDEGD
AGEGEN
>P62258|1433E_HUMAN 14-3-3 protein epsilon OS=Homo sapiens GN=YWHAE PE=1 SV=1
MDDREDLVYQAKLAEQAERYDEMVESMKKVAGMDVELTVEERNLLSVAYKNVIGARRASW
YYKMKGDYHRYLAEFATGNDRKEAAENSLVAYKAASDIAMTELPPTHPIRLGLALNFSVF
YYEILNSPDRACRLAKAAFDDAIAELDTLSEESYKDSTLIMQLLRDNLTLWTSDMQGDGE
EQNKEALQDVEDENQ
>.........................................................

A great amount of work in Bioinformatics relates with storing (annotating), searching and analyzing the sequences in these databases.