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pepwheel draws a helical wheel diagram for a protein sequence. This displays the sequence in a helical representation as if looking down the axis of the helix. It is useful for highlighting amphipathicity and other properties of residues around a helix. By default, aliphatic residues are marked with squares, hydrophilic residues are marked with diamonds, and positively charged residues with octagons, although this can be changed.
| % pepwheel tsw:hbb_human -send 30 Draw a helical wheel diagram for a protein sequence Graph type [x11]: cps Created pepwheel.ps | 
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Draw a helical wheel diagram for a protein sequence
Version: EMBOSS:6.4.0.0
   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-sequence]          sequence   Protein sequence filename and optional
                                  format, or reference (input USA)
   -graph              graph      [$EMBOSS_GRAPHICS value, or x11] Graph type
                                  (ps, hpgl, hp7470, hp7580, meta, cps, x11,
                                  tek, tekt, none, data, xterm, png, gif, pdf,
                                  svg)
   Additional (Optional) qualifiers (* if not always prompted):
   -steps              integer    [18] The number of residues plotted per turn
                                  is this value divided by the 'turns' value.
                                  (Integer from 2 to 100)
   -turns              integer    [5] The number of residues plotted per turn
                                  is the 'steps' value divided by this value.
                                  (Integer from 1 to 100)
*  -squares            string     [ILVM] By default the aliphatic residues
                                  ILVM are marked with squares. (Any string)
*  -diamonds           string     [DENQST] By default the residues DENQST are
                                  marked with diamonds. (Any string)
*  -octags             string     [HKR] By default the positively charged
                                  residues HKR are marked with octagons. (Any
                                  string)
   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers:
   -[no]wheel          boolean    [Y] Plot the wheel
   -amphipathic        toggle     If this is true then the residues ACFGILMVWY
                                  are marked as squares and all other
                                  residues are unmarked. This overrides any
                                  other markup that you may have specified
                                  using the qualifiers '-squares', '-diamonds'
                                  and '-octags'.
   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
   -sformat1           string     Input sequence format
   -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
   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 | graph | 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 | 
| Additional (Optional) qualifiers | ||||
| -steps | integer | The number of residues plotted per turn is this value divided by the 'turns' value. | Integer from 2 to 100 | 18 | 
| -turns | integer | The number of residues plotted per turn is the 'steps' value divided by this value. | Integer from 1 to 100 | 5 | 
| -squares | string | By default the aliphatic residues ILVM are marked with squares. | Any string | ILVM | 
| -diamonds | string | By default the residues DENQST are marked with diamonds. | Any string | DENQST | 
| -octags | string | By default the positively charged residues HKR are marked with octagons. | Any string | HKR | 
| Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers | ||||
| -[no]wheel | boolean | Plot the wheel | Boolean value Yes/No | Yes | 
| -amphipathic | toggle | If this is true then the residues ACFGILMVWY are marked as squares and all other residues are unmarked. This overrides any other markup that you may have specified using the qualifiers '-squares', '-diamonds' and '-octags'. | Toggle value Yes/No | No | 
| 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 | 
| -sformat1 -sformat_sequence | string | Input sequence format | Any string | |
| -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 graph qualifiers | ||||
| -gprompt | boolean | Graph prompting | Boolean value Yes/No | N | 
| -gdesc | string | Graph description | Any string | Helical wheel | 
| -gtitle | string | Graph title | Any string | |
| -gsubtitle | string | Graph subtitle | Any string | |
| -gxtitle | string | Graph x axis title | Any string | $(sequence.name) | 
| -gytitle | string | Graph y axis title | Any string | |
| -goutfile | string | Output file for non interactive displays | Any string | |
| -gdirectory | 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   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   15-JUN-2010, entry version 88.
DE   RecName: Full=Hemoglobin subunit beta;
DE   AltName: Full=Hemoglobin beta chain;
DE   AltName: Full=Beta-globin;
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.";
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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 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.
![[pepwheel results]](pepwheel.1.pepwheel.gif) 
The number of residues plotted per turn is the specified "steps" value (-steps) divided by the specified "turns" value (-turns).
The default settings for turn (5) and steps (18) apply to alpha helices. For other possible secondary structures, see the following table:
helix phi psi omega res/turn transl. turns steps alpha -57 -47 180 3.6 1.50 5 18 3-10 -49 -26 180 3.0 2.00 1 3 pi -57 -70 180 4.4 1.15 5 22 PP I -83 158 0 3.33 1.9 3 10 PP II -78 149 180 3.0 3.12 1 3 PG II -80 150 180 3.0 3.1 1 3 anti Beta -139 135 -178 2.0 3.4 4 9 para Beta -119 113 180 2.0 3.2 4 9 PP is polyproline PG II is polyGlycine.
When you specify the number of turns and steps, be aware that you should remove common factors from these two numbers. For example, if you (for some improbable reason) wished to plot a wheel with 8 turns in 18 steps (2.25 residues per turn) you should remove the common factor (i.e. 2) and specify 4 turns in 9 steps.
| Program name | Description | 
|---|---|
| abiview | Display the trace in an ABI sequencer file | 
| cirdna | Draws circular maps of DNA constructs | 
| garnier | Predicts protein secondary structure using GOR method | 
| helixturnhelix | Identify nucleic acid-binding motifs in protein sequences | 
| iep | Calculate the isoelectric point of proteins | 
| lindna | Draws linear maps of DNA constructs | 
| pepcoil | Predicts coiled coil regions in protein sequences | 
| pepinfo | Plot amino acid properties of a protein sequence in parallel | 
| pepnet | Draw a helical net for a protein sequence | 
| 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 | Displays protein sequences with features in pretty format | 
| sixpack | Display a DNA sequence with 6-frame translation and ORFs | 
Please report all bugs to the EMBOSS bug team (emboss-bug © emboss.open-bio.org) not to the original author.