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# Create SAI from protein secondary structure OCCURRENCE DESCRIPTION NOTES EXAMPLES WARNINGS BUGS ## OCCURRENCE
### ARB_NT/SAI/Create SAI using/Protein secondary structure
## DESCRIPTION
### Takes the currently selected species and searches for the field 'sec_struct'. A new SAI is created using the data in this field. A simple input window pops up where the default name '[species name]_pfold' for the new SAI can be changed.
## NOTES
### The import filter 'dssp_all.ift' allows for importing the amino acid sequence as well as the protein secondary structure from a dssp file and the structure is stored in the field 'sec_struct'. That way, secondary structure can be aligned along with the sequence manually and can later be extracted to create an SAI. ### The import filter 'dssp_2nd_struct.ift' extracts only the protein secondary structure which is stored as alignment data. SAIs can simply be created from these species with 'Species -> Convert to SAI' in the 'Species Information' window (see ´Convert Species to SAI´). ### Refer to ´Import Foreign Data(bases)´ and especially ´NOTES: dssp´ for detailed information on importing sequences and structures and on the DSSP format.
## EXAMPLES
### None
## WARNINGS
### None
## BUGS
### No bugs known