FASTA Format Description

A sequence in FASTA format consists of a single line of description that starts with ">", followed by lines of sequence data. Each line can be no longer than 80 characters. An example sequence in FASTA format is:


>7cat-d7cata-5_6_1_1
NRDPASDQMKHWKEQRAAQKPDVLTTGGGNPVGDKLNSLTVGPRGPLLVQDVVFTDEMAH
FDRERIPERVVHAKGAGAFGYFEVTHDITRYSKAKVFEHIGKRTPIAVRFSTVAGESGSA
DTVRDPRGFAVKFYTEDGNWDLVGNNTPIFFIRDALLFPSFIHSQKRNPQTHLKDPDMVW
DFWSLRPESLHQVSFLFSDRGIPDGHRHMDGYGSHTFKLVNADGEAVYCKFHYKTDQGIK
NLSVEDAARLAHEDPDYGLRDLFNAIATGNYPSWTLYIQVMTFSEAEIFPFNPFDLTKVW
PHGDYPLIPVGKLVLNRNPVNYFAEVEQLAFDPSNMPPGIEPSPDKMLQGRLFAYPDTHR
HRLGPNYLQIPVNCPYRARVANYQRDGPMCMMDNQGGAPNYYPNSFSAPEHQPSALEHRT
HFSGDVQRFNSANDDNVTQVRTFYLKVLNEEQRKRLCENIAGHLKDAQLFIQKKAVKNFS
DVHPEYGSRIQALLDKYN