---
name: "epestfind"
section: "1e"
platform: "linux"
package: "emboss"
version: "6.6.0+dfsg-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/epestfind"
---

# epestfind(1e)

Finds PEST motifs as potential proteolytic cleavage sites

## NAME

epestfind - Finds PEST motifs as potential proteolytic cleavage sites

## SYNOPSIS

**epestfind** **-sequence** *sequence* \[**-mwdata** *datafile*\] **-window** *integer* **-order** *selection* \[**-threshold** *float*\] **-mono** *boolean* **-potential** *boolean* **-poor** *boolean* **-invalid** *boolean* **-map** *boolean* **-outfile** *outfile* **-graph** *xygraph*

**epestfind** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**epestfind** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Protein:Motifs" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-sequence** *sequence*

  Protein sequence USA to be analysed.

- **-mwdata** *datafile*

  Default value: Emolwt.dat

### Required section

- **-window** *integer*

  Minimal distance between positively charged amino acids. Default value: 10

- **-order** *selection*

  Name of the output file which holds the results of the analysis. Results may be sorted by length, position and score. Default value: score

### Additional section

- **-threshold** *float*

  Threshold value to discriminate weak from potential PEST motifs. Valid PEST motifs are discriminated into 'poor' and 'potential' motifs depending on this threshold score. By default, the default value is set to +5.0 based on experimental data. Alterations are not recommended since significance is a matter of biology, not mathematics. Default value: +5.0

### Advanced section

- **-mono** *boolean*

  Default value: N

- **-potential** *boolean*

  Decide whether potential PEST motifs should be printed. Default value: Y

- **-poor** *boolean*

  Decide whether poor PEST motifs should be printed. Default value: Y

- **-invalid** *boolean*

  Decide whether invalid PEST motifs should be printed. Default value: N

- **-map** *boolean*

  Decide whether PEST motifs should be mapped to sequence. Default value: Y

### Output section

- **-outfile** *outfile*

  Name of file to which results will be written.

- **-graph** *xygraph*

  ## BUGS

Bugs can be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/emboss), or directly to the EMBOSS developers (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=93650&atid=605031).

## SEE ALSO

epestfind is fully documented via the **tfm**(1) system.

## AUTHOR

**Debian Med Packaging Team** \<debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org\>

Wrote the script used to autogenerate this manual page.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was autogenerated from an Ajax Control Definition of the EMBOSS package. It can be redistributed under the same terms as EMBOSS itself.