---
name: "pxtlate"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "phyx"
version: "1.3.2+ds-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pxtlate"
---

# pxtlate(1)

translate DNA alignment to amino acids

## NAME

pxtlate - translate DNA alignment to amino acids

## SYNOPSIS

**pxtlate** \[*OPTIONS*\]...

## DESCRIPTION

Translate DNA alignment to amino acids. This will take fasta, fastq, phylip, and nexus formats from a file or STDIN. NOTE: assumes sequences are in frame.

## OPTIONS

- **-s**, **--seqf**=*FILE*

  input nucleotide sequence file, STDIN otherwise

- **-t**, **--table**=*STRING*

  which translation table to use. currently available: 'std' (standard, default) 'vmt' (vertebrate mtDNA) 'ivmt' (invertebrate mtDNA) 'ymt' (yeast mtDNA)

- **-o**, **--outf**=*FILE*

  output aa sequence file, STOUT otherwise

- **-h**, **--help**

  display this help and exit

- **-V**, **--version**

  display version and exit

- **-C**, **--citation**

  display phyx citation and exit

## CITATION

Brown, Joseph W., Joseph F. Walker, and Stephen A. Smith. 2017. Phyx: phylogenetic tools for unix. Bioinformatics 33(12): 1886-1888. https://doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btx063.

## AUTHOR

Written by Joseph F. Walker, Joseph W. Brown, Stephen A. Smith (blackrim)

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: \<https://github.com/FePhyFoFum/phyx/issues\> phyx home page: \<https://github.com/FePhyFoFum/phyx\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2015-2024 FePhyFoFum License GPLv3