---
name: "stranslate"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "biosquid"
version: "1.9g+cvs20050121-15.1+b2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/stranslate"
---

# stranslate(1)

translate a nucleic acid sequence to protein ORFs

## NAME

stranslate - translate a nucleic acid sequence to protein ORFs

## SYNOPSIS

**stranslate** \[-options\] \<seqfile\>

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **stranslate** command.

**stranslate** is a program that creates a file of all possible protein ORFs, given an input nucleic acid sequence.

## OPTIONS

Available options:

- **-a**

  Translate in full, with stops; no individual ORFs.

- **-h**

  Help; show brief usage and version info.

- **-l \<minlen\>**

  Report only ORFs greater than minlen (default 20).

- **-m**

  Require ORFs to start with AUG/Met.

- **-o \<outfile\>**

  Save results in output file.

- **-q**

  Quiet; silence banner, for piping or redirection.

- **-s \<stopchar\>**

  With **-a**, set stop character to \<stopchar\>.

- **--tetrahymena**

  Use the Tetrahymena/Oxytricha genetic code.

- **--watson**

  Only do the top strand (frames 0/1/2).

- **--crick**

  Only do the bottom strand (frames 3/4/5).

## NOTE TO DEBIAN USERS

The original program name is **translate**. It was renamed to **stranslate** to avoid conflict with another program of the same name.

## SEE ALSO

[**afetch**(1)](/afetch/1.md), [**alistat**(1)](/alistat/1.md), [**compalign**(1)](/compalign/1.md), [**compstruct**(1)](/compstruct/1.md), [**revcomp**(1)](/revcomp/1.md), [**seqsplit**(1)](/seqsplit/1.md), [**seqstat**(1)](/seqstat/1.md), [**sfetch**(1)](/sfetch/1.md), [**shuffle**(1)](/shuffle/1.md), [**sindex**(1)](/sindex/1.md), [**sreformat**(1)](/sreformat/1.md), [**weight**(1)](/weight/1.md).\

## AUTHOR

```
Sean Eddy
HHMI/Department of Genetics
Washington University School of Medicine
4444 Forest Park Blvd., Box 8510
St Louis, MO 63108 USA
Phone: 1-314-362-7666
FAX  : 1-314-362-2157
Email: eddy@genetics.wustl.edu
```

This manual page was written by Nelson A. de Oliveira \<naoliv@gmail.com\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).