FASTA FORMAT The FASTA format contains a mandatory first line beginning with the ">" followed by a name of the sequence. This is followed by the biological sequence either in lowercase or uppercase. Please limit the number of bases/aminoacids to no more than 60 per row.
An example of the FASTA format looks like this >my_query this is my query sequence MNVAINGFGRIGRLVLRASAKNPLINIVAINDPFVSTTYMEYMLEYDTVHGKFDGSLSHD ETHIFVNGKPIRVFNEMNPENIKWGEEQVQYVVESTGAFTTLEKASTHLKNGVEKVVISA PSSDAPMFVMGVNHELYEKNMHVVSNASCTTNCLAPLAKVVNDKFGIKEGLMTTVHAVTA TQKTVDGPSKKDWRGGRGACFNIIPSSTGAAKAVGKVIPSLNGKLTGMSFRVPTADVSVV DLTARLVNPASYDEIKAAIKSASENEMKGILGYTEKAVVSSDFIGDSHSSIFDAEAGIAL TDDFVKLVSWYDNEWGYSSRVLDLIEHMVKNE >C serotype of Chlamydia trachomatis MOMP LPVGNPAEPSLMIDGILWEGFGGDPCDPCTTWCDAISMRVGYYGDFVFDRVLKTDVNKEFQMGAAPTTSD VAGLQNDPTINVARPNPAYGKHMQDAEMFTNAAYMALNIWDRFDVFCTLGATTGYLKGNSASFNLVGLFG TKTQSSSFNTAKLIPNTALNEAVVELYINTTFAWSVGARAALWECGCATLGASFQYAQSKPKVEELNVLC NASEFTINKPKGYVGAEFPLNITAGTEAATGTKDASIDYHEWQASLALSYRLNMFTPYIGVKWSRVSFDA DTIRIAQPKLAEAILDVTTLNRTTAGKGSVVSAGTDNELADTMQIVSLQLNKMKSRKSCGIAVGTTIVDA DKYAVTVEARLIDERAAHVNAQFRF >F serotype of Chlamydia trachomatis MOMP LPVGNPAEPSLMIDGILWEGFGGDPCDPCTTWCDAISMRMGYYGDFVFDRVLKTDVNKEFEMGEALAGAS GNTTSTLSKLVERTNPAYGKHMQDAEMFTNAACMTLNIWDRFDVFCTLGATSGYLKGNSASFNLVGLFGD GVNATKPAADSIPNVQLNQSVVELYTDTTFAWSVGARAALWECGCATLGASFQYAQSKPKIEELNVLCNA AEFTINKPKGYVGKEFPLDLTAGTDAATGTKDASIDYHEWQASLSLSYRLNMFTPYIGVKWSRASFDSDT IRIAQPRLVTPVVDITTLNPTIAGCGSVAGANTEGQISDTMQIVSLQLNKMKSRKSCGIAVGTTIVDADK YAVTVETRLIDERAAHVNAQFRF >H serotype of Chlamydia trachomatis MOMP LPVGNPAEPSLMIDGILWEGFGGDPCDPCATWCDAISMRVGYYGDFVFDRVLKTDVNKEFQMGAAPTTND AADLQNDPKTNVARPNPAYGKHMQDAEMFTNAAYMALNIWDRFDVFCTLGATTGYLKGNSASFNLVGLFG TKTKSSDFNTAKLVPNIALNRAVVELYTDTTFAWSVGARAALWECGCATLGASFQYAQSKPKVEELNVLC NASEFTINKPKGYVGAEFPLDITAGTEAATGTKDASIDYHEWQASLALSYRLNMFTPYIGVKWSRVSFDA DTIRIAQPKLAEAILDVTTLNPTIAGKGTVVASGSDNDLADTMQIVSLQLNKMKSRKSCGIAVGTTIVDA DKYAVTVETRLIDERAAHVNAQFRF >A serotype of Chlamydia trachomatis MOMP LPVGNPAEPSLMIDGILWEGFGGDPCDPCTTWCDAISMRMGYYGDFVFDRVLKTDVNKEFQMGAAPTTSD VAGLEKDPVANVARPNPAYGKHMQDAEMFTNAAYMALNIWDRFDVFCTLGATTGYLKGNSASFNLVGLFG TKTQSSGFDTANIVPNTALNQAVVELYTDTTFAWSVGARAALWECGCATLGASFQYAQSKPKVEELNVLC NASEFTINKPKGYVGAEFPLDITAGTEAATGTKDASIDYHEWQASLALSYRLNMFTPYIGVKWSRVSFDA DTIRIAQPKLAKPVLDTTTLNPTIAGKGTVVSSAENELADTMQIVSLQLNKMKSRKSCGIAVGTTVVDAD KYAVTIETRLIDERAAHVNAQFRF