Name

SWISS::ACs

Description

SWISS::ACs represents the AC (accession) lines within an SWISS-PROT + TrEMBL entry as specified in the user manual http://www.expasy.org/sprot/userman.html .

The SWISS-PROT format has recently been changed to multiple AC lines. This module will read

 Ordinary AC lines
    AC   P10585;
 
 The old temporary format (for internal use only)
    AC   Q57333; O08291; O08202; O08292; O08203; O08293; O08204; O08294;
    **   O08205; O08295; O08206; O08296; O08207; O08297; O08208; O08298;
    **   O08213;
 
 and the new format.
    AC   Q57333; O08291; O08202; O08292; O08203; O08293; O08204; O08294;
    AC   O08205; O08295; O08206; O08296; O08207; O08297; O08208; O08298;
    AC   O08213;

But, SWISS::ACs will DROP funny ** comment lines that are sometimes found following an AC line:

    AC   Q48558; P71434;
    **   MERGED 2 TREMBL ENTRIES.

This module will always write the new format with multiple AC lines.

Inherits from

SWISS::ListBase.pm

Attributes

list

This is an array containing a list of all the accession numbers associated with this entry. The first member will be the primary accession number, and any following are the secondary accession numbers.

Methods

Standard methods

new
fromText
toText
sort

This method sorts the secondary AC numbers alphanumerically, i.e. all but the first. The primary AC number must never be sorted.