View→Sequence Features
-When this option is selected, sequence features extracted from the - Uniprot record for each - sequence are displayed on the alignment.
-Currently, sequence features are rendered in red or blue, dependent - upon their type:
More information about the feature is given in a tooltip, which are - viewed by moving the mouse pointer over a sequence feature. The - associated text for the feature will then be displayed in a small - label will appear near the pointer.
-After the Sequence Features option is selected, there may be some delay before - the features are actually rendered, as jalview must first determine if a - sequence is contained in uniprot and then retrieve its sequence - record. This delay should only happen once for a particular - alignment, as jalview caches uniprot records in a file in your home - directory called '.jalview.uniprot.xml'. - -
The first step in this process is to try to use the ID (name) of - each sequence as an ID search in Uniprot. If there is no match, The - EBI Blast search is used in an attempt to obtain the Uniprot Id for - each sequence. You will be notified of any 100% matches with - Uniprot, but you must then manually change the name of the sequence, - by right clicking on the sequence ID and selecting - Sequence→Edit Name, before Jalview will show its sequence - features.
- If a uniprot record (or set of records) is found for a sequence, - then the sequence in aligned to the one in the Uniprot record - to determine the correct start and end residue positions that will be - displayed when the 'Show Full Sequence ID' option is set.
+Sequence Features
+Jalview can colour parts of a sequence based on the presence of +sequence features - which may be retrieved from database records (such +as Uniprot), the result of sequence motif +searches or simply read from a sequence features file.
+Sequence Feature Groups
+Since Jalview 2.08, sequence features assigned to a sequence can be +organised into groups, which may indicate that the features were all retrieved +from the same database (such as Uniprot features), or generated by the +same analysis process (as might be specified in a sequence features file).
+Sequence Feature Inheritance
+Since Jalview 2.08, sequence features are global to a set of +sequences appearing (independently or together) in many different +alignments. Practically, this means features loaded onto one alignment +can be viewed in any alignments involving the same sequences. The same +sequence appears in different alignments when a new alignment is +generated by submitting an existing set of sequences to one of the +alignment or prediction web services, and when sequences are copied +and pasted into other alignment windows.
+View→Show Sequence Features
+Toggle the display of sequence features in this alignment. If +feature retrieval has not already been carried out, then Jalview will +automatically try to fetch sequence features (as described below).
+View→Sequence Feature Settings... +
Once sequence features have been loaded, their display can be fully controlled
+ using the alignment window's Sequence Feature Settings dialog box. Feature
+ colour schemes and display parameters are unique to a particular alignment,
+ so it is possible to colour the same sequence features differently in different
+ alignment views.
+ Since Jalview 2.1, it is possible to add DAS features
+ to an alignment via the DAS tabbed pane of the feature settings window.
Precalculated Sequence Features may be added to an alignment from the command + line, drag and drop, or from the "File->Load Features / Annotations" + menu item. See the Features File Format for + more details.