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diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/UniprotSequence.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/UniprotSequence.java
index 6ce751e..1150f1e 100755
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/UniprotSequence.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/UniprotSequence.java
@@ -20,24 +20,34 @@
  */
 package jalview.datamodel;
 
+/**
+ * Data model for the sequence returned by a Uniprot query
+ * 
+ * @see uniprot_mapping.xml
+ */
 public class UniprotSequence
 {
+  private String _content = "";
+
   /**
-   * internal content storage
+   * Sets the content string, omitting any space characters
+   * 
+   * @param seq
    */
-  private java.lang.String _content = "";
-
   public void setContent(String seq)
   {
-    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
-    for (int i = 0; i < seq.length(); i++)
+    if (seq != null)
     {
-      if (seq.charAt(i) != ' ')
+      StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(seq.length());
+      for (int i = 0; i < seq.length(); i++)
       {
-        sb.append(seq.charAt(i));
+        if (seq.charAt(i) != ' ')
+        {
+          sb.append(seq.charAt(i));
+        }
       }
+      _content = sb.toString();
     }
-    _content = sb.toString();
   }
 
   public String getContent()