Description Takes a protein motif and compares it to a set of protein sequences.
It returns the number of matches there were between the motif and each matched sequence, length of match, start and end positions of match, and writes out an alignment. Here is a sample session with patmatdb. The search is case-independent, so 'AAA' matches 'aaa'. The search is case-independent, so 'AAA' matches 'aaa'. Repetition of an element of the pattern can be indicated by following that element with a numerical value or a numerical range between parenthesis.