Does this gene match any known patterns.
Lets do a quick check for open reading frames.
The output from MAP is a bit confusing, but if you choose just one enzyme and the option to translate only open reading frames, it can be deciphered. Too bad this doesn't work for all new sequences that you find in the lab. In this case it is simple and it works. Use this same protein sequence to search the ProDom database and look at a multiple alignment of related genes. If you were new to the study of this gene, this information would probably be valuable.