Decodon

Installation

git clone https://github.com/hatch-lab/decodon.git
python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt

Usage

python decodon.py "DNA Sequence"

This will print to terminal DNA sequences that are as divergent as possible, but which encode the same amino acid sequence.

Options

• --N The number of divergent sequences to print (defaults to 1)

Examples

python decodon.py GGTAAGCCTATCCCTAACCCTCTCCTCGGTCTCGATTCTACG --N=3

Prints

Sequence (Score)
GGCAAACCCATTCCCAATCCCTTATTAGGCTTAGACAGCACT (19)
GGAAAGCCAATACCAAACCCATTGTTGGGATTGGATAGTACC (15)
GGGAAACCGATCCCGAATCCGCTTCTTGGGCTTGACTCCACA (13)

Output

Prints DNA sequences to the terminal.