Edit header of multifasta file
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5.8 years ago
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Hi, I have a multifasta file and I need to delete some part of the header for every fasta file. For example:

>Viridibacillus_arenosi_FSL_R5_0213-BK137_RS04360-22-CBS_domain-containing_protein <unknown description>
GCTAATGAAGTTATTGGCCTAGTGACAGAAAGGGATATAAAAAACGCGCTTCCTTCTTCC
CTGCTC------AAA
>Viridibacillus_arvi_DSM16317-AMD00_RS08865-16-acetoin_utilization_protein_AcuB <unknown description>
GCGAATGAAGTTATTGGCCTAGTAACAGAAAGGGATATAAAAAACGCCCTTCCATCTTCC
CTGCTC------AAA

I need to delete the part after "-" in the header which is "-BK137_RS04360-22-CBS_domain-containing_protein <unknown description="">" and "-AMD00_RS08865-16-acetoin_utilization_protein_AcuB <unknown description="">".

I tried

cut -d '-' -f 1 your_file.fasta > new_file.fasta

and

awk '{split($0,a,"-"); if(a[1]) print ">"a[1]; else print; }' my_file.fasta > new_file.fasta

but this is an alignment file, it removed the "-" in my sequence as well, which of course I don't want.

Thanks for your help!

Best regards,

Felix

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Try the solutions out in this thread (modify as needed) : A: Fasta header trimming

There are multiple other threads that refer to fasta header manipulation. Please use google to do an external search on biostars.

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Thanks. I am trying to use the "cut" command. However, if i use: cut -d '-' -f1 your_file.fasta > new_file.fasta. It will removed the "-" in my sequence. May I know any option for the cut command to be only apply for the fasta header?

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Apologies. Did not realize that you have - elsewhere in your sequences.

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5.8 years ago

try

 sed '/^>/s/\-.*//'  input.fa

"for the lines starting with '>', subsitute 'everything after "-"' with empty string"

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Worked well! Thanks for that.

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Using seqkit

seqkit replace -p '(^[^-]+).*' -r '${1}'  <your_fasta_file>

output

>Viridibacillus_arenosi_FSL_R5_0213
GCTAATGAAGTTATTGGCCTAGTGACAGAAAGGGATATAAAAAACGCGCTTCCTTCTTCC
CTGCTC------AAA
>Viridibacillus_arvi_DSM16317
GCGAATGAAGTTATTGGCCTAGTAAC
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