dd>A sequence in FASTA format begins with a single-line description, 
followed by lines of sequence data.  The description line is 
distinguished from the sequence data by a greater-than (">") symbol 
in the first column. An example sequence in FASTA 
<br>format is:

<pre>&gt;sp|P01023|A2MG_HUMAN Alpha-2-macroglobulin OS=Homo sapiens GN=A2M PE=1 SV=3
MGKNKLLHPSLVLLLLVLLPTDASVSGKPQYMVLVPSLLHTETTEKGCVLLSYLNETVTV
SASLESVRGNRSLFTDLEAENDVLHCVAFAVPKSSSNEEVMFLTVQVKGPTQEFKKRTTV
MVKNEDSLVFVQTDKSIYKPGQTVKFRVVSMDENFHPLNELIPLVYIQDPKGNRIAQWQS
FQLEGGLKQFSFPLSSEPFQGSYKVVVQKKSGGRTEHPFTVEEFVLPKFEVQVTVPKIIT
ILEEEMNVSVCGLYTYGKPVPGHVTVSICRKYSDASDCHGEDSQAFCEKFSGQLNSHGCF
YQQVKTKVFQLKRKEYEMKLHTEAQIQEEGTVVELTGRQSSEITRTITKLSFVKVDSHFR
QGIPFFGQVRLVDGKGVPIPNKVIFIRGNEANYYSNATTDEHGLVQFSINTTNVMGTSLT
VRVNYKDRSPCYGYQWVSEEHEEAHHTAYLVFSPSKSFVHLEPMSHELPCGHTQTVQAHY
ILNGGTLLGLKKLSFYYLIMAKGGIVRTGTHGLLVKQEDMKGHFSISIPVKSDIAPVARL
LIYAVLPTGDVIGDSAKYDVENCLANKVDLSFSPSQSLPASHAHLRVTAAPQSVCALRAV
DQSVLLMKPDAELSASSVYNLLPEKDLTGFPGPLNDQDNEDCINRHNVYINGITYTPVSS
TNEKDMYSFLEDMGLKAFTNSKIRKPKMCPQLQQYEMHGPEGLRVGFYESDVMGRGHARL
VHVEEPHTETVRKYFPETWIWDLVVVNSAGVAEVGVTVPDTITEWKAGAFCLSEDAGLGI
SSTASLRAFQPFFVELTMPYSVIRGEAFTLKATVLNYLPKCIRVSVQLEASPAFLAVPVE
KEQAPHCICANGRQTVSWAVTPKSLGNVNFTVSAEALESQELCGTEVPSVPEHGRKDTVI
KPLLVEPEGLEKETTFNSLLCPSGGEVSEELSLKLPPNVVEESARASVSVLGDILGSAMQ
NTQNLLQMPYGCGEQNMVLFAPNIYVLDYLNETQQLTPEIKSKAIGYLNTGYQRQLNYKH
YDGSYSTFGERYGRNQGNTWLTAFVLKTFAQARAYIFIDEAHITQALIWLSQRQKDNGCF
RSSGSLLNNAIKGGVEDEVTLSAYITIALLEIPLTVTHPVVRNALFCLESAWKTAQEGDH
GSHVYTKALLAYAFALAGNQDKRKEVLKSLNEEAVKKDNSVHWERPQKPKAPVGHFYEPQ
APSAEVEMTSYVLLAYLTAQPAPTSEDLTSATNIVKWITKQQNAQGGFSSTQDTVVALHA
LSKYGAATFTRTGKAAQVTIQSSGTFSSKFQVDNNNRLLLQQVSLPELPGEYSMKVTGEG
CVYLQTSLKYNILPEKEEFPFALGVQTLPQTCDEPKAHTSFQISLSVSYTGSRSASNMAI
VDVKMVSGFIPLKPTVKMLERSNHVSRTEVSSNHVLIYLDKVSNQTLSLFFTVLQDVPVR
DLKPAIVKVYDYYETDEFAIAEYNAPCSKDLGNA


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