ORF finder searches for open reading frames (ORFs) in the DNA sequence you enter. The program returns the range of each ORF, along with its protein translation. Use ORF finder to search newly sequenced DNA for potential protein encoding segments, verify predicted protein using newly developed SMART BLAST or regular BLASTP.

• ORFfinder Main Site

• Module Name: ORFfinder (see the modules page for more information)
• singlethreaded app

Allocate an interactive session and run the program. Sample session:

[user@biowulf]$ sinteractive
salloc.exe: Pending job allocation 46116226
salloc.exe: job 46116226 queued and waiting for resources
salloc.exe: job 46116226 has been allocated resources
salloc.exe: Granted job allocation 46116226
salloc.exe: Waiting for resource configuration
salloc.exe: Nodes cn3144 are ready for job

[user@cn3144 ~]$ module load ORFfinder

[user@cn3144 ~]$ ORFfinder -in /fdb/app_testdata/fasta/R64-1-1.cdna_nc.fa \
-id YPR161C -logfile text.out -out orf_test

[user@cn3144 ~]$ exit
salloc.exe: Relinquishing job allocation 46116226
[user@biowulf ~]$

Create a batch input file (e.g. ORFfinder.sh). For example:

#!/bin/bash
set -e
module load ORFfinder
ORFfinder -in /fdb/app_testdata/fasta/R64-1-1.cdna_nc.fa \
-id YPR161C -logfile text.out -out orf_test

Submit this job using the Slurm sbatch command.

sbatch ORFfinder.sh

Create a swarmfile (e.g. ORFfinder.swarm). For example:

ORFfinder -in sample1.fa -out sample1 [...]
ORFfinder -in sample2.fa -out sample2 [...]
ORFfinder -in sample3.fa -out sample3 [...]
[...] rest of options

Submit this job using the swarm command.

swarm -f ORFfinder.swarm --module ORFfinder