prosextract builds the PROSITE motif database for patmatmotifs to search.

Here is a sample session with prosextract:

% prosextract
Extracting ID, AC & PA lines from the Prosite motif Database.
Enter name of prosite directory: data/PROSITE
   
% more prosite.lines
ASN_GLYCOSYLATION PS00001
N-glycosylation
N-{P}-[ST]-{P}
^N[^P][ST][^P]
   
CAMP_PHOSPHO_SITE PS00004
cAMP-
[RK](2)-x-[ST]
^[RK]{2}[^BJOUXZ][ST]
   
PKC_PHOSPHO_SITE PS00005
Protein
[ST]-x-[RK]
^[ST][^BJOUXZ][RK]
   
CK2_PHOSPHO_SITE PS00006
Casein
[ST]-x(2)-[DE]
^[ST][^BJOUXZ]{2}[DE]
   
etc.......

The output files named after the prosite access numbers can also be seen in the prosite directory. This files are automatically created after prosextract is run.

Mandatory qualifiers:

[-infdat] (string)

Enter name of PROSITE directory.