'init'

python/protein-translation/protein_translation.py

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+from itertools import takewhile
+
+# Processing of data into a dictionary from a list taken from the site.
+# I would have preferred being able to process the data from a module, or maybe a text file,
+# but that's a whole lot of effort for something as simple as this.
+data = [['AUG', 'Methionine'],
+        ['UUU', 'UUC',	'Phenylalanine'],
+        ['UUA', 'UUG',	'Leucine'],
+        ['UCU', 'UCC', 'UCA', 'UCG', 'Serine'],
+        ['UAU', 'UAC',	'Tyrosine'],
+        ['UGU', 'UGC',	'Cysteine'],
+        ['UGG', 'Tryptophan'],
+        ['UAA', 'UAG', 'UGA', 'STOP']]
+protein_definitions = {codon : definition for definition, codons in [(subarray[-1], subarray[:-1]) for subarray in data] for codon in codons }
+
+def proteins(strand):
+    strand = [strand[index * 3:(index * 3)+3] for index, char in enumerate(strand[::3])]
+    strand = takewhile(lambda x : x != 'STOP', (protein_definitions[codon] for codon in strand))
+    return list(strand)