Add translations of nucleotide sequences to a project

In MegAlign Pro 17.6 and later, you can add nucleotide sequences to an existing project as translated amino acid sequences.

This functionality can be useful when you have DNA and protein sequences that you want to align together. MegAlign Pro does not support the alignment of different sequence types. But using the procedure described here, you can add both types of sequences (some of which are translated from the original format) to a single project.

To add translated sequences to an existing project:

1. Do either of the following:
   
   
   • Create a new project without any sequences in it.
     
     
   • Open a project that already contains protein sequences.

2. Do either of the following:
   
   
   • Press the triangle to the right of the Add sequences to project tool () and choose Add Sequences Translated.
     
     
   • Use the menu command File > Add Sequences Translated.

3. Choose DNA or RNA sequences and click Open.