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find_prot.py
def find_prot(fasta_dict, protein_name):
'''Function to find protein in fasta_dictionary'''
# Check if fasta_dict contains the protein name key
if protein_name in fasta_dict:
# Return biological sequence
return fasta_dict[protein_name]
else:
# Print error message
print "Error: %s not found" % protein_name
return None # We'll see how to deal with this properly next week
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