def seq(self):
        """Seq: Get the Seq object from the sequence file, metadata file, or in memory"""

        if self.sequence_file:
            log.debug('{}: reading sequence from sequence file {}'.format(self.id, self.sequence_path))
            tmp_sr = SeqIO.read(self.sequence_path, 'fasta')
            return tmp_sr.seq

        elif self.metadata_file:
            log.debug('{}: reading sequence from metadata file {}'.format(self.id, self.metadata_path))
            tmp_sr = SeqIO.read(self.metadata_path, 'uniprot-xml')
            return tmp_sr.seq

        else:
            if not self._seq:
                log.debug('{}: no sequence stored in memory'.format(self.id))
            else:
                log.debug('{}: reading sequence from memory'.format(self.id))

            return self._seq
Seq: Get the Seq object from the sequence file, metadata file, or in memory