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How to translate an aminoacid sequence back to nucleotide sequence?

How to translate an aminoacid sequence back to nucleotide sequence? What software is good for that?

>M. tuberculosis H37Rv|Rv0667|rpoB
LADSRQSKTAASPSPSRPQSSSNNSVPGAPNRVSFAKLREPLEVPGLLDVQTDSFEWLIG
SPRWRESAAERGDVNPVGGLEEVLYELSPIEDFSGSMSLSFSDPRFDDVKAPVDECKDKD
MTYAAPLFVTAEFINNNTGEIKSQTVFMGDFPMMTEKGTFIINGTERVVVSQLVRSPGVY
FDETIDKSTDKTLHSVKVIPSRGAWLEFDVDKRDTVGVRIDRKRRQPVTVLLKALGWTSE
QIVERFGFSEIMRSTLEKDNTVGTDEALLDIYRKLRPGEPPTKESAQTLLENLFFKEKRY
DLARVGRYKVNKKLGLHVGEPITSSTLTEEDVVATIEYLVRLHEGQTTMTVPGGVEVPVE
TDDIDHFGNRRLRTVGELIQNQIRVGMSRMERVVRERMTTQDVEAITPQTLINIRPVVAA
IKEFFGTSQLSQFMDQNNPLSGLTHKRRLSALGPGGLSRERAGLEVRDVHPSHYGRMCPI
ETPEGPNIGLIGSLSVYARVNPFGFIETPYRKVVDGVVSDEIVYLTADEEDRHVVAQANS
PIDADGRFVEPRVLVRRKAGEVEYVPSSEVDYMDVSPRQMVSVATAMIPFLEHDDANRAL
MGANMQRQAVPLVRSEAPLVGTGMELRAAIDAGDVVVAEESGVIEEVSADYITVMHDNGT
RRTYRMRKFARSNHGTCANQCPIVDAGDRVEAGQVIADGPCTDDGEMALGKNLLVAIMPW
EGHNYEDAIILSNRLVEEDVLTSIHIEEHEIDARDTKLGAEEITRDIPNISDEVLADLDE
RGIVRIGAEVRDGDILVGKVTPKGETELTPEERLLRAIFGEKAREVRDTSLKVPHGESGK
VIGIRVFSREDEDELPAGVNELVRVYVAQKRKISDGDKLAGRHGNKGVIGKILPVEDMPF
LADGTPVDIILNTHGVPRRMNIGQILETHLGWCAHSGWKVDAAKGVPDWAARLPDELLEA
QPNAIVSTPVFDGAQEAELQGLLSCTLPNRDGDVLVDADGKAMLFDGRSGEPFPYPVTVG
YMYIMKLHHLVDDKIHARSTGPYSMITQQPLGGKAQFGGQRFGEMECWAMQAYGAAYTLQ
ELLTIKSDDTVGRVKVYEAIVKGENIPEPGIPESFKVLLKELQSLCLNVEVLSSDGAAIE
LREGEDEDLERAAANLGINLSRNESASVEDLA
translation

I would use tblastn. Since you're reverse translating you would have to deal with multiple codons per residue, so easiest would be to search for the actual gene sequence itself in a translated blast search. You can use blast from within your favourite coding language by tapping into the NCBI's API or dare I say it use their website if it's just a single query.

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