diff --git a/src/input/xpipsaxhandler.cpp b/src/input/xpipsaxhandler.cpp
index c3ead743817a9fada1ea5a95cad0324d65e6ee07..71ae62ab56b90e8a797203d5089051dad84245ef 100644
--- a/src/input/xpipsaxhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/input/xpipsaxhandler.cpp
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ bool XpipSaxHandler::startElement_modifs_mass(QXmlAttributes attributes) {
 bool XpipSaxHandler::startElement_sample(QXmlAttributes attributes) {
 
     qDebug() << "startElement_sample ";
-    
+
     MsRunSp ms_run =  _p_project->getMsRunStore().getInstance(attributes.value("value").simplified());
     ms_run.get()->setFilename(attributes.value("value").simplified());
     _current_identification_group_p->addMsRunSp(ms_run);
@@ -277,6 +277,8 @@ bool XpipSaxHandler::endElement_peptide() {
 
 bool XpipSaxHandler::endElement_sequence() {
     //if ((_tag_stack.size() > 1) && (_tag_stack[_tag_stack.size() - 1] == "protein")) {
+
+    //._sequence.replace(QRegExp("\\*"), "")).removeTranslationStop()
     _current_protein.setSequence(_current_text);
     //}
     //else {
@@ -285,6 +287,7 @@ bool XpipSaxHandler::endElement_sequence() {
     return true;
 }
 bool XpipSaxHandler::endElement_protein() {
+
     ProteinXtpSp sp_xtp_protein = _current_protein.makeProteinXtpSp();
 
     _p_protein_match->setProteinXtpSp(_p_project->getProteinStore().getInstance(sp_xtp_protein));
@@ -392,3 +395,4 @@ pappso::AaModificationP XpipSaxHandler::getAaModificationP(pappso::mz mass) cons
     throw pappso::ExceptionNotFound(QObject::tr("XpipSaxHandler::getAaModificationP => modification not found for mass %1").arg(mass));
 }
 
+
diff --git a/src/input/xtandemsaxhandler.cpp b/src/input/xtandemsaxhandler.cpp
index 5647756b3e99554a06ad792f0f322cf02826bc51..c616abcf6ed52655613e57e0fd18cfe7bbee27ff 100644
--- a/src/input/xtandemsaxhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/input/xtandemsaxhandler.cpp
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ bool XtandemSaxHandler::startElement_domain(QXmlAttributes attributes) {
     bool is_ok = true;
     _current_text = _current_text.simplified().replace(" ", "");
     if (!_current_text.isEmpty()) {
-        _p_protein_match->getProteinXtpSp().get()->setSequence(_current_text);
+      //._sequence.replace(QRegExp("\\*"), "")).removeTranslationStop()
+        _p_protein_match->getProteinXtpSp().get()->setSequence(_current_text.replace(QRegExp("\\*"), ""));
     }
 
     // <domain id="4017.1.1" start="21" end="31" expect="2.0e-06"