--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/build_proteases_loc.py	Fri May 10 17:22:51 2013 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+from os.path import exists
+
+proteases_path = "proteases.xml"
+
+tree = ET.parse(proteases_path)
+proteases_el = tree.getroot()
+
+with open("maxquant_proteases.loc", "w") as output:
+    for protease in proteases_el.getchildren():
+        output.write("%s\n" % protease.attrib["name"])
+