def seqrecord2sequence(record, qlen, index):
    """Convert a Biopython SeqRecord to a esbglib.cma block.

    Indels (gaps, casing) must have already been handled in the record.
    """
    # aligned_len = sum(map(str.isupper, str(record.seq)))
    # assert qlen == aligned_len, (
    #         "Aligned sequence length %s, query %s\n%s"
    #         % (aligned_len, qlen, str(record)))

    description = (record.description.split(' ', 1)[1]
            if ' ' in record.description
            else ' ')
    return dict(index=index,
                id=record.id,
                description=description,
                dbxrefs={},
                phylum='',
                taxchar='',
                head_len=None,
                tail_len=None,
                head_seq='',
                tail_seq='',
                length=len(record.seq) - record.seq.count('-'),
                seq=str(record.seq),
                )