import requests
query = "skipPDB=TRUE£€£€format=seq£€£€email=TRUE£€£€name=seq£€£€>querynMATPHDE"

print(query.encode("utf-8"))
HOST = "http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/jpred4/cgi-bin/rest"
result = requests.post("{}/{}".format(HOST, "job"), data=query.encode("utf-8"), headers={"Content-type": "text/txt"})

query <- "skipPDB=TRUExc2xa3xe2x82xacxc2xa3xe2x82xacformat=seqxc2xa3xe2x82xacxc2xa3xe2x82xacemail=TRUExc2xa3xe2x82xacxc2xa3xe2x82xacname=seqxc2xa3xe2x82xacxc2xa3xe2x82xac>querynMATPHDE"

response <- httr::POST(url=paste(host, "job", sep="/"), body = query)

Response [http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/jpred4/cgi-bin/rest/job]
  Date: 2018-06-18 15:28
  Status: 415
  Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
  Size: 82 B