# $Id: PrimarySeq.pm 16123 2009-09-17 12:57:27Z cjfields $ # # bioperl module for Bio::PrimarySeq # # Please direct questions and support issues to # # Cared for by Ewan Birney # # Copyright Ewan Birney # # You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself # POD documentation - main docs before the code =head1 NAME Bio::PrimarySeq - Bioperl lightweight Sequence Object =head1 SYNOPSIS # Bio::SeqIO for file reading, Bio::DB::GenBank for # database reading use Bio::Seq; use Bio::SeqIO; use Bio::DB::GenBank; # make from memory $seqobj = Bio::PrimarySeq->new ( -seq => 'ATGGGGTGGGCGGTGGGTGGTTTG', -id => 'GeneFragment-12', -accession_number => 'X78121', -alphabet => 'dna', -is_circular => 1 ); print "Sequence ", $seqobj->id(), " with accession ", $seqobj->accession_number, "\n"; # read from file $inputstream = Bio::SeqIO->new(-file => "myseq.fa", -format => 'Fasta'); $seqobj = $inputstream->next_seq(); print "Sequence ", $seqobj->id(), " and desc ", $seqobj->desc, "\n"; # to get out parts of the sequence. print "Sequence ", $seqobj->id(), " with accession ", $seqobj->accession_number, " and desc ", $seqobj->desc, "\n"; $string = $seqobj->seq(); $string2 = $seqobj->subseq(1,40); =head1 DESCRIPTION PrimarySeq is a lightweight Sequence object, storing the sequence, its name, a computer-useful unique name, and other fundamental attributes. It does not contain sequence features or other information. To have a sequence with sequence features you should use the Seq object which uses this object. Although new users will use Bio::PrimarySeq a lot, in general you will be using it from the Bio::Seq object. For more information on Bio::Seq see L. For interest you might like to know that Bio::Seq has-a Bio::PrimarySeq and forwards most of the function calls to do with sequence to it (the has-a relationship lets us get out of a otherwise nasty cyclical reference in Perl which would leak memory). Sequence objects are defined by the Bio::PrimarySeqI interface, and this object is a pure Perl implementation of the interface. If that's gibberish to you, don't worry. The take home message is that this object is the bioperl default sequence object, but other people can use their own objects as sequences if they so wish. If you are interested in wrapping your own objects as compliant Bioperl sequence objects, then you should read the Bio::PrimarySeqI documentation The documentation of this object is a merge of the Bio::PrimarySeq and Bio::PrimarySeqI documentation. This allows all the methods which you can call on sequence objects here. =head1 FEEDBACK =head2 Mailing Lists User feedback is an integral part of the evolution of this and other Bioperl modules. Send your comments and suggestions preferably to one of the Bioperl mailing lists. Your participation is much appreciated. bioperl-l@bioperl.org - General discussion http://bioperl.org/wiki/Mailing_lists - About the mailing lists =head2 Support Please direct usage questions or support issues to the mailing list: I rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible. =head2 Reporting Bugs Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web: http://bugzilla.open-bio.org/ =head1 AUTHOR - Ewan Birney Email birney@ebi.ac.uk =head1 APPENDIX The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _ =cut # Let the code begin... package Bio::PrimarySeq; use vars qw($MATCHPATTERN $GAP_SYMBOLS); use strict; $MATCHPATTERN = 'A-Za-z\-\.\*\?=~'; $GAP_SYMBOLS = '-~'; use base qw(Bio::Root::Root Bio::PrimarySeqI Bio::IdentifiableI Bio::DescribableI); # # setup the allowed values for alphabet() # my %valid_type = map {$_, 1} qw( dna rna protein ); =head2 new Title : new Usage : $seq = Bio::PrimarySeq->new( -seq => 'ATGGGGGTGGTGGTACCCT', -id => 'human_id', -accession_number => 'AL000012', ); Function: Returns a new primary seq object from basic constructors, being a string for the sequence and strings for id and accession_number. Note that you can provide an empty sequence string. However, in this case you MUST specify the type of sequence you wish to initialize by the parameter -alphabet. See alphabet() for possible values. Returns : a new Bio::PrimarySeq object Args : -seq => sequence string -display_id => display id of the sequence (locus name) -accession_number => accession number -primary_id => primary id (Genbank id) -version => version number -namespace => the namespace for the accession -authority => the authority for the namespace -description => description text -desc => alias for description -alphabet => sequence type (alphabet) (dna|rna|protein) -id => alias for display id -is_circular => boolean field for whether or not sequence is circular -direct => boolean field for directly setting sequence (requires alphabet also set) -ref_to_seq => boolean field indicating the sequence is a reference (?!?) -nowarnonempty => boolean field for whether or not to warn when sequence is empty =cut sub new { my ($class, @args) = @_; my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@args); my($seq,$id,$acc,$pid,$ns,$auth,$v,$oid, $desc,$description, $alphabet,$given_id,$is_circular,$direct,$ref_to_seq,$len,$nowarnonempty) = $self->_rearrange([qw(SEQ DISPLAY_ID ACCESSION_NUMBER PRIMARY_ID NAMESPACE AUTHORITY VERSION OBJECT_ID DESC DESCRIPTION ALPHABET ID IS_CIRCULAR DIRECT REF_TO_SEQ LENGTH NOWARNONEMPTY )], @args); # private var _nowarnonempty, need to be set before calling _guess_alphabet $self->{'_nowarnonempty'} = $nowarnonempty; if( defined $id && defined $given_id ) { if( $id ne $given_id ) { $self->throw("Provided both id and display_id constructor ". "functions. [$id] [$given_id]"); } } if( defined $given_id ) { $id = $given_id; } # let's set the length before the seq -- if there is one, this length is # going to be invalidated defined $len && $self->length($len); # if alphabet is provided we set it first, so that it won't be guessed # when the sequence is set $alphabet && $self->alphabet($alphabet); # if there is an alphabet, and direct is passed in, assume the alphabet # and sequence is ok if( $direct && $ref_to_seq) { $self->{'seq'} = $$ref_to_seq; if( ! $alphabet ) { $self->_guess_alphabet(); } # else it has been set already above } else { # print STDERR "DEBUG: setting sequence to [$seq]\n"; # note: the sequence string may be empty $self->seq($seq) if defined($seq); } defined $id && $self->display_id($id); $acc && $self->accession_number($acc); defined $pid && $self->primary_id($pid); $desc && $self->desc($desc); $description && $self->description($description); $is_circular && $self->is_circular($is_circular); $ns && $self->namespace($ns); $auth && $self->authority($auth); defined($v) && $self->version($v); defined($oid) && $self->object_id($oid); return $self; } sub direct_seq_set { my $obj = shift; return $obj->{'seq'} = shift if @_; return; } =head2 seq Title : seq Usage : $string = $obj->seq() Function: Returns the sequence as a string of letters. The case of the letters is left up to the implementer. Suggested cases are upper case for proteins and lower case for DNA sequence (IUPAC standard), but you should not rely on this. Returns : A scalar Args : Optionally on set the new value (a string). An optional second argument presets the alphabet (otherwise it will be guessed). =cut sub seq { my ($obj,@args) = @_; if( scalar(@args) == 0 ) { return $obj->{'seq'}; } my ($value,$alphabet) = @args; if(@args) { if(defined($value) && (! $obj->validate_seq($value))) { $obj->throw("Attempting to set the sequence to [$value] ". "which does not look healthy"); } # if a sequence was already set we make sure that we re-adjust the # alphabet, otherwise we skip guessing if alphabet is already set # note: if the new seq is empty or undef, we don't consider that a # change (we wouldn't have anything to guess on anyway) my $is_changed_seq = exists($obj->{'seq'}) && (CORE::length($value || '') > 0); $obj->{'seq'} = $value; # new alphabet overridden by arguments? if($alphabet) { # yes, set it no matter what $obj->alphabet($alphabet); } elsif( # if we changed a previous sequence to a new one $is_changed_seq || # or if there is no alphabet yet at all (! defined($obj->alphabet()))) { # we need to guess the (possibly new) alphabet $obj->_guess_alphabet(); } # else (seq not changed and alphabet was defined) do nothing # if the seq is changed, make sure we unset a possibly set length $obj->length(undef) if $is_changed_seq || $obj->{'seq'}; } return $obj->{'seq'}; } =head2 validate_seq Title : validate_seq Usage : if(! $seq->validate_seq($seq_str) ) { print "sequence $seq_str is not valid for an object of alphabet ",$seq->alphabet, "\n"; } Function: Validates a given sequence string. A validating sequence string must be accepted by seq(). A string that does not validate will lead to an exception if passed to seq(). The implementation provided here does not take alphabet() into account. Allowed are all letters (A-Z) and '-','.','*','?','=', and '~'. Example : Returns : 1 if the supplied sequence string is valid for the object, and 0 otherwise. Args : The sequence string to be validated. =cut sub validate_seq { my ($self,$seqstr) = @_; if( ! defined $seqstr ){ $seqstr = $self->seq(); } return 0 unless( defined $seqstr); if((CORE::length($seqstr) > 0) && ($seqstr !~ /^([$MATCHPATTERN]+)$/)) { $self->warn("seq doesn't validate, mismatch is " . join(",",($seqstr =~ /([^$MATCHPATTERN]+)/g))); return 0; } return 1; } =head2 subseq Title : subseq Usage : $substring = $obj->subseq(10,40); $substring = $obj->subseq(10,40,NOGAP) $substring = $obj->subseq(-START=>10,-END=>40,-REPLACE_WITH=>'tga') Function: returns the subseq from start to end, where the first sequence character has coordinate 1 number is inclusive, ie 1-2 are the first two characters of the sequence Returns : a string Args : integer for start position integer for end position OR Bio::LocationI location for subseq (strand honored) Specify -NOGAP=>1 to return subseq with gap characters removed Specify -REPLACE_WITH=>$new_subseq to replace the subseq returned with $new_subseq in the sequence object =cut sub subseq { my $self = shift; my @args = @_; my ($start,$end,$nogap,$replace) = $self->_rearrange([qw(START END NOGAP REPLACE_WITH)],@args); # if $replace is specified, have the constructor validate it as seq my $dummy = new Bio::PrimarySeq(-seq=>$replace, -alphabet=>$self->alphabet) if defined($replace); if( ref($start) && $start->isa('Bio::LocationI') ) { my $loc = $start; my $seq = ""; foreach my $subloc ($loc->each_Location()) { my $piece = $self->subseq(-START=>$subloc->start(), '-END'=>$subloc->end(), -REPLACE_WITH=>$replace, -NOGAP=>$nogap); $piece =~ s/[$GAP_SYMBOLS]//g if $nogap; if($subloc->strand() < 0) { $piece = Bio::PrimarySeq->new('-seq' => $piece)->revcom()->seq(); } $seq .= $piece; } return $seq; } elsif( defined $start && defined $end ) { if( $start > $end ){ $self->throw("Bad start,end parameters. Start [$start] has to be ". "less than end [$end]"); } if( $start <= 0 ) { $self->throw("Bad start parameter ($start). Start must be positive."); } if( $end > $self->length ) { $self->throw("Bad end parameter ($end). End must be less than the total length of sequence (total=".$self->length.")"); } # remove one from start, and then length is end-start $start--; my @ss_args = map { eval "defined $_" ? $_ : () } qw( $self->{seq} $start $end-$start $replace); my $seqstr = eval join( '', "substr(", join(',',@ss_args), ")"); $seqstr =~ s/[$GAP_SYMBOLS]//g if ($nogap); return $seqstr; } else { $self->warn("Incorrect parameters to subseq - must be two integers or a Bio::LocationI object. Got:", $self,$start,$end,$replace,$nogap); return; } } =head2 length Title : length Usage : $len = $seq->length(); Function: Get the length of the sequence in number of symbols (bases or amino acids). You can also set this attribute, even to a number that does not match the length of the sequence string. This is useful if you don''t want to set the sequence too, or if you want to free up memory by unsetting the sequence. In the latter case you could do e.g. $seq->length($seq->length); $seq->seq(undef); Note that if you set the sequence to a value other than undef at any time, the length attribute will be invalidated, and the length of the sequence string will be reported again. Also, we won''t let you lie about the length. Example : Returns : integer representing the length of the sequence. Args : Optionally, the value on set =cut sub length { my $self = shift; my $len = CORE::length($self->seq() || ''); if(@_) { my $val = shift; if(defined($val) && $len && ($len != $val)) { $self->throw("You're trying to lie about the length: ". "is $len but you say ".$val); } $self->{'_seq_length'} = $val; } elsif(defined($self->{'_seq_length'})) { return $self->{'_seq_length'}; } return $len; } =head2 display_id Title : display_id or display_name Usage : $id_string = $obj->display_id(); Function: returns the display id, aka the common name of the Sequence object. The semantics of this is that it is the most likely string to be used as an identifier of the sequence, and likely to have "human" readability. The id is equivalent to the ID field of the GenBank/EMBL databanks and the id field of the Swissprot/sptrembl database. In fasta format, the >(\S+) is presumed to be the id, though some people overload the id to embed other information. Bioperl does not use any embedded information in the ID field, and people are encouraged to use other mechanisms (accession field for example, or extending the sequence object) to solve this. With the new Bio::DescribeableI interface, display_name aliases to this method. Returns : A string Args : None =cut sub display_id { my ($obj,$value) = @_; if( defined $value) { $obj->{'display_id'} = $value; } return $obj->{'display_id'}; } =head2 accession_number Title : accession_number or object_id Usage : $unique_key = $obj->accession_number; Function: Returns the unique biological id for a sequence, commonly called the accession_number. For sequences from established databases, the implementors should try to use the correct accession number. Notice that primary_id() provides the unique id for the implemetation, allowing multiple objects to have the same accession number in a particular implementation. For sequences with no accession number, this method should return "unknown". [Note this method name is likely to change in 1.3] With the new Bio::IdentifiableI interface, this is aliased to object_id Returns : A string Args : A string (optional) for setting =cut sub accession_number { my( $obj, $acc ) = @_; if (defined $acc) { $obj->{'accession_number'} = $acc; } else { $acc = $obj->{'accession_number'}; $acc = 'unknown' unless defined $acc; } return $acc; } =head2 primary_id Title : primary_id Usage : $unique_key = $obj->primary_id; Function: Returns the unique id for this object in this implementation. This allows implementations to manage their own object ids in a way the implementaiton can control clients can expect one id to map to one object. For sequences with no natural primary id, this method should return a stringified memory location. Returns : A string Args : A string (optional, for setting) =cut sub primary_id { my $obj = shift; if(@_) { $obj->{'primary_id'} = shift; } if( ! defined($obj->{'primary_id'}) ) { return "$obj"; } return $obj->{'primary_id'}; } =head2 alphabet Title : alphabet Usage : if( $obj->alphabet eq 'dna' ) { /Do Something/ } Function: Get/Set the alphabet of sequence, one of 'dna', 'rna' or 'protein'. This is case sensitive. This is not called because this would cause upgrade problems from the 0.5 and earlier Seq objects. Returns : a string either 'dna','rna','protein'. NB - the object must make a call of the type - if there is no alphabet specified it has to guess. Args : optional string to set : 'dna' | 'rna' | 'protein' =cut sub alphabet { my ($obj,$value) = @_; if (defined $value) { $value = lc $value; unless ( $valid_type{$value} ) { $obj->throw("Alphabet '$value' is not a valid alphabet (". join(',', map "'$_'", sort keys %valid_type) . ") lowercase"); } $obj->{'alphabet'} = $value; } return $obj->{'alphabet'}; } =head2 desc Title : desc or description Usage : $obj->desc($newval) Function: Get/set description of the sequence. 'description' is an alias for this for compliance with the Bio::DescribeableI interface. Example : Returns : value of desc (a string) Args : newvalue (a string or undef, optional) =cut sub desc{ my $self = shift; return $self->{'desc'} = shift if @_; return $self->{'desc'}; } =head2 can_call_new Title : can_call_new Usage : Function: Example : Returns : true Args : =cut sub can_call_new { my ($self) = @_; return 1; } =head2 id Title : id Usage : $id = $seq->id() Function: This is mapped on display_id Example : Returns : Args : =cut sub id { return shift->display_id(@_); } =head2 is_circular Title : is_circular Usage : if( $obj->is_circular) { /Do Something/ } Function: Returns true if the molecule is circular Returns : Boolean value Args : none =cut sub is_circular{ my $self = shift; return $self->{'is_circular'} = shift if @_; return $self->{'is_circular'}; } =head1 Methods for Bio::IdentifiableI compliance =cut =head2 object_id Title : object_id Usage : $string = $obj->object_id() Function: A string which represents the stable primary identifier in this namespace of this object. For DNA sequences this is its accession_number, similarly for protein sequences. This is aliased to accession_number(). Returns : A scalar =cut sub object_id { return shift->accession_number(@_); } =head2 version Title : version Usage : $version = $obj->version() Function: A number which differentiates between versions of the same object. Higher numbers are considered to be later and more relevant, but a single object described the same identifier should represent the same concept. Returns : A number =cut sub version{ my ($self,$value) = @_; if( defined $value) { $self->{'_version'} = $value; } return $self->{'_version'}; } =head2 authority Title : authority Usage : $authority = $obj->authority() Function: A string which represents the organisation which granted the namespace, written as the DNS name for organisation (eg, wormbase.org). Returns : A scalar =cut sub authority { my ($obj,$value) = @_; if( defined $value) { $obj->{'authority'} = $value; } return $obj->{'authority'}; } =head2 namespace Title : namespace Usage : $string = $obj->namespace() Function: A string representing the name space this identifier is valid in, often the database name or the name describing the collection. Returns : A scalar =cut sub namespace{ my ($self,$value) = @_; if( defined $value) { $self->{'namespace'} = $value; } return $self->{'namespace'} || ""; } =head1 Methods for Bio::DescribableI compliance This comprises of display_name and description. =cut =head2 display_name Title : display_name Usage : $string = $obj->display_name() Function: A string which is what should be displayed to the user. The string should have no spaces (ideally, though a cautious user of this interface would not assumme this) and should be less than thirty characters (though again, double checking this is a good idea). This is aliased to display_id(). Returns : A scalar =cut sub display_name { return shift->display_id(@_); } =head2 description Title : description Usage : $string = $obj->description() Function: A text string suitable for displaying to the user a description. This string is likely to have spaces, but should not have any newlines or formatting - just plain text. The string should not be greater than 255 characters and clients can feel justified at truncating strings at 255 characters for the purposes of display. This is aliased to desc(). Returns : A scalar =cut sub description { return shift->desc(@_); } =head1 Methods Inherited from Bio::PrimarySeqI These methods are available on Bio::PrimarySeq, although they are actually implemented on Bio::PrimarySeqI =head2 revcom Title : revcom Usage : $rev = $seq->revcom() Function: Produces a new Bio::SeqI implementing object which is the reversed complement of the sequence. For protein sequences this throws an exception of "Sequence is a protein. Cannot revcom". The id is the same id as the orginal sequence, and the accession number is also indentical. If someone wants to track that this sequence has be reversed, it needs to define its own extensions. To do an inplace edit of an object you can go: $seqobj = $seqobj->revcom(); This of course, causes Perl to handle the garbage collection of the old object, but it is roughly speaking as efficient as an inplace edit. Returns : A new (fresh) Bio::SeqI object Args : none =cut =head2 trunc Title : trunc Usage : $subseq = $myseq->trunc(10,100); Function: Provides a truncation of a sequence, Example : Returns : A fresh Bio::SeqI implementing object. Args : =cut =head1 Internal methods These are internal methods to PrimarySeq =cut =head2 _guess_alphabet Title : _guess_alphabet Usage : Function: Determines (and sets) the type of sequence: dna, rna, protein Example : Returns : one of strings 'dna', 'rna' or 'protein'. Args : none =cut sub _guess_alphabet { my ($self) = @_; my $type; #return if $self->alphabet; my $str = $self->seq(); # Remove char's that clearly denote ambiguity $str =~ s/[-.?]//gi; my $total = CORE::length($str); if( $total == 0 ) { if (!$self->{'_nowarnonempty'}) { $self->warn("Got a sequence with no letters in it ". "cannot guess alphabet"); } return ''; } my $u = ($str =~ tr/Uu//); # The assumption here is that most of sequences comprised of mainly # ATGC, with some N, will be 'dna' despite the fact that N could # also be Asparagine my $atgc = ($str =~ tr/ATGCNatgcn//); if( ($atgc / $total) > 0.85 ) { $type = 'dna'; } elsif( (($atgc + $u) / $total) > 0.85 ) { $type = 'rna'; } else { $type = 'protein'; } $self->alphabet($type); return $type; } ############################################################################ # aliases due to name changes or to compensate for our lack of consistency # ############################################################################ sub accession { my $self = shift; $self->warn(ref($self)."::accession is deprecated, ". "use accession_number() instead"); return $self->accession_number(@_); } 1;