# $Id: Enzyme.pm 16123 2009-09-17 12:57:27Z cjfields $ #------------------------------------------------------------------ # # BioPerl module Bio::Restriction::Enzyme # # Please direct questions and support issues to # # Cared for by Rob Edwards # # You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself #------------------------------------------------------------------ ## POD Documentation: =head1 NAME Bio::Restriction::Enzyme - A single restriction endonuclease (cuts DNA at specific locations) =head1 SYNOPSIS # set up a single restriction enzyme. This contains lots of # information about the enzyme that is generally parsed from a # rebase file and can then be read back use Bio::Restriction::Enzyme; # define a new enzyme with the cut sequence my $re=Bio::Restriction::Enzyme->new (-enzyme=>'EcoRI', -seq=>'G^AATTC'); # once the sequence has been defined a bunch of stuff is calculated # for you: #### PRECALCULATED # find where the enzyme cuts after ... my $ca=$re->cut; # ... and where it cuts on the opposite strand my $oca = $re->complementary_cut; # get the cut sequence string back. # Note that site will return the sequence with a caret my $with_caret=$re->site; #returns 'G^AATTC'; # but it is also a Bio::PrimarySeq object .... my $without_caret=$re->seq; # returns 'GAATTC'; # ... and so does string $without_caret=$re->string; #returns 'GAATTC'; # what is the reverse complement of the cut site my $rc=$re->revcom; # returns 'GAATTC'; # now the recognition length. There are two types: # recognition_length() is the length of the sequence # cutter() estimate of cut frequency my $recog_length = $re->recognition_length; # returns 6 # also returns 6 in this case but would return # 4 for GANNTC and 5 for RGATCY (BstX2I)! $recog_length=$re->cutter; # is the sequence a palindrome - the same forwards and backwards my $pal= $re->palindromic; # this is a boolean # is the sequence blunt (i.e. no overhang - the forward and reverse # cuts are the same) print "blunt\n" if $re->overhang eq 'blunt'; # Overhang can have three values: "5'", "3'", "blunt", and undef # Direction is very important if you use Klenow! my $oh=$re->overhang; # what is the overhang sequence my $ohseq=$re->overhang_seq; # will return 'AATT'; # is the sequence ambiguous - does it contain non-GATC bases? my $ambig=$re->is_ambiguous; # this is boolean print "Stuff about the enzyme\nCuts after: $ca\n", "Complementary cut: $oca\nSite:\n\t$with_caret or\n", "\t$without_caret\n"; print "Reverse of the sequence: $rc\nRecognition length: $recog_length\n", "Is it palindromic? $pal\n"; print "The overhang is $oh with sequence $ohseq\n", "And is it ambiguous? $ambig\n\n"; ### THINGS YOU CAN SET, and get from rich REBASE file # get or set the isoschizomers (enzymes that recognize the same # site) $re->isoschizomers('PvuII', 'SmaI'); # not really true :) print "Isoschizomers are ", join " ", $re->isoschizomers, "\n"; # get or set the methylation sites $re->methylation_sites(2); # not really true :) print "Methylated at ", join " ", keys %{$re->methylation_sites},"\n"; #Get or set the source microbe $re->microbe('E. coli'); print "It came from ", $re->microbe, "\n"; # get or set the person who isolated it $re->source("Rob"); # not really true :) print $re->source, " sent it to us\n"; # get or set whether it is commercially available and the company # that it can be bought at $re->vendors('NEB'); # my favorite print "Is it commercially available :"; print $re->vendors ? "Yes" : "No"; print " and it can be got from ", join " ", $re->vendors, "\n"; # get or set a reference for this $re->reference('Edwards et al. J. Bacteriology'); print "It was not published in ", $re->reference, "\n"; # get or set the enzyme name $re->name('BamHI'); print "The name of EcoRI is not really ", $re->name, "\n"; =head1 DESCRIPTION This module defines a single restriction endonuclease. You can use it to make custom restriction enzymes, and it is used by Bio::Restriction::IO to define enzymes in the New England Biolabs REBASE collection. Use Bio::Restriction::Analysis to figure out which enzymes are available and where they cut your sequence. =head1 RESTRICTION MODIFICATION SYSTEMS At least three geneticaly and biochamically distinct restriction modification systems exist. The cutting components of them are known as restriction endonuleases. The three systems are known by roman numerals: Type I, II, and III restriction enzymes. REBASE format 'cutzymes'(#15) lists enzyme type in its last field. The categories there do not always match the the following short descriptions of the enzymes types. See http://it.stlawu.edu/~tbudd/rmsyst.html for a better overview. =head2 TypeI Type I systems recognize a bipartite asymetrical sequence of 5-7 bp: ---TGA*NnTGCT--- * = methylation sites ---ACTNnA*CGA--- n = 6 for EcoK, n = 8 for EcoB The cleavage site is roughly 1000 (400-7000) base pairs from the recognition site. =head2 TypeII The simplest and most common (at least commercially). Site recognition is via short palindromic base sequences that are 4-6 base pairs long. Cleavage is at the recognition site (but may occasionally be just adjacent to the palindromic sequence, usually within) and may produce blunt end termini or staggered, "sticky end" termini. =head2 TypeIII The recognition site is a 5-7 bp asymmetrical sequence. Cleavage is ATP dependent 24-26 base pairs downstream from the recognition site and usually yields staggered cuts 2-4 bases apart. =head1 COMMENTS I am trying to make this backwards compatible with Bio::Tools::RestrictionEnzyme. Undoubtedly some things will break, but we can fix things as we progress.....! I have added another comments section at the end of this POD that discusses a couple of areas I know are broken (at the moment) =head1 TO DO =over 2 =item * Convert vendors touse full names of companies instead of code =item * Add regular expression based matching to vendors =item * Move away from the archaic ^ notation for cut sites. Ideally I'd totally like to remove this altogether, or add a method that adds it in if someone really wants it. We should be fixed on a sequence, number notation. =back =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 Rob Edwards, redwards@utmem.edu =head1 CONTRIBUTORS Heikki Lehvaslaiho, heikki-at-bioperl-dot-org Peter Blaiklock, pblaiklo@restrictionmapper.org Mark A. Jensen, maj-at-fortinbras-dot-us =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2003 Rob Edwards. Some of this work is Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Steve A. Chervitz. All Rights Reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L =head1 APPENDIX Methods beginning with a leading underscore are considered private and are intended for internal use by this module. They are not considered part of the public interface and are described here for documentation purposes only. =cut package Bio::Restriction::Enzyme; use strict; use Bio::PrimarySeq; use Data::Dumper; use Tie::RefHash; use vars qw (%TYPE); use base qw(Bio::Root::Root Bio::Restriction::EnzymeI); BEGIN { my %TYPE = (I => 1, II => 1, III => 1); } =head2 new Title : new Function Function : Initializes the Enzyme object Returns : The Restriction::Enzyme object Argument : A standard definition can have several formats. For example: $re->new(-enzyme='EcoRI', -seq->'GAATTC' -cut->'1') Or, you can define the cut site in the sequence, for example $re->new(-enzyme='EcoRI', -seq->'G^AATTC'), but you must use a caret Or, a sequence can cut outside the recognition site, for example $re->new(-enzyme='AbeI', -seq->'CCTCAGC' -cut->'-5/-2') Other arguments: -isoschizomers=>\@list a reference to an array of known isoschizomers -references=>$ref a reference to the enzyme -source=>$source the source (person) of the enzyme -commercial_availability=>@companies a list of companies that supply the enzyme -methylation_site=>\%sites a reference to hash that has the position as the key and the type of methylation as the value -xln_sub => sub { ($self,$cut) = @_; ...; return $xln_cut }, a coderef to a routine that translates the input cut value into Bio::Restriction::Enzyme coordinates ( e.g., for withrefm format, this might be -xln_sub => sub { length( shift()->string ) + shift } ) A Restriction::Enzyme object manages its recognition sequence as a Bio::PrimarySeq object. The minimum requirement is for a name and a sequence. This will create the restriction enzyme object, and define several things about the sequence, such as palindromic, size, etc. =cut # do all cut/comp cut setting within the constructor # new args sub new { my($class, @args) = @_; my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@args); my ($name,$enzyme,$site,$seq,$precut, $postcut,$cut,$complementary_cut, $is_prototype, $prototype, $isoschizomers, $meth, $microbe, $source, $vendors, $references, $neo, $recog, $xln_sub) = $self->_rearrange([qw( NAME ENZYME SITE SEQ PRECUT POSTCUT CUT COMPLEMENTARY_CUT IS_PROTOTYPE PROTOTYPE ISOSCHIZOMERS METHYLATION_SITES MICROBE SOURCE VENDORS REFERENCES IS_NEOSCHIZOMER RECOG XLN_SUB )], @args); $self->throw('At the minimum, you must define a name and '. 'recognition site for the restriction enzyme') unless (($name || $enzyme) && ($site || $recog || $seq)); $self->{_isoschizomers} = []; $self->{_methylation_sites} = {}; $self->{_vendors} = []; $self->{_references} = []; # squelch warnings $postcut ||=''; # enzyme name $enzyme && $self->name($enzyme); $name && $self->name($name); # site # # note that the site() setter will automatically set # cut(), complementary_cut(), if the cut site is indicated # in $site with '^' /maj # create the cut site if appropriate/this is a kludge due to # the base.pm format in the new B:R order... if ( $cut and $cut <= length $site) { $site = substr($site, 0, $cut).'^'.substr($site, $cut); } if ($site) { $self->site($site); } else { $seq && $self->site($seq); } if ($recog) { $self->recog($recog); } else { $seq && $self->recog($seq); $site && $self->recog($site); } # call revcom_site to initialize it and revcom_recog: $self->revcom_site(); $recog = $self->string; # for length calculations below if ($xln_sub) { $self->warn("Translation subroutine is not a coderef; ignoring") unless ref($xln_sub) eq 'CODE'; } # cut coordinates my ($pc_cut, $pc_comp_cut) = ( $postcut =~ /(-?\d+)\/(-?\d+)/ ); # cut definitions in constructor override any autoset in # site() # definitions in site conform to withrefm coords, translation # happens here if (defined $cut) { $self->cut( $xln_sub ? $xln_sub->($self, $cut) : $cut ); } elsif ( defined $pc_cut ) { $self->cut( $xln_sub ? $xln_sub->($self, $pc_cut) : $pc_cut ); } if (defined $complementary_cut) { $self->complementary_cut($xln_sub ? $xln_sub->($self,$complementary_cut) : $complementary_cut); } elsif (defined $pc_comp_cut) { $self->complementary_cut($xln_sub ? $xln_sub->($self,$pc_comp_cut) : $pc_comp_cut); } $is_prototype && $self->is_prototype($is_prototype); $prototype && $self->prototype($prototype); $isoschizomers && $self->isoschizomers($isoschizomers); $meth && $self->methylation_sites($meth); $microbe && $self->microbe($microbe); $source && $self->source($source); $vendors && $self->vendors($vendors); $references && $self->references($references); $neo && $self->is_neoschizomer($neo); # create multicut enzymes here if $precut defined if (defined $precut) { bless $self, 'Bio::Restriction::Enzyme::MultiCut'; my ($pc_cut, $pc_comp_cut) = $precut =~ /(-?\d+)\/(-?\d+)/; my $re2 = $self->clone; $re2->cut($xln_sub ? $xln_sub->($self, -$pc_cut) : -$pc_cut); $re2->complementary_cut($xln_sub ? $xln_sub->($self, -$pc_comp_cut) : -$pc_comp_cut); $self->others($re2); } return $self; } =head1 Essential methods =cut =head2 name Title : name Usage : $re->name($newval) Function : Gets/Sets the restriction enzyme name Example : $re->name('EcoRI') Returns : value of name Args : newvalue (optional) This will also clean up the name. I have added this because some people get confused about restriction enzyme names. The name should be One upper case letter, and two lower case letters (because it is derived from the organism name, eg. EcoRI is from E. coli). After that it is all confused, but the numbers should be roman numbers not numbers, therefore we'll correct those. At least this will provide some standard, I hope. =cut sub name{ my ($self, $name)=@_; if ($name) { # correct and set the name my $old_name = $name; # remove spaces. Some people write HindIII as Hind III $name =~ s/\s+//g; # change TAILING ones to I's if ($name =~ m/(1+)$/) { my $i = 'I' x length($1); $name =~ s/1+$/$i/; } # make the first letter upper case $name =~ s/^(\w)/uc($1)/e; unless ($name eq $old_name) { # we have changed the name, so send a warning $self->warn("The enzyme name $old_name was changed to $name"); } $self->{'_name'} = $name; } return $self->{'_name'}; } =head2 site Title : site Usage : $re->site(); Function : Gets/sets the recognition sequence for the enzyme. Example : $seq_string = $re->site(); Returns : String containing recognition sequence indicating : cleavage site as in 'G^AATTC'. Argument : n/a Throws : n/a Side effect: the sequence is always converted to upper case. The cut site can also be set by using methods L and L. This will pad out missing sequence with N's. For example the enzyme Acc36I cuts at ACCTGC(4/8). This will be returned as ACCTGCNNNN^ Note that the common notation ACCTGC(4/8) means that the forward strand cut is four nucleotides after the END of the recognition site. The forward cut() in the coordinates used here in Acc36I ACCTGC(4/8) is at 6+4 i.e. 10. ** This is the main setable method for the recognition site. =cut sub site { my ($self, $site) = @_; if ( $site ) { $self->throw("Unrecognized characters in site: [$site]") if $site =~ /[^ATGCMRWSYKVHDBN\^]/i; # we may have to redefine this if there is a ^ in the sequence # first, check and see if we have a cut site in the sequence # if so, find the position, and set the target sequence and cut site $self->{'_site'} = $site; my ($first, $second) = $site =~ /(.*)\^(.*)/; $site = "$1$2" if defined $first; $self->{'_site'} = $site; # now set the recognition site as a new Bio::PrimarySeq object # we need it before calling cut() and complementary_cut() $self->{_seq} = Bio::PrimarySeq->new(-id=>$self->name, -seq=>$site, -verbose=>$self->verbose, -alphabet=>'dna'); if (defined $first) { $self->cut(length $first); $self->complementary_cut(length $second); $self->revcom_site(); } } return $self->{'_site'}; } =head2 revcom_site Title : revcom_site Usage : $re->revcom_site(); Function : Gets/sets the complementary recognition sequence for the enzyme. Example : $seq_string = $re->revcom_site(); Returns : String containing recognition sequence indicating : cleavage site as in 'G^AATTC'. Argument : none (sets on first call) Throws : n/a This is the same as site, except it returns the revcom site. For palindromic enzymes these two are identical. For non-palindromic enzymes they are not! On set, this also handles setting the revcom_recog attribute. See also L above. =cut sub revcom_site { my $self = shift; # getter return $self->{'_revcom_site'} unless !$self->{'_revcom_site'}; # setter my $site = $self->{'_site'}; if ($self->is_palindromic) { $self->{'_revcom_site'}=$self->{'_site'}; $self->revcom_recog( $self->string ); return $self->{'_revcom_site'}; } $self->throw("Unrecognized characters in revcom site: [$site]") if $site =~ /[^ATGCMRWSYKVHDBN\^]/i; if ($site =~ /\^/) { # first, check and see if we have a cut site indicated in the sequence # if so, find the position, and set the target sequence and cut site $site = $self->revcom; $self->revcom_recog( $site ); my $c = length($site)-$self->cut; $site = substr($site, 0, $c).'^'.substr($site,$c); $self->{'_revcom_site'} = $site; } else { my $revcom=$self->revcom; $self->revcom_recog( $revcom ); # my $cc=$self->complementary_cut; # my $hat=length($revcom)-$cc+1; # we need it on the other strand! # if ($cc > length($revcom)) { # my $pad= "N" x ($cc-length($revcom)); # $revcom = $pad. $revcom; # $hat=length($revcom)-$cc+1; # } # elsif ($cc < 0) { # my $pad = "N" x -$cc; # $revcom .= $pad; # $hat=length($revcom); # } # $revcom =~ s/(.{$hat})/$1\^/; $self->{'_revcom_site'}=$revcom; } return $self->{'_revcom_site'}; } =head2 cut Title : cut Usage : $num = $re->cut(1); Function : Sets/gets an integer indicating the position of cleavage relative to the 5' end of the recognition sequence in the forward strand. For type II enzymes, sets the symmetrically positioned reverse strand cut site by calling complementary_cut(). Returns : Integer, 0 if not set Argument : an integer for the forward strand cut site (optional) Note that the common notation ACCTGC(4/8) means that the forward strand cut is four nucleotides after the END of the recognition site. The forwad cut in the coordinates used here in Acc36I ACCTGC(4/8) is at 6+4 i.e. 10. Note that REBASE uses notation where cuts within symmetic sites are marked by '^' within the forward sequence but if the site is asymmetric the parenthesis syntax is used where numbering ALWAYS starts from last nucleotide in the forward strand. That's why AciI has a site usually written as CCGC(-3/-1) actualy cuts in C^C G C G G C^G In our notation, these locations are 1 and 3. The cuts locations in the notation used are relative to the first (non-N) nucleotide of the reported forward strand of the recognition sequence. The following diagram numbers the phosphodiester bonds (marked by + ) which can be cut by the restriction enzymes: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ... N + N + N + N + N + G + A + C + T + G + G + N + N + N ... -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 =cut sub cut { my ($self, $value) = @_; if (defined $value) { $self->throw("The cut position needs to be an integer [$value]") unless $value =~ /[-+]?\d+/; $self->{'_cut'} = $value; # add the caret to the site attribute only if internal /maj if ( ($self->{_site} !~ /\^/) && ($value <= length ($self->{_site}))) { $self->{_site} = substr($self->{_site}, 0, $value). '^'. substr($self->{_site}, $value); } # auto-set comp cut only if cut site is inside the recog site./maj $self->complementary_cut(length ($self->seq->seq) - $value ) if (($self->{_site} =~ /\^/) && ($self->type eq 'II')); } # return undef if not defined yet, not 0 /maj return $self->{'_cut'}; } =head2 cuts_after Title : cuts_after Usage : Alias for cut() =cut sub cuts_after { shift->cut(@_); } =head2 complementary_cut Title : complementary_cut Usage : $num = $re->complementary_cut('1'); Function : Sets/Gets an integer indicating the position of cleavage : on the reverse strand of the restriction site. Returns : Integer Argument : An integer (optional) Throws : Exception if argument is non-numeric. This method determines the cut on the reverse strand of the sequence. For most enzymes this will be within the sequence, and will be set automatically based on the forward strand cut, but it need not be. B that the returned location indicates the location AFTER the first non-N site nucleotide in the FORWARD strand. =cut sub complementary_cut { my ($self, $num)=@_; if (defined $num) { $self->throw("The cut position needs to be an integer [$num]") unless $num =~ /[-+]?\d+/; $self->{'_rc_cut'} = $num; } # return undef, not 0, if not yet defined /maj return $self->{'_rc_cut'}; } =head1 Read only (usually) recognition site descriptive methods =cut =head2 type Title : type Usage : $re->type(); Function : Get/set the restriction system type Returns : Argument : optional type: ('I'|II|III) Restriction enzymes have been catezorized into three types. Some REBASE formats give the type, but the following rules can be used to classify the known enzymes: =over 4 =item 1 Bipartite site (with 6-8 Ns in the middle and the cut site is E 50 nt away) =E type I =item 2 Site length E 3 =E type I =item 3 5-6 asymmetric site and cuts E20 nt away =E type III =item 4 All other =E type II =back There are some enzymes in REBASE which have bipartite recognition site and cat far from the site but are still classified as type I. I've no idea if this is really so. =cut sub type { my ($self, $value) = @_; if ($value) { $self->throw("Not a valid value [$value], needs to one of : ". join (', ', sort keys %TYPE) ) unless $TYPE{$value}; return $self->{'_type'} = $value; } # pre set #return $self->{'_type'} if $self->{'_type'}; # bipartite return $self->{'_type'} = 'I' if $self->{'_seq'}->seq =~ /N*[^N]+N{6,8}[^N]/ and abs($self->cut) > 50 ; # 3 nt site return $self->{'_type'} = 'I' if $self->{'_seq'}->length == 3; # asymmetric and cuts > 20 nt return $self->{'_type'} = 'III' if (length $self->string == 5 or length $self->string == 6 ) and not $self->palindromic and abs($self->cut) > 20; return $self->{'_type'} = 'II'; } =head2 seq Title : seq Usage : $re->seq(); Function : Get the Bio::PrimarySeq.pm object representing : the recognition sequence Returns : A Bio::PrimarySeq object representing the enzyme recognition site Argument : n/a Throws : n/a =cut sub seq { shift->{'_seq'}; } =head2 string Title : string Usage : $re->string(); Function : Get a string representing the recognition sequence. Returns : String. Does NOT contain a '^' representing the cut location as returned by the site() method. Argument : n/a Throws : n/a =cut sub string { shift->{'_seq'}->seq; } =head2 recog Title : recog Usage : $enz->recog($recognition_sequence) Function: Gets/sets the pure recognition site. Sets as regexp if appropriate. As for string(), the cut indicating carets (^) are expunged. Example : Returns : value of recog (a scalar) Args : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional) =cut sub recog{ my $self = shift; my $recog = shift; return $self->{'recog'} unless $recog; $recog =~ s/\^//g; $recog = _expand($recog) if $recog =~ /[^ATGC]/; return $self->{'recog'} = $recog; } =head2 revcom_recog Title : revcom_recog Usage : $enz->revcom_recog($recognition_sequence) Function: Gets/sets the pure reverse-complemented recognition site. Sets as regexp if appropriate. As for string(), the cut indicating carets (^) are expunged. Example : Returns : value of recog (a scalar) Args : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional) =cut sub revcom_recog{ my $self = shift; my $recog = shift; unless ($recog) { $self->throw( "revcom recognition site not set; call \$enz->revcom_site to initialize" ) unless $self->{'revcom_recog'}; return $self->{'revcom_recog'}; } $recog =~ s/\^//g; $recog = _expand($recog) if $recog =~ /[^ATGC]/; return $self->{'revcom_recog'} = $recog; } =head2 revcom Title : revcom Usage : $re->revcom(); Function : Get a string representing the reverse complement of : the recognition sequence. Returns : String Argument : n/a Throws : n/a =cut sub revcom { shift->{'_seq'}->revcom->seq(); } =head2 recognition_length Title : recognition_length Usage : $re->recognition_length(); Function : Get the length of the RECOGNITION sequence. This is the total recognition sequence, inluding the ambiguous codes. Returns : An integer Argument : Nothing See also: L =cut sub recognition_length { my $self = shift; return length($self->string); } =head2 cutter Title : cutter Usage : $re->cutter Function : Returns the "cutter" value of the recognition site. This is a value relative to site length and lack of ambiguity codes. Hence: 'RCATGY' is a five (5) cutter site and 'CCTNAGG' a six cutter This measure correlates to the frequency of the enzyme cuts much better than plain recognition site length. Example : $re->cutter Returns : integer or float number Args : none Why is this better than just stripping the ambiguos codes? Think about it like this: You have a random sequence; all nucleotides are equally probable. You have a four nucleotide re site. The probability of that site finding a match is one out of 4^4 or 256, meaning that on average a four cutter finds a match every 256 nucleotides. For a six cutter, the average fragment length is 4^6 or 4096. In the case of ambiguity codes the chances are finding the match are better: an R (A|T) has 1/2 chance of finding a match in a random sequence. Therefore, for RGCGCY the probability is one out of (2*4*4*4*4*2) which exactly the same as for a five cutter! Cutter, although it can have non-integer values turns out to be a useful and simple measure. From bug 2178: VHDB are ambiguity symbols that match three different nucleotides, so they contribute less to the effective recognition sequence length than e.g. Y which matches only two nucleotides. A symbol which matches n of the 4 nucleotides has an effective length of 1 - log(n) / log(4). =cut sub cutter { my ($self)=@_; $_ = uc $self->string; my $cutter = tr/[ATGC]//d; my $count = tr/[MRWSYK]//d; $cutter += $count/2; $count = tr/[VHDB]//d; $cutter += $count * (1 - log(3) / log(4)); return $cutter; } =head2 is_palindromic Title : is_palindromic Alias : palindromic Usage : $re->is_palindromic(); Function : Determines if the recognition sequence is palindromic : for the current restriction enzyme. Returns : Boolean Argument : n/a Throws : n/a A palindromic site (EcoRI): 5-GAATTC-3 3-CTTAAG-5 =cut sub is_palindromic { my $self = shift; return $self->{_palindromic} if defined $self->{_palindromic}; if ($self->string eq $self->revcom) { return $self->{_palindromic}=1; } return $self->{_palindromic} = 0; } sub palindromic { shift->is_palindromic(@_) } =head2 is_symmetric Title : is_symmetric Alias : symmetric Usage : $re->is_symmetric(); Function : Determines if the enzyme is a symmetric cutter Returns : Boolean Argument : none A symmetric but non-palindromic site (HindI): v 5-C A C-3 3-G T G-5 ^ =cut sub is_symmetric { no warnings qw( uninitialized ); my $self = shift; return $self->{_symmetric} if defined $self->{_symmetric}; if ($self->is_palindromic) { return $self->{_symmetric} = 1; } if ($self->cut == length($self->string) - $self->complementary_cut) { return $self->{_symmetric}=1; } return $self->{_symmetric} = 0; } sub symmetric { shift->is_symmetric(@_) } =head2 overhang Title : overhang Usage : $re->overhang(); Function : Determines the overhang of the restriction enzyme Returns : "5'", "3'", "blunt" of undef Argument : n/a Throws : n/a A blunt site in SmaI returns C 5' C C C^G G G 3' 3' G G G^C C C 5' A 5' overhang in EcoRI returns C<5'> 5' G^A A T T C 3' 3' C T T A A^G 5' A 3' overhang in KpnI returns C<3'> 5' G G T A C^C 3' 3' C^C A T G G 5' =cut sub overhang { my $self = shift; unless ($self->{'_cut'} && $self->{'_rc_cut'}) { return "unknown"; } if ($self->{_cut} < $self->{_rc_cut}) { $self->{_overhang}="5'"; } elsif ($self->{_cut} == $self->{_rc_cut}) { $self->{_overhang}="blunt"; } elsif ($self->{_cut} > $self->{_rc_cut}) { $self->{_overhang}="3'"; } else { $self->{_overhang}="unknown"; } return $self->{_overhang} } =head2 overhang_seq Title : overhang_seq Usage : $re->overhang_seq(); Function : Determines the overhang sequence of the restriction enzyme Returns : a Bio::LocatableSeq Argument : n/a Throws : n/a I do not think it is necessary to create a seq object of these. (Heikki) Note: returns empty string for blunt sequences and undef for ones that we don't know. Compare these: A blunt site in SmaI returns empty string 5' C C C^G G G 3' 3' G G G^C C C 5' A 5' overhang in EcoRI returns C 5' G^A A T T C 3' 3' C T T A A^G 5' A 3' overhang in KpnI returns C 5' G G T A C^C 3' 3' C^C A T G G 5' Note that you need to use method L to decide whether it is a 5' or 3' overhang!!! Note: The overhang stuff does not work if the site is asymmetric! Rethink! =cut sub overhang_seq { my $self = shift; # my $overhang->Bio::PrimarySeq(-id=>$self->name . '-overhang', # -verbose=>$self->verbose, # -alphabet=>'dna'); return '' if $self->overhang eq 'blunt' ; unless ($self->{_cut} && $self->{_rc_cut}) { # lets just check that we really can't figure it out $self->cut; $self->complementary_cut; unless ($self->{_cut} && $self->{_rc_cut}) { return; } } # this is throwing an error for sequences outside the restriction # site (eg ^NNNNGATCNNNN^) # So if this is the case we need to fake these guys if (($self->{_cut}<0) || ($self->{_rc_cut}<0) || ($self->{_cut}>$self->seq->length) || ($self->{_rc_cut}>$self->seq->length)) { my $tempseq=$self->site; my ($five, $three)=split /\^/, $tempseq; if ($self->{_cut} > $self->{_rc_cut}) { return substr($five, $self->{_rc_cut}) } elsif ($self->{_cut} < $self->{_rc_cut}) { return substr($three, 0, $self->{_rc_cut}) } else { return ''; } } if ($self->{_cut} > $self->{_rc_cut}) { return $self->seq->subseq($self->{_rc_cut}+1,$self->{_cut}); } elsif ($self->{_cut} < $self->{_rc_cut}) { return $self->seq->subseq($self->{_cut}+1, $self->{_rc_cut}); } else { return ''; } } =head2 compatible_ends Title : compatible_ends Usage : $re->compatible_ends($re2); Function : Determines if the two restriction enzyme cut sites have compatible ends. Returns : 0 if not, 1 if only one pair ends match, 2 if both ends. Argument : a Bio::Restriction::Enzyme Throws : unless the argument is a Bio::Resriction::Enzyme and if there are Ns in the ovarhangs In case of type II enzymes which which cut symmetrically, this function can be considered to return a boolean value. =cut sub compatible_ends { my ($self, $re) = @_; $self->throw("Need a Bio::Restriction::Enzyme as an argument, [$re]") unless $re->isa('Bio::Restriction::Enzyme'); # $self->throw("Only type II enzymes work now") # unless $self->type eq 'II'; $self->debug("N(s) in overhangs. Can not compare") if $self->overhang_seq =~ /N/ or $re->overhang_seq =~ /N/; return 2 if $self->overhang_seq eq $re->overhang_seq and $self->overhang eq $re->overhang; return 0; } =head2 is_ambiguous Title : is_ambiguous Usage : $re->is_ambiguous(); Function : Determines if the restriction enzyme contains ambiguous sequences Returns : Boolean Argument : n/a Throws : n/a =cut sub is_ambiguous { my $self = shift; return $self->string =~ m/[^AGCT]/ ? 1 : 0 ; } =head2 Additional methods from Rebase =cut =head2 is_prototype Title : is_prototype Usage : $re->is_prototype Function : Get/Set method for finding out if this enzyme is a prototype Example : $re->is_prototype(1) Returns : Boolean Args : none Prototype enzymes are the most commonly available and usually first enzymes discoverd that have the same recognition site. Using only prototype enzymes in restriction analysis avoids redundancy and speeds things up. =cut sub is_prototype { my ($self, $value) = @_; if (defined $value) { return $self->{'_is_prototype'} = $value ; } if (defined $self->{'_is_prototype'}) { return $self->{'_is_prototype'} } else { $self->warn("Can't unequivocally assign prototype based on input format alone"); return } } =head2 is_neoschizomer Title : is_neoschizomer Usage : $re->is_neoschizomer Function : Get/Set method for finding out if this enzyme is a neoschizomer Example : $re->is_neoschizomer(1) Returns : Boolean Args : none Neoschizomers are distinguishable from the prototype enzyme by having a different cleavage pattern. Note that not all formats report this =cut sub is_neoschizomer { my ($self, $value) = @_; if (defined $value) { return $self->{'_is_neoschizomer'} = $value ; } if (defined $self->{'_is_neoschizomer'}) { return $self->{'_is_neoschizomer'} } else { $self->warn("Can't unequivocally assign neoschizomer based on input format alone"); return } } =head2 prototype_name Title : prototype_name Alias : prototype Usage : $re->prototype_name Function : Get/Set method for the name of prototype for this enzyme's recognition site Example : $re->prototype_name(1) Returns : prototype enzyme name string or an empty string Args : optional prototype enzyme name string If the enzyme itself is the prototype, its own name is returned. Not to confuse the negative result with an unset value, use method L. This method is called I rather than I, because it returns a string rather than on object. =cut sub prototype_name { my $self = shift; $self->{'_prototype'} = shift if @_; return $self->name if $self->{'_is_prototype'}; return $self->{'_prototype'} || ''; } sub prototype { shift->prototype_name(@_) } =head2 isoschizomers Title : isoschizomers Alias : isos Usage : $re->isoschizomers(@list); Function : Gets/Sets a list of known isoschizomers (enzymes that recognize the same site, but don't necessarily cut at the same position). Arguments : A reference to an array that contains the isoschizomers Returns : A reference to an array of the known isoschizomers or 0 if not defined. This has to be the hardest name to spell, so now you can use the alias 'isos'. Added for compatibility to REBASE =cut sub isoschizomers { my ($self) = shift; push @{$self->{_isoschizomers}}, @_ if @_; # make sure that you don't dereference if null # chad believes quite strongly that you should return # a reference to an array anyway. don't bother dereferencing. # i'll post that to the list. if ($self->{'_isoschizomers'}) { return @{$self->{_isoschizomers}}; } } sub isos { shift->isoschizomers(@_) } =head2 purge_isoschizomers Title : purge_isoschizomers Alias : purge_isos Usage : $re->purge_isoschizomers(); Function : Purges the set of isoschizomers for this enzyme Arguments : Returns : 1 =cut sub purge_isoschizomers { my ($self) = shift; $self->{_isoschizomers} = []; } sub purge_isos { shift->purge_isoschizomers(@_) } =head2 methylation_sites Title : methylation_sites Usage : $re->methylation_sites(\%sites); Function : Gets/Sets known methylation sites (positions on the sequence that get modified to promote or prevent cleavage). Arguments : A reference to a hash that contains the methylation sites Returns : A reference to a hash of the methylation sites or an empty string if not defined. There are three types of methylation sites: =over 3 =item * (6) = N6-methyladenosine =item * (5) = 5-methylcytosine =item * (4) = N4-methylcytosine =back These are stored as 6, 5, and 4 respectively. The hash has the sequence position as the key and the type of methylation as the value. A negative number in the sequence position indicates that the DNA is methylated on the complementary strand. Note that in REBASE, the methylation positions are given Added for compatibility to REBASE. =cut sub methylation_sites { my $self = shift; while (@_) { my $key = shift; $self->{'_methylation_sites'}->{$key} = shift; } return %{$self->{_methylation_sites}}; } =head2 purge_methylation_sites Title : purge_methylation_sites Usage : $re->purge_methylation_sites(); Function : Purges the set of methylation_sites for this enzyme Arguments : Returns : =cut sub purge_methylation_sites { my ($self) = shift; $self->{_methylation_sites} = {}; } =head2 microbe Title : microbe Usage : $re->microbe($microbe); Function : Gets/Sets microorganism where the restriction enzyme was found Arguments : A scalar containing the microbes name Returns : A scalar containing the microbes name or 0 if not defined Added for compatibility to REBASE =cut sub microbe { my ($self, $microbe) = @_; if ($microbe) { $self->{_microbe}=$microbe; } return $self->{_microbe} || ''; } =head2 source Title : source Usage : $re->source('Rob Edwards'); Function : Gets/Sets the person who provided the enzyme Arguments : A scalar containing the persons name Returns : A scalar containing the persons name or 0 if not defined Added for compatibility to REBASE =cut sub source { my ($self, $source) = @_; if ($source) { $self->{_source}=$source; } return $self->{_source} || ''; } =head2 vendors Title : vendors Usage : $re->vendor(@list_of_companies); Function : Gets/Sets the a list of companies that you can get the enzyme from. Also sets the commercially_available boolean Arguments : A reference to an array containing the names of companies that you can get the enzyme from Returns : A reference to an array containing the names of companies that you can get the enzyme from Added for compatibility to REBASE =cut sub vendors { my $self = shift; push @{$self->{_vendors}}, @_ if @_; if ($self->{'_vendors'}) { return @{$self->{'_vendors'}}; } } =head2 purge_vendors Title : purge_vendors Usage : $re->purge_references(); Function : Purges the set of references for this enzyme Arguments : Returns : =cut sub purge_vendors { my ($self) = shift; $self->{_vendors} = []; } =head2 vendor Title : vendor Usage : $re->vendor(@list_of_companies); Function : Gets/Sets the a list of companies that you can get the enzyme from. Also sets the commercially_available boolean Arguments : A reference to an array containing the names of companies that you can get the enzyme from Returns : A reference to an array containing the names of companies that you can get the enzyme from Added for compatibility to REBASE =cut sub vendor { my $self = shift; return push @{$self->{_vendors}}, @_; return $self->{_vendors}; } =head2 references Title : references Usage : $re->references(string); Function : Gets/Sets the references for this enzyme Arguments : an array of string reference(s) (optional) Returns : an array of references Use L to reset the list of references This should be a L object, but its not (yet) =cut sub references { my ($self) = shift; push @{$self->{_references}}, @_ if @_; return @{$self->{_references}}; } =head2 purge_references Title : purge_references Usage : $re->purge_references(); Function : Purges the set of references for this enzyme Arguments : Returns : 1 =cut sub purge_references { my ($self) = shift; $self->{_references} = []; } =head2 clone Title : clone Usage : $re->clone Function : Deep copy of the object Arguments : - Returns : new Bio::Restriction::EnzymeI object This works as long as the object is a clean in-memory object using scalars, arrays and hashes. You have been warned. If you have module Storable, it is used, otherwise local code is used. Todo: local code cuts circular references. =cut # there's some issue here; deprecating and rolling another below/maj sub clone_depr { my ($self, $this) = @_; eval { require Storable; }; return Storable::dclone($self) unless $@; # modified from deep_copy() @ http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/UnixReview/col30.html unless ($this) { my $new; foreach my $k (keys %$self) { if (not ref $self->{$k}) { $new->{$k} = $self->{$k}; } else { $new->{$k} = $self->clone($self->{$k}); } #print Dumper $new; } bless $new, ref($self); return $new; } if (not ref $this) { $this; } elsif (ref $this eq "ARRAY") { [map $self->clone($_), @$this]; } elsif (ref $this eq "HASH") { +{map { $_ => $self->clone($this->{$_}) } keys %$this}; } else { # objects return if $this->isa('Bio::Restriction::EnzymeI'); return $this->clone if $this->can('clone'); my $obj; foreach my $k (keys %$this) { if (not ref $this->{$k}) { $obj->{$k} = $this->{$k}; } else { $obj->{$k} = $this->clone($this->{$k}); } } bless $obj, ref($this); return $obj; } } sub clone { my $self = shift; my ($this, $visited) = @_; unless (defined $this) { my %h; tie %h, 'Tie::RefHash'; my $visited = \%h; return $self->clone($self, $visited); } my $thing; for ($this) { if (ref) { return $visited->{$this} if $visited->{$this}; } # scalar (!ref) && do { $thing = $this; last; }; # object (ref =~ /^Bio::/) && do { $thing = {}; bless($thing, ref); $visited->{$this} = $thing; foreach my $attr (keys %{$_}) { $thing->{$attr} = (defined $_->{$attr} ? $self->clone($_->{$attr},$visited) : undef ); } last; }; (ref eq 'ARRAY') && do { $thing = []; $visited->{$this} = $thing; foreach my $elt (@{$_}) { push @$thing, (defined $elt ? $self->clone($elt,$visited) : undef); } last; }; (ref eq 'HASH') && do { $thing = {}; $visited->{$this} = $thing; no warnings qw( uninitialized ); # avoid 'uninitialized value' warning against $key foreach my $key (%{$_}) { $thing->{$key} = (defined $_->{key} ? $self->clone( $_->{$key},$visited) : undef ); } use warnings; last; }; (ref eq 'SCALAR') && do { $thing = ${$_}; $visited->{$this} = $thing; $thing = \$thing; last; }; } return $thing; } =head2 _expand Title : _expand Function : Expand nucleotide ambiguity codes to their representative letters Returns : The full length string Arguments : The string to be expanded. Stolen from the original RestrictionEnzyme.pm =cut sub _expand { my $str = shift; $str =~ s/N|X/\./g; $str =~ s/R/\[AG\]/g; $str =~ s/Y/\[CT\]/g; $str =~ s/S/\[GC\]/g; $str =~ s/W/\[AT\]/g; $str =~ s/M/\[AC\]/g; $str =~ s/K/\[TG\]/g; $str =~ s/B/\[CGT\]/g; $str =~ s/D/\[AGT\]/g; $str =~ s/H/\[ACT\]/g; $str =~ s/V/\[ACG\]/g; return $str; } 1;