NAME

Bio::Tools::OddCodes - Object holding alternative alphabet coding for one protein sequence

SYNOPSIS

  # Take a sequence object from eg, an inputstream, and creates an
  # object for the purposes of rewriting that sequence in another
  # alphabet.  These are abbreviated amino acid sequence alphabets,
  # designed to simplify the statistical aspects of analysing protein
  # sequences, by reducing the combinatorial explosion of the
  # 20-letter alphabet.  These abbreviated alphabets range in size
  # from 2 to 8.

  # Creating the OddCodes object, eg:

        my $inputstream = Bio::SeqIO->new( '-file' => "seqfile",
                                           '-format' => 'Fasta');
        my $seqobj = $inputstream->next_seq();
        my $oddcode_obj = Bio::Tools::Oddcodes->new(-seq => $seqobj);

  # or:

        my $seqobj = Bio::PrimarySeq->new
              (-seq=>'[cut and paste a sequence here]',
               -alphabet => 'protein',
               -id => 'test');
        my $oddcode_obj  =  Bio::Tools::OddCodes->new(-seq => $seqobj);

  # do the alternative coding, returning the answer as a reference to
  # a string

        my $output = $oddcode_obj->structural();
        my $output = $oddcode_obj->chemical();
        my $output = $oddcode_obj->functional();
        my $output = $oddcode_obj->charge();
        my $output = $oddcode_obj->hydrophobic();
        my $output = $oddcode_obj->Dayhoff();
        my $output = $oddcode_obj->Sneath();
        my $output = $oddcode_obj->Stanfel();


  # display sequence in new form, eg:

        my $new_coding = $$output;
        print "\n$new_coding";

DESCRIPTION

Bio::Tools::Oddcodes is a welterweight object for rewriting a protein sequence in an alternative alphabet. Eight of these are provided, ranging from the the 2-letter hydrophobic alphabet, to the 8-letter chemical alphabet. These are useful for the statistical analysis of protein sequences since they can partially avoid the combinatorial explosion produced by the full 20-letter alphabet (eg. 400 dimers, 8000 trimers etc.)

The objects will print out a warning if the input sequence is not a protein. If you know what you are doing, you can silence the warning by setting verbose() to a negative value.

See SYNOPSIS above for object creation code.

REFERENCES

Stanfel LE (1996) A new approach to clustering the amino acids. J. theor. Biol. 183, 195-205.

Karlin S, Ost F and Blaisdell BE (1989) Patterns in DNA and amino acid sequences and their statistical significance. Chapter 6 of: Mathematical Methods for DNA Sequences. Waterman MS (ed.) CRC Press, Boca Raton , FL.

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AUTHOR

Derek Gatherer

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

structural

 Title   : structural
 Usage   : $output = $oddcode_obj->structural();
 Function: turns amino acid sequence into 3-letter structural alphabet
         : A (ambivalent), E (external), I (internal)
 Example : a sequence ACDEFGH will become AAEEIAE
 Returns : Reference to the new sequence string
 Args    : none

functional

 Title   : functional
 Usage   : $output = $oddcode_obj->functional();
 Function: turns amino acid sequence into 4-letter functional alphabet
         : A (acidic), C (basic), H (hydrophobic), P (polar)
 Example : a sequence ACDEFGH will become HPAAHHC
 Returns : Reference to the new sequence string
 Args    : none

hydrophobic

 Title   : hydrophobic
 Usage   : $output = $oddcode_obj->hydrophobic();
 Function: turns amino acid sequence into 2-letter hydrophobicity alphabet
         : O (hydrophobic), I (hydrophilic)
 Example : a sequence ACDEFGH will become OIIIOII
 Returns : Reference to the new sequence string
 Args    : none

Dayhoff

 Title   : Dayhoff
 Usage   : $output = $oddcode_obj->Dayhoff();
 Function: turns amino acid sequence into 6-letter Dayhoff alphabet
 Example : a sequence ACDEFGH will become CADDGCE
         : A (=C),   C (=AGPST), D (=DENQ),
         : E (=HKR), F (=ILMV),  G (=FWY)
 Returns : Reference to the new sequence string
 Args    : none

Sneath

 Title   : Sneath
 Usage   : $output = $oddcode_obj->Sneath();
 Function: turns amino acid sequence into 7-letter Sneath alphabet
 Example : a sequence ACDEFGH will become CEFFHCF
         : A (=ILV), C (=AGP), D (=MNQ), E (=CST),
         : F (=DE),  G (=KR),  H (=FHWY)
 Returns : Reference to the new sequence string
 Args    : none

Stanfel

 Title   : Stanfel
 Usage   : $output = $oddcode_obj->Stanfel();
 Function: turns amino acid sequence into 4-letter Stanfel alphabet
 Example : a sequence ACDEFGH will become AACCDAE
         : A (=ACGILMPSTV), C (=DENQ), D (=FWY), E (=HKR)
 Returns : Reference to the new sequence string
 Args    : none

chemical

 Title   : chemical
 Usage   : $output = $oddcode_obj->chemical();
 Function: turns amino acid sequence into 8-letter chemical alphabet
         : A (acidic), L (aliphatic), M (amide), R (aromatic)
         : C (basic),  H (hydroxyl),  I (imino), S (sulphur)
 Example : a sequence ACDEFGH will become LSAARAC
 Returns : Reference to the new sequence string
 Args    : none

charge

 Title   : charge
 Usage   : $output = $oddcode_obj->charge();
 Function: turns amino acid sequence into 3-letter charge alphabet
 Example : a sequence ACDEFGH will become NNAANNC
         : A (negative; NOT anode), C (positive; NOT cathode), N (neutral)
 Returns : Reference to the new sequence string
 Args    : none