PABST peptide examples
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PABST is a tool to help users select the best potential peptides to use for Mass Spectrometric identification of a set of proteins. It merges various data sources and evaluates the results based on user-tunable parameters. The current default parameter weightings are shown below, and the lower sections show links to example peptides along with comments to aid in the development of the selection algorithm.
The script can be run with the -h flag, or no args at all, to see the usage statement below. The only required parameter is build_id, which the script uses to determine which atlas build to export peptides from. The default config file is shown below the usage stmt, these values will be used unless a user-defined config file is used. To get a template config file, simply execute the script with the -d flag and an example config file will be written to the CWD, which can then be edited as desired.
The config file specifies various sequence attributes and an associated score; each peptide sequence is evaluated for every attribute, and a composite score is reached by multiplying together the score for each that matches. Each peptide has 2 possible sources, empirical data from having been observed in the specified atlas build, and theoretical data from the electronic analysis of the reference database. Scores less than 1 will penalize matching sequences, scores greater than 1 will reward them. For example, if a sequence had both a Proline and a Serine, and the score for each is set to 0.5, then the final score will be multiplied by 0.5 * 0.5, or 0.25. If the bonus_obs param is set to 2, then the empirical (observed) suitability score will be multiplied by 2.
usage: /net/dblocal/www/html/lib/scripts/PeptideAtlas/fetch_best_peptides.pl -a build_id [ -t outfile -n obs_cutoff -p proteins_file -v -b .3 ]
-a, --atlas_build one or more atlas build ids to be queried for observed
peptides, will be used in order provided. Can be
specified as a numeric id ( -a 123 -a 189 ) or as a composite
id:weight ( -a 123:3 ). Scores from EPS and ESS will
be multiplied by given weight, defaults to 1.
-c, --config Config file defining penalites for various sequence
-d, --default_config prints an example config file with defaults in CWD,
named best_peptide.conf, will not overwrite existing
file. Exits after printing.
-p, --protein_file file of protein names, one per line. Should match
biosequence.biosequence_name
-s, --show_builds Print info about builds in db
--build_name Regular expression to limit return values from
show builds, will be used in LIKE clause, with wildcard
characters added automatically.
-b, --bioseq_set Explictly defined biosequence set. If not provided,
the BSS defined by the first atlas_build specified will
be used.
-t, --tsv_file print output to specified file rather than stdout
--n_peptides number of peptides to return per protein
--name_prefix prefix constraint on biosequences, allows subset of
of bioseqs to be selected.
-o, --obs_min Minimum n_obs to consider for observed peptides
-h, --help Print usage
-v, --verbose Verbose output, prints progress
Default config file:
4H 1 # Avoid 4 straight hydrophobic residues C 0.95 # Avoid C D 1 # Slightly penalize D or S in general? DG 1 # Avoid dipeptide DG DP 1 # Avoid dipeptide DP M 0.95 # Avoid M NG 1 # Avoid dipeptide NG NxST 1 # Penalize peptides which lack NxST motif P 0.95 # Avoid P QG 1 # Avoid dipeptide QG S 1 # Slightly penalize D or S in general? W 1 # Avoid W Xc 1 # Avoid any C-terminal peptide max_l 25 # Maximum length for peptide max_p 0.2 # Penalty for peptides over max length min_l 7 # Minimum length for peptide min_p 0.2 # Penalty for peptides under min length nE 1 # Avoid N-terminal E nGPG 1 # Avoid nxyG where x or y is P or G nM 1 # Avoid N-terminal M nQ 1 # Avoid N-terminal Q nX 1 # Avoid any N-terminal peptide nxxG 1 # Avoid nxxG obs 2 # Bonus for observed peptides, usually > 1 ssr_p 0.5 # Penalty for very high or low hydrophobicity
Usage notes
Single-protein examples to illustrate the effects of the parameters
On each of the pages below, scroll down to "PABST best peptides". You will be able to adjust the PABST settings and see how that changes the results. You will need to log in to SBEAMS.
These are temporarily decommissioned...
Protein: ALCAM, moderate number of observations https://db.systemsbiology.net/devDC/sbeams/cgi/shortURL?key=c87rxtje
Protein with tons of observed peptides, lots of them NT or MC. https://db.systemsbiology.net/devDC/sbeams/cgi/shortURL?key=xsp03v1h
Protein with many fewer observations https://db.systemsbiology.net/devDC/sbeams/cgi/shortURL?key=h5bwnrt2
Protein with moderate number of obs, mixed MGL/SGL https://db.systemsbiology.net/devDC/sbeams/cgi/shortURL?key=s2kvwg9r
Looking at empirical or theoretical peptides only
If you want just empirically observed peptides, filter for lines that do not have "na" in the empirical_proteotypic_score and suitability_score columns:
./fetch_best_peptides.pl --atlas_build 162 --bioseq_set 33 | awk '{if ($5!="na" && $6!="na" ) print}'
If you want just theoretical peptides (an in silico digest of an Atlas proteome), filter for lines that do not have "na" in the predicted_suitability_score column:
./fetch_best_peptides.pl --atlas_build 162 --bioseq_set 33 | awk '{ if ($7!="na") print }'
Of course, some peptides are both theoretical and empirically observed.
