
                                 pepwindow 



Function

   --> Draw a Kyte-Doolittle hydropathy plot for a protein sequence

Description

   pepwindow draws a classic Kyte & Doolittle hydropathy plot for a
   protein sequence.

Algorithm

   pepwindow calculates hydropathy in windows of a specified size over
   the input sequence.

Usage

   Here is a sample session with pepwindow


% pepwindow tsw:hba_human 
Draw a Kyte-Doolittle hydropathy plot for a protein sequence
Graph type [x11]: cps

Created pepwindow.ps

   Go to the input files for this example
   Go to the output files for this example

Command line arguments

   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-sequence]          sequence   Protein sequence filename and optional
                                  format, or reference (input USA)
   -graph              xygraph    [$EMBOSS_GRAPHICS value, or x11] Graph type
                                  (ps, hpgl, hp7470, hp7580, meta, cps, x11,
                                  tekt, tek, none, data, xterm, png, gif)

   Additional (Optional) qualifiers:
   -datafile           datafile   [Enakai.dat] AAINDEX entry data file
   -length             integer    [7] Window size (Integer from 1 to 200)

   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: (none)
   Associated qualifiers:

   "-sequence" associated qualifiers
   -sbegin1            integer    Start of the sequence to be used
   -send1              integer    End of the sequence to be used
   -sreverse1          boolean    Reverse (if DNA)
   -sask1              boolean    Ask for begin/end/reverse
   -snucleotide1       boolean    Sequence is nucleotide
   -sprotein1          boolean    Sequence is protein
   -slower1            boolean    Make lower case
   -supper1            boolean    Make upper case
   -sformat1           string     Input sequence format
   -sdbname1           string     Database name
   -sid1               string     Entryname
   -ufo1               string     UFO features
   -fformat1           string     Features format
   -fopenfile1         string     Features file name

   "-graph" associated qualifiers
   -gprompt            boolean    Graph prompting
   -gdesc              string     Graph description
   -gtitle             string     Graph title
   -gsubtitle          string     Graph subtitle
   -gxtitle            string     Graph x axis title
   -gytitle            string     Graph y axis title
   -goutfile           string     Output file for non interactive displays
   -gdirectory         string     Output directory

   General qualifiers:
   -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
   -stdout             boolean    Write first file to standard output
   -filter             boolean    Read first file from standard input, write
                                  first file to standard output
   -options            boolean    Prompt for standard and additional values
   -debug              boolean    Write debug output to program.dbg
   -verbose            boolean    Report some/full command line options
   -help               boolean    Report command line options. More
                                  information on associated and general
                                  qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose
   -warning            boolean    Report warnings
   -error              boolean    Report errors
   -fatal              boolean    Report fatal errors
   -die                boolean    Report dying program messages

Input file format

   pepwindow reads any protein sequence USA.

  Input files for usage example

   'tsw:hba_human' is a sequence entry in the example protein database
   'tsw'

  Database entry: tsw:hba_human

ID   HBA_HUMAN               Reviewed;         142 AA.
AC   P69905; P01922; Q96KF1; Q9NYR7;
DT   21-JUL-1986, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
DT   23-JAN-2007, sequence version 2.
DT   03-APR-2007, entry version 41.
DE   Hemoglobin subunit alpha (Hemoglobin alpha chain) (Alpha-globin).
GN   Name=HBA1;
GN   and
GN   Name=HBA2;
OS   Homo sapiens (Human).
OC   Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi;
OC   Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini;
OC   Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo.
OX   NCBI_TaxID=9606;
RN   [1]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA] (HBA1).
RX   MEDLINE=81088339; PubMed=7448866; DOI=10.1016/0092-8674(80)90347-5;
RA   Michelson A.M., Orkin S.H.;
RT   "The 3' untranslated regions of the duplicated human alpha-globin
RT   genes are unexpectedly divergent.";
RL   Cell 22:371-377(1980).
RN   [2]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [MRNA] (HBA2).
RX   MEDLINE=80137531; PubMed=6244294;
RA   Wilson J.T., Wilson L.B., Reddy V.B., Cavallesco C., Ghosh P.K.,
RA   Deriel J.K., Forget B.G., Weissman S.M.;
RT   "Nucleotide sequence of the coding portion of human alpha globin
RT   messenger RNA.";
RL   J. Biol. Chem. 255:2807-2815(1980).
RN   [3]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA] (HBA2).
RX   MEDLINE=81175088; PubMed=6452630;
RA   Liebhaber S.A., Goossens M.J., Kan Y.W.;
RT   "Cloning and complete nucleotide sequence of human 5'-alpha-globin
RT   gene.";
RL   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 77:7054-7058(1980).
RN   [4]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA].
RX   PubMed=6946451;
RA   Orkin S.H., Goff S.C., Hechtman R.L.;
RT   "Mutation in an intervening sequence splice junction in man.";
RL   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 78:5041-5045(1981).
RN   [5]
RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA], AND VARIANT LYS-32.
RX   MEDLINE=21303311; PubMed=11410421;
RA   Zhao Y., Xu X.;
RT   "Alpha2(CD31 AGG-->AAG, Arg-->Lys) causing non-deletional alpha-
RT   thalassemia in a Chinese family with HbH disease.";
RL   Haematologica 86:541-542(2001).
RN   [6]


  [Part of this file has been deleted for brevity]

FT                                /FTId=VAR_002840.
FT   VARIANT     131    131       A -> D (in Yuda; O(2) affinity down).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002842.
FT   VARIANT     131    131       A -> P (in Sun Prairie; unstable).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002841.
FT   VARIANT     132    132       S -> P (in Questembert; highly unstable;
FT                                causes alpha-thalassemia).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002843.
FT   VARIANT     134    134       S -> R (in Val de Marne; O(2) affinity
FT                                up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002844.
FT   VARIANT     136    136       V -> E (in Pavie).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002845.
FT   VARIANT     137    137       L -> M (in Chicago).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002846.
FT   VARIANT     137    137       L -> P (in Bibba; unstable; causes alpha-
FT                                thalassemia).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002847.
FT   VARIANT     139    139       S -> P (in Attleboro; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002848.
FT   VARIANT     140    140       K -> E (in Hanamaki; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002849.
FT   VARIANT     140    140       K -> T (in Tokoname; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002850.
FT   VARIANT     141    141       Y -> H (in Rouen; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002851.
FT   VARIANT     142    142       R -> C (in Nunobiki; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002852.
FT   VARIANT     142    142       R -> H (in Suresnes; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002854.
FT   VARIANT     142    142       R -> L (in Legnano; O(2) affinity up).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002853.
FT   VARIANT     142    142       R -> P (in Singapore).
FT                                /FTId=VAR_002855.
FT   HELIX         4     15
FT   HELIX        16     20
FT   HELIX        21     35
FT   HELIX        37     42
FT   HELIX        53     71
FT   HELIX        73     75
FT   HELIX        76     79
FT   HELIX        81     89
FT   HELIX        96    112
FT   TURN        114    116
FT   HELIX       119    136
FT   TURN        137    139
SQ   SEQUENCE   142 AA;  15258 MW;  15E13666573BBBAE CRC64;
     MVLSPADKTN VKAAWGKVGA HAGEYGAEAL ERMFLSFPTT KTYFPHFDLS HGSAQVKGHG
     KKVADALTNA VAHVDDMPNA LSALSDLHAH KLRVDPVNFK LLSHCLLVTL AAHLPAEFTP
     AVHASLDKFL ASVSTVLTSK YR
//

Output file format

   An image is displayed on the specified graphics device.

  Output files for usage example

  Graphics File: pepwindow.ps

   [pepwindow results]

Data files

   EMBOSS data files are distributed with the application and stored in
   the standard EMBOSS data directory, which is defined by the EMBOSS
   environment variable EMBOSS_DATA.

   To see the available EMBOSS data files, run:

% embossdata -showall

   To fetch one of the data files (for example 'Exxx.dat') into your
   current directory for you to inspect or modify, run:

% embossdata -fetch -file Exxx.dat

   Users can provide their own data files in their own directories.
   Project specific files can be put in the current directory, or for
   tidier directory listings in a subdirectory called ".embossdata".
   Files for all EMBOSS runs can be put in the user's home directory, or
   again in a subdirectory called ".embossdata".

   The directories are searched in the following order:
     * . (your current directory)
     * .embossdata (under your current directory)
     * ~/ (your home directory)
     * ~/.embossdata

   pepwindow reads the Kyte-Doolittle hydropathy data from the file
   'Enakai.dat'

   The EMBOSS data file 'Enakai.dat' contains :-

D Hydropathy index (Kyte-Doolittle, 1982)
R 0807099
A Kyte, J. and Doolittle, R.F.
T A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein
J J. Mol. Biol. 157, 105-132 (1982)
C CHOC760103    0.964  JANJ780102    0.922  DESM900102    0.898
  EISD860103    0.897  CHOC760104    0.889  WOLR810101    0.885
  RADA880101    0.884  MANP780101    0.881  EISD840101    0.878
  PONP800103    0.870  NAKH920108    0.868  JANJ790101    0.867
  JANJ790102    0.866  PONP800102    0.861  MEIH800103    0.856
  PONP800101    0.851  PONP800108    0.850  WARP780101    0.845
  RADA880108    0.842  ROSG850102    0.841  DESM900101    0.837
  BIOV880101    0.829  RADA880107    0.828  LIFS790102    0.824
  KANM800104    0.824  CIDH920104    0.824  MIYS850101    0.821
  RADA880104    0.819  NAKH900111    0.817  NISK800101    0.812
  FAUJ830101    0.811  ARGP820103    0.806  NAKH920105    0.803
  ARGP820102    0.803  KRIW790101   -0.805  CHOC760102   -0.838
  GUYH850101   -0.843  RACS770102   -0.844  JANJ780103   -0.845
  ROSM880101   -0.845  PRAM900101   -0.850  JANJ780101   -0.852
  GRAR740102   -0.859  MEIH800102   -0.871  ROSM880102   -0.878
  OOBM770101   -0.899
I   A/L    R/K    N/M    D/F    C/P    Q/S    E/T    G/W    H/Y    I/V
    1.8   -4.5   -3.5   -3.5    2.5   -3.5   -3.5   -0.4   -3.2    4.5
    3.8   -3.9    1.9    2.8   -1.6   -0.8   -0.7   -0.9   -1.3    4.2
//

   pepwindow can use any of the "Nakai et al." database of amino acid
   parameters - these used to be in a database called "NAKAI" but are now
   in one called "AAINDEX". EMBOSS has a program aaindexextract that
   takes data from this database and makes it available for pepwindow.

   1. FTP the AAINDEX database from Japan:
   ftp://ftp.genome.ad.jp/pub/db/genomenet/aaindex/aaindex1

   2. Run aaindexextract with the aaindex1 file as input (or ask whoever
   installs EMBOSS to run it)

   3. Run pepwindow with -datafile specifying the name of whatever
   "AAINDEX" datafile you wish to use. (Use embossdata -showall to see
   your available "AAINDEX" data file names.)

Notes

   None.

References

Kyte, J. and Doolittle, R.F.
A simple method for displaying the hydropathic character of a protein
J. Mol. Biol. 157, 105-132 (1982)

Warnings

   In calculating hydropathy, pepwindow can use any of the amino acid
   parameters from the database of "Nakai et al." which are now included
   in the database AAINDEX. Before running pepwindow, you must first
   extract the required data files from AAINDEX (see "Data Files"
   section).

Diagnostic Error Messages

   None.

Exit status

   0 upon successful completion.

Known bugs

   None.

See also

   Program name Description
   backtranambig Back-translate a protein sequence to ambiguous
   nucleotide sequence
   backtranseq Back-translate a protein sequence to a nucleotide sequence
   charge Draw a protein charge plot
   checktrans Reports STOP codons and ORF statistics of a protein
   compseq Calculate the composition of unique words in sequences
   emowse Search protein sequences by digest fragment molecular weight
   freak Generate residue/base frequency table or plot
   iep Calculate the isoelectric point of proteins
   mwcontam Find weights common to multiple molecular weights files
   mwfilter Filter noisy data from molecular weights file
   octanol Draw a White-Wimley protein hydropathy plot
   pepinfo Plot amino acid properties of a protein sequence in parallel
   pepstats Calculates statistics of protein properties
   pepwindowall Draw Kyte-Doolittle hydropathy plot for a protein
   alignment
   wordcount Count and extract unique words in DNA sequence(s)

   pepwindow can use any of the "Nakai et al." database of amino acid
   parameters - these are in a database called "AAINDEX". The program
   aaindexextract takes data from this database and makes it available
   for pepwindow.

Author(s)

   Ian Longden (il © sanger.ac.uk)
   Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge,
   CB10 1SA, UK.

   Based on the original program by Jack Kyte and Russell F. Doolittle.

History

   Completed 27th May 1999.

Target users

   This program is intended to be used by everyone and everything, from
   naive users to embedded scripts.

Comments

   None
