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| posted 06 Feb, 2025 06:18
Database 585 has been released and the following whole phage reports have been added to the collection. See the original message in this thread for more info and this folder to download your report:
https://wustl.box.com/v/Actino-phage

also be aware that the current code for determining if a phage is "new" and should be run is a bit wonky and I am not sure it is working correctly, so if you have a new phage and it is not in the proper folder in the above link send me an email so I can track down the issue. This is the only way to get better code so please send inquiries if you cannot find your phage.

Phage Released in 585:
AksarBAT, Anilorac, ApoKipo, Applecrisp, Bramble, Casablancas, Causa,
Cheesepuff, Chipette, Cygnet, HairyMan, Jant, Jella, KingPhillip3,
KleverKiS, Kosier, LavAbarElk, Marleymoo, McSinger, MicyPS, OtsoOtso,
P3MA, PSirce, RosieMae, Schism, Shenandoah, SirBeauregard, StormChicken,
Subaru, Sweetclover, Tchotchke, Thimble, Tongui
Posted in: StarteratorWhole phage starterator reports
| posted 27 Jan, 2025 17:44
I don't know how much control you have with the PC and the white board, but if you have access to the video setting you can try to lower the resolution of the screen on the PC and see how the white board responds. DNA master is using a static font, so the letters are always a certain number of pixels. If you can change the screen resolution (in the most ridiculous case change it to 800X1200) then each pixel becomes larger and the DNA master window should become larger. However, if you are using a PC in a classroom the PC is probably locked down, worth a try but no guarantee.
Posted in: DNA MasterIs there a Way to Adjust the Letter font Size in DNA Master?
| posted 25 Jan, 2025 17:52
Database 584 has been released and the following whole phage reports have been added to the collection. See the original message in this thread for more info and this folder to download your report:
https://wustl.box.com/v/Actino-phage

Phage in release 584:
Babushka, Chavito, CheeseDanish, DanHam62, Donatella, Egi03, Fongie,
GoodLuckBabe, Guinevere, HeadMave, HerbBucket, Iqorha, JellyBread, JimmyPG,
LadyJasley, Marlia, Mentos, Milomuff, MUWow, Panchaali, Parvaparticeps, Penoan,
Pize, Primadonna, PrinceCharming, Red305, Socotra, SoJulia, Solea,
Stormer, Trufflozitus, TwoBits, Violeta, Wogge42
Edited 06 Feb, 2025 06:18
Posted in: StarteratorWhole phage starterator reports
| posted 22 Jan, 2025 22:38
TL;DR: improvements to the back-end now allow for whole phage starterator reports to be generated for all new phage. See phage list at bottom to see if your phage is in release 583. Reports can be found at https://wustl.box.com/v/Actino-phage



I have had some time to update the infrastructure and get Starterator to run inside a Docker container. This has allowed me to move the processing to the WashU cluster with significantly more processing power.

I have added code to now run "Whole phage" reports in bulk on every new phage. As an initial release I am posting the whole phage reports for all phage which have been added since early Dec 2024.

The whole phage reports, focus the starterator results on a single phage and have three benefits. First, the reports will sort the image section so that track #1 will be the gene for your phage. Thus, users will not have to sort through the tracks to find their gene. Secondly, the summary notes have been shortened to only your phage making this section shorter and easier to read. Finally there is a table generated near the start of the report which examines the current annotated start and compares it to the other manually annotated starts from that pham and summarizes that comparison. This allows for very rapid identification of starts that agree with the consensus found within the pham and those which do not.
The downside is that for large phage from large clusters the whole phage report itself can be large and cumbersome so depending on your phage it may still work better for you and your students to use the individual pham reports.

I have generated reports for all phage added since early December. See the complete list below.

Here is the folder:
https://wustl.box.com/v/Actino-phage
P.S. If you have an older phage and would like a whole phage starterator report let me know by email and I will add it to the next run. Also all questions/comments/suggestions should be sent to me.

Chris Shaffer

Here is the list of phage found is this collection:

Ablatia, Acai, AdaS, Akino08, Alatato, Amo99, AngelCake, Artiphact, Astralis,
Axiom, BabyMoney, BaronJohn, Beleetus, Belieber, BetterYeti, BigDome, Bimmel,
BlessJoy, BlueShadow, Bouchard, CallaLilly, CarisSwetlik, Carrillo, Caspiboi,
ChickenTender, Chilliams, Chlochlo, ChocoMunchkin, Circuit, Citrus, CookieDog,
CupcakePrincess, Dancer, Demure, Destructrice, DillyDally, DirtPie, Dodo,
DogYard, EGUnicorn, ELee24, ElectricPheel, EmoNemo, ForDig, Forrestell,
FosterFrank, FreakyGoo, FuegoCuervo, GUPitcher, Gandionco, Garnacho, Gavriela,
Glorp, Glotell, GoldDust, GoldenEssence, Goodgraces, GoongGoong, Gravel,
Greenbelt, Guzman, Gwennie1, Halloweekend, HamCheese, HazuAndZazu,
HollowPurple, HotPotato, Ichiang, Invectra, Iridessa, IsHungry, Issa7, Jabb,
Jakelyne, Jankie, Jesabah, JessellCookie, Jezreel, Jingles, KNG13, KSunshine22,
KendraB23, KevinMinion, Khan1, Kinny, Koan, Kolhan, Kropertea, Kubulix,
LadyAstra, LeoJr, Lethe, LilSmirk, Linayshia, Lishka, LordBart, Losacky,
LucySwiss, Lukepolites, MacKat, MajinBuu, MakCheese, Marsus, Maruru,
MaterMagnus, Mesmerelda, MiamiPanther, Moonflower, MsUbiquitous, Myram,
Natasha, Nathan, Navi1117, NoSwimming, Nostromo, Nova53, November, Ollypop,
Olympi, Pelletreau, Phanita, PhedwardCullen, PhigPhack, PhillyJawn, Phroglets,
Pochacco, Poochiewood, Powelldog, PrairieDogTown, Raid, Rattail, RazorC, RazzB,
RedRaider, RenegadeRaider, Rikishi, Riptide, Rita130, Rockabye, RustyBoy,
SVoro, Scissor2024, Scotia, Scuba, Seldom, SenorClean, Shaffner, ShawBrad,
Shrubaron, Shuckle, ShyRosie, SilentWarrior, SirFrank, Skitty, Smelly,
Softsoap, Spooks, Starburst, StuartMinion, Sunshine23, SwainyDoc, SwissCheezer,
Symere, Talon44, Talos, TicTac, TinaBug, TinyTerror, Toad24, Toneprano,
Towmatter, TownLake, Trackstar, TriFive, Tubberson, Underpass, Utopia,
Vitaenoii, Vitus, Vivum, WaddleDee, Wardwill, Westrich, Westy, Windest,
Worcestershire, Wrackline, Yeshua, Zahlia, Zebo, Zhuangyuan, Zippen, Zodiariah,
Edited 22 Jan, 2025 22:40
Posted in: StarteratorWhole phage starterator reports
| posted 09 Jul, 2024 21:25
The RecA like proteins in the BN cluster are not placed in the same pham and the highly likely RecA (exemplified by Spud_205). See this discussion for details: See this forum post #5567.
As such care should be taken when annotating a protein as a RecA and the less specific term "ASCE ATPase" should be used unless there is clear evidence for the presence of all the important features to support the RecA annotation (again see topic 5567 linked above)
Posted in: Cluster BN Annotation TipsRecA in cluster BN
| posted 29 Jun, 2024 18:59
Recent crystal's have supported the annotation of both a large and small subunit. See the Crystal 7JOQ. If you have sufficiently good matches to this crystal it can support the indentification of the small terminase in BE phage. If you have a small terminase be sure to call the other terminase the large terminase. If you only can find support for one, just annotate simply terminase.
Edited 03 Jul, 2024 17:03
Posted in: Cluster BE Annotation Tipsterminase
| posted 08 Jun, 2024 13:50
As of 2020 we are calling all the single endolysins as simply "endolysin". See this discussion for details: https://seaphages.org/forums/topic/4656/
Posted in: Cluster BL Annotation Tipslysin A
| posted 08 Jun, 2024 13:44
As of 2020 we are calling all the single endolysins as simply "endolysin". See this discussion for details: https://seaphages.org/forums/topic/4656/
Posted in: Cluster BG Annotation Tipslysin A
| posted 28 May, 2024 17:57
As far as I know there is no way to use just the graphical interface to get the list of all proteins with a certain functional call. You can do this easily with the command line. Just to get you started I created a few files really easy to do if you know how to search the Actino_draft database.

So 1st I did a check of the variatinon of the terms that you might be interested in. So here are with all the various functional terms that have been used that include "primase". That file is here: http://phages.wustl.edu/primase_terms.txt

Next here is a list of all phams where at least one member is annotated with a term that starts "DNA primase". There are 70 of those phams you could look at in more detail: http://phages.wustl.edu/phams_with_primase.txt

finally I create a long tab delimed list that reports the phage, the genes, the phams and the function where the function starts with "DNA primase…". This list is just over 3600 entries so you would probably want to download, open in Excel or similar and filter. You could download here: http://phages.wustl.edu/primase_phams.txt
Posted in: Functional AnnotationGG cluster DNA primse/helicase
| posted 26 Apr, 2024 17:26
You can always run the search manually:

1. In PECAAN go to the sequence tab and select the amino acid sequence
go to the HHPRED web server: https://toolkit.tuebingen.mpg.de/tools/hhp
2. Paste in your sequence,
3. Select databases: For the typical search, I have students add two databases {Unitrot and Pfam] to search in addition the the default PDB database. You add these by selecting them in the "Select structural/domain databases" menu.
4. click submit
5. wait. Time varies but usually takes 1 to 3 minutes.
Results are kept for a few days (links will be in the left column if you come back later from the same computer). Most of the scores you see in PECAAN are in the "Hitlist" section of the results.
As a bonus, at the top you will see a graphical representation of the locations of the hits which can help you see the overall domain structure of your protein. And at the bottom you get full alignments which can be helpful in a deep dive into exactly what does and does not match between your protein and the hit.
Posted in: PECAANHHPred not updating in PECAAN