cusp

 

Function

Create a codon usage table

Description

Reads one or more coding sequences (CDS sequence only) and calculates a codon frequency table.

The output file can be used as a codon usage table in other applications.

Usage

Here is a sample session with cusp

This example uses only one input sequence. The normal use would be to use a set of coding sequences as the input. 


% cusp -sbeg 135 -send 1292 
Create a codon usage table
Input nucleotide sequence(s): tembl:x13776
Output file [x13776.cusp]:

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

Command line arguments 

   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-sequence]          seqall     Nucleotide sequence(s) filename and optional
                                  format, or reference (input USA)
  [-outfile]           outfile    [*.cusp] Output file name

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

   "-sequence" associated qualifiers
   -sbegin1            integer    Start of each sequence to be used
   -send1              integer    End of each 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

   "-outfile" associated qualifiers
   -odirectory2        string     Output directory

   General qualifiers:
   -auto               boolean    Turn off prompts
   -stdout             boolean    Write standard output
   -filter             boolean    Read standard input, write 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
Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers Allowed values Default
[-sequence]
(Parameter 1)		 Nucleotide sequence(s) filename and optional format, or reference (input USA) Readable sequence(s) Required
[-outfile]
(Parameter 2)		 Output file name Output file <*>.cusp
Additional (Optional) qualifiers Allowed values Default
(none)
Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers Allowed values Default
(none)

Input file format

Input files for usage example

'tembl:x13776' is a sequence entry in the example nucleic acid database 'tembl'

Database entry: tembl:x13776

ID   X13776; SV 1; linear; genomic DNA; STD; PRO; 2167 BP.
XX
AC   X13776; M43175;
XX
DT   19-APR-1989 (Rel. 19, Created)
DT   14-NOV-2006 (Rel. 89, Last updated, Version 24)
XX
DE   Pseudomonas aeruginosa amiC and amiR gene for aliphatic amidase regulation
XX
KW   aliphatic amidase regulator; amiC gene; amiR gene.
XX
OS   Pseudomonas aeruginosa
OC   Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Pseudomonadales;
OC   Pseudomonadaceae; Pseudomonas.
XX
RN   [1]
RP   1167-2167
RA   Rice P.M.;
RT   ;
RL   Submitted (16-DEC-1988) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
RL   Rice P.M., EMBL, Postfach 10-2209, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 6900 Heidelberg, FRG.
XX
RN   [2]
RP   1167-2167
RX   DOI; 10.1016/0014-5793(89)80249-2.
RX   PUBMED; 2495988.
RA   Lowe N., Rice P.M., Drew R.E.;
RT   "Nucleotide sequence of the aliphatic amidase regulator gene of Pseudomonas
RT   aeruginosa";
RL   FEBS Lett. 246(1-2):39-43(1989).
XX
RN   [3]
RP   1-1292
RX   PUBMED; 1907262.
RA   Wilson S., Drew R.;
RT   "Cloning and DNA seqence of amiC, a new gene regulating expression of the
RT   Pseudomonas aeruginosa aliphatic amidase, and purification of the amiC
RT   product.";
RL   J. Bacteriol. 173(16):4914-4921(1991).
XX
RN   [4]
RP   1-2167
RA   Rice P.M.;
RT   ;
RL   Submitted (04-SEP-1991) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases.
RL   Rice P.M., EMBL, Postfach 10-2209, Meyerhofstrasse 1, 6900 Heidelberg, FRG.
XX
DR   GOA; Q51417.
DR   UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot; Q51417; AMIS_PSEAE.
XX


  [Part of this file has been deleted for brevity]

FT                   /replace=""
FT                   /note="ClaI fragment deleted in pSW36,  constitutive
FT                   phenotype"
FT   misc_feature    1
FT                   /note="last base of an XhoI site"
FT   misc_feature    648..653
FT                   /note="end of 658bp XhoI fragment, deletion in  pSW3 causes
FT                   constitutive expression of amiE"
FT   conflict        1281
FT                   /replace="g"
FT                   /citation=[3]
XX
SQ   Sequence 2167 BP; 363 A; 712 C; 730 G; 362 T; 0 other;
     ggtaccgctg gccgagcatc tgctcgatca ccaccagccg ggcgacggga actgcacgat        60
     ctacctggcg agcctggagc acgagcgggt tcgcttcgta cggcgctgag cgacagtcac       120
     aggagaggaa acggatggga tcgcaccagg agcggccgct gatcggcctg ctgttctccg       180
     aaaccggcgt caccgccgat atcgagcgct cgcacgcgta tggcgcattg ctcgcggtcg       240
     agcaactgaa ccgcgagggc ggcgtcggcg gtcgcccgat cgaaacgctg tcccaggacc       300
     ccggcggcga cccggaccgc tatcggctgt gcgccgagga cttcattcgc aaccgggggg       360
     tacggttcct cgtgggctgc tacatgtcgc acacgcgcaa ggcggtgatg ccggtggtcg       420
     agcgcgccga cgcgctgctc tgctacccga ccccctacga gggcttcgag tattcgccga       480
     acatcgtcta cggcggtccg gcgccgaacc agaacagtgc gccgctggcg gcgtacctga       540
     ttcgccacta cggcgagcgg gtggtgttca tcggctcgga ctacatctat ccgcgggaaa       600
     gcaaccatgt gatgcgccac ctgtatcgcc agcacggcgg cacggtgctc gaggaaatct       660
     acattccgct gtatccctcc gacgacgact tgcagcgcgc cgtcgagcgc atctaccagg       720
     cgcgcgccga cgtggtcttc tccaccgtgg tgggcaccgg caccgccgag ctgtatcgcg       780
     ccatcgcccg tcgctacggc gacggcaggc ggccgccgat cgccagcctg accaccagcg       840
     aggcggaggt ggcgaagatg gagagtgacg tggcagaggg gcaggtggtg gtcgcgcctt       900
     acttctccag catcgatacg cccgccagcc gggccttcgt ccaggcctgc catggtttct       960
     tcccggagaa cgcgaccatc accgcctggg ccgaggcggc ctactggcag accttgttgc      1020
     tcggccgcgc cgcgcaggcc gcaggcaact ggcgggtgga agacgtgcag cggcacctgt      1080
     acgacatcga catcgacgcg ccacaggggc cggtccgggt ggagcgccag aacaaccaca      1140
     gccgcctgtc ttcgcgcatc gcggaaatcg atgcgcgcgg cgtgttccag gtccgctggc      1200
     agtcgcccga accgattcgc cccgaccctt atgtcgtcgt gcataacctc gacgactggt      1260
     ccgccagcat gggcggggga ccgctcccat gagcgccaac tcgctgctcg gcagcctgcg      1320
     cgagttgcag gtgctggtcc tcaacccgcc gggggaggtc agcgacgccc tggtcttgca      1380
     gctgatccgc atcggttgtt cggtgcgcca gtgctggccg ccgccggaag ccttcgacgt      1440
     gccggtggac gtggtcttca ccagcatttt ccagaatggc caccacgacg agatcgctgc      1500
     gctgctcgcc gccgggactc cgcgcactac cctggtggcg ctggtggagt acgaaagccc      1560
     cgcggtgctc tcgcagatca tcgagctgga gtgccacggc gtgatcaccc agccgctcga      1620
     tgcccaccgg gtgctgcctg tgctggtatc ggcgcggcgc atcagcgagg aaatggcgaa      1680
     gctgaagcag aagaccgagc agctccagga ccgcatcgcc ggccaggccc ggatcaacca      1740
     ggccaaggtg ttgctgatgc agcgccatgg ctgggacgag cgcgaggcgc accagcacct      1800
     gtcgcgggaa gcgatgaagc ggcgcgagcc gatcctgaag atcgctcagg agttgctggg      1860
     aaacgagccg tccgcctgag cgatccgggc cgaccagaac aataacaaga ggggtatcgt      1920
     catcatgctg ggactggttc tgctgtacgt tggcgcggtg ctgtttctca atgccgtctg      1980
     gttgctgggc aagatcagcg gtcgggaggt ggcggtgatc aacttcctgg tcggcgtgct      2040
     gagcgcctgc gtcgcgttct acctgatctt ttccgcagca gccgggcagg gctcgctgaa      2100
     ggccggagcg ctgaccctgc tattcgcttt tacctatctg tgggtggccg ccaaccagtt      2160
     cctcgag                                                                2167
//

Output file format

Output files for usage example

File: x13776.cusp

#CdsCount: 1

#Coding GC 67.79%
#1st letter GC 67.88%
#2nd letter GC 46.89%
#3rd letter GC 88.60%

#Codon AA Fraction Frequency Number
GCA    A     0.077     7.772      3
GCC    A     0.462    46.632     18
GCG    A     0.462    46.632     18
GCT    A     0.000     0.000      0
TGC    C     1.000    10.363      4
TGT    C     0.000     0.000      0
GAC    D     0.864    49.223     19
GAT    D     0.136     7.772      3
GAA    E     0.269    18.135      7
GAG    E     0.731    49.223     19
TTC    F     1.000    28.497     11
TTT    F     0.000     0.000      0
GGA    G     0.062     5.181      2
GGC    G     0.719    59.585     23
GGG    G     0.125    10.363      4
GGT    G     0.094     7.772      3
CAC    H     0.727    20.725      8
CAT    H     0.273     7.772      3
ATA    I     0.000     0.000      0
ATC    I     0.800    41.451     16
ATT    I     0.200    10.363      4
AAA    K     0.000     0.000      0
AAG    K     1.000     5.181      2
CTA    L     0.000     0.000      0
CTC    L     0.269    18.135      7
CTG    L     0.577    38.860     15
CTT    L     0.000     0.000      0
TTA    L     0.000     0.000      0
TTG    L     0.154    10.363      4
ATG    M     1.000    15.544      6
AAC    N     1.000    28.497     11
AAT    N     0.000     0.000      0
CCA    P     0.074     5.181      2
CCC    P     0.222    15.544      6
CCG    P     0.630    44.041     17
CCT    P     0.074     5.181      2
CAA    Q     0.062     2.591      1
CAG    Q     0.938    38.860     15
AGA    R     0.000     0.000      0
AGG    R     0.029     2.591      1
CGA    R     0.000     0.000      0
CGC    R     0.629    56.995     22
CGG    R     0.314    28.497     11
CGT    R     0.029     2.591      1
AGC    S     0.304    18.135      7
AGT    S     0.087     5.181      2
TCA    S     0.000     0.000      0
TCC    S     0.261    15.544      6
TCG    S     0.304    18.135      7
TCT    S     0.043     2.591      1
ACA    T     0.000     0.000      0
ACC    T     0.733    28.497     11
ACG    T     0.267    10.363      4
ACT    T     0.000     0.000      0
GTA    V     0.030     2.591      1
GTC    V     0.394    33.679     13
GTG    V     0.576    49.223     19
GTT    V     0.000     0.000      0
TGG    W     1.000    12.953      5
TAC    Y     0.619    33.679     13
TAT    Y     0.381    20.725      8
TAA    *     0.000     0.000      0
TAG    *     0.000     0.000      0
TGA    *     1.000     2.591      1

The example usage read in a single CDS from Pseudomonas aeruginosa which has a very high GC content ands a strong coding bias, as shown by the codons for Alanine where those ending with G or C are used almost exclusively.

The 'Fract' column gives that proportion of usage of a given codon among its redundant set (i.e. the set of codons which code for this codon's amino acid). For example, the sum of the 6 codons representing serine will add up to 1.00.

The /1000 column represents the number of codons, given the input sequence(s), there are per 1000 bases. This will be an extrapolation if the sequence is shorter than 1000 bases.

If multiple sequences are input then the statistics are given for all of the sequences together, not individually.

Data files

cusp reads a codon usage file, but only as a template and does not use any of the data so any codon usage file from any species will give the same results.

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:

Notes

None.

References

None.

Warnings

None.

Diagnostic Error Messages

None.

Exit status

Always exits with status 0.

Known bugs

None.

See also

Program nameDescription
cai CAI codon adaptation index
chips Codon usage statistics
codcmp Codon usage table comparison
syco Synonymous codon usage Gribskov statistic plot

Author(s)

Alan Bleasby (ajb © ebi.ac.uk)
European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK

History

Target users

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

Comments

None