| garnier

## Function

Predicts protein secondary structure

## Description

This is an implementation of the original Garnier Osguthorpe Robson algorithm (GOR I) for predicting protein secondary structure.

Secondary structure prediction is notoriously difficult to do accurately. The GOR I alogorithm is one of the first semi-successful methods.

The Garnier method is not regarded as the most accurate prediction, but is simple to calculate on most workstations.

The accuracy of any secondary structure prediction program is not much better than 70% to 80% at best. This is an early algorithm and will probably not predict with much better than about 65% accuracy.

The Web servers for PHD, DSC, and others are generally preferred.

Do not rely on this (or any other) program alone to make your predictions with. Use several programs and take a consensus of the results.

## Usage

Here is a sample session with garnier

    % garnier
    Predicts protein secondary structure
    Input protein sequence(s): tsw:amic_pseae
    Output report [amic_pseae.garnier]:

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

## Command line arguments

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

       Additional (Optional) qualifiers: (none)
       Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers:
       -idc                integer    [0] In their paper, GOR mention that if you
                                      know something about the secondary structure
                                      content of the protein you are analyzing,
                                      you can do better in prediction. 'idc' is an
                                      index into a set of arrays, dharr[] and
                                      dsarr[], which provide 'decision constants'
                                      (dch, dcs), which are offsets that are
                                      applied to the weights for the helix and
                                      sheet (extend) terms. So, idc=0 says don't
                                      use the decision constant offsets, and idc=1
                                      to 6 indicates that various combinations of
                                      dch,dcs offsets should be used. (Integer
                                      from 0 to 6)

       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
       -rformat2           string     Report format
       -rname2             string     Base file name
       -rextension2        string     File name extension
       -rdirectory2        string     Output directory
       -raccshow2          boolean    Show accession number in the report
       -rdesshow2          boolean    Show description in the report
       -rscoreshow2        boolean    Show the score in the report
       -rusashow2          boolean    Show the full USA in the report
       -rmaxall2           integer    Maximum total hits to report
       -rmaxseq2           integer    Maximum hits to report for one sequence

       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) | Protein sequence(s) filename and optional format, or reference (input USA) | Readable sequence(s) | Required
[-outfile] (Parameter 2) | Output report file name | Report output file | <*>.garnier
Additional (Optional) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default
(none)
Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default

-idc

In their paper, GOR mention that if you know something about the secondary structure content of the protein you are analyzing, you can do better in prediction. 'idc' is an index into a set of arrays, dharr[] and dsarr[], which provide 'decision constants' (dch, dcs), which are offsets that are applied to the weights for the helix and sheet (extend) terms. So, idc=0 says don't use the decision constant offsets, and idc=1 to 6 indicates that various combinations of dch,dcs offsets should be used.

Integer from 0 to 6

0

The meaning and use of the parameter 'idc' is currently being investigated. The original author, Bill Pearson writes:

"In their paper, GOR mention that if you know something about the secondary structure content of the protein you are analyzing, you can do better in prediction. "idc" is an index into a set of arrays, dharr[] and dsarr[], which provide "decision constants" (dch, dcs), which are offsets that are applied to the weights for the helix and sheet (extend) terms. So, idc=0 says don't use the decision constant offsets, and idc=1 to 6 indicates that various combinations of dch,dcs offsets should be used. I don't remember what they are, but I must have gotten the values from their paper."

## Input file format

garnier read any protein sequence USA.

### Input files for usage example

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

### Database entry: tsw:amic_pseae

    ID   AMIC_PSEAE              Reviewed;         385 AA.
    AC   P27017;
    DT   01-AUG-1992, integrated into UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot.
    DT   23-JAN-2007, sequence version 5.
    DT   20-MAR-2007, entry version 50.
    DE   Aliphatic amidase expression-regulating protein.
    GN   Name=amiC; OrderedLocusNames=PA3364;
    OS   Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
    OC   Bacteria; Proteobacteria; Gammaproteobacteria; Pseudomonadales;
    OC   Pseudomonadaceae; Pseudomonas.
    OX   NCBI_TaxID=287;
    RN   [1]
    RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [GENOMIC DNA], AND PROTEIN SEQUENCE OF 2-19.
    RC   STRAIN=PAC;
    RX   MEDLINE=91317707; PubMed=1907262;
    RA   Wilson S.A., Drew R.E.;
    RT   "Cloning and DNA sequence of amiC, a new gene regulating expression of
    RT   the Pseudomonas aeruginosa aliphatic amidase, and purification of the
    RT   amiC product.";
    RL   J. Bacteriol. 173:4914-4921(1991).
    RN   [2]
    RP   NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE [LARGE SCALE GENOMIC DNA].
    RC   STRAIN=ATCC 15692 / PAO1 / 1C / PRS 101 / LMG 12228;
    RX   MEDLINE=20437337; PubMed=10984043; DOI=10.1038/35023079;
    RA   Stover C.K., Pham X.-Q.T., Erwin A.L., Mizoguchi S.D., Warrener P.,
    RA   Hickey M.J., Brinkman F.S.L., Hufnagle W.O., Kowalik D.J., Lagrou M.,
    RA   Garber R.L., Goltry L., Tolentino E., Westbrock-Wadman S., Yuan Y.,
    RA   Brody L.L., Coulter S.N., Folger K.R., Kas A., Larbig K., Lim R.M.,
    RA   Smith K.A., Spencer D.H., Wong G.K.-S., Wu Z., Paulsen I.T.,
    RA   Reizer J., Saier M.H. Jr., Hancock R.E.W., Lory S., Olson M.V.;
    RT   "Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, an
    RT   opportunistic pathogen.";
    RL   Nature 406:959-964(2000).
    RN   [3]
    RP   CRYSTALLIZATION.
    RX   MEDLINE=92106343; PubMed=1762155; DOI=10.1016/0022-2836(91)90579-U;
    RA   Wilson S.A., Chayen N.E., Hemmings A.M., Drew R.E., Pearl L.H.;
    RT   "Crystallization of and preliminary X-ray data for the negative
    RT   regulator (AmiC) of the amidase operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.";
    RL   J. Mol. Biol. 222:869-871(1991).
    RN   [4]
    RP   X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (2.1 ANGSTROMS), AND SEQUENCE REVISION TO 27-28.
    RX   MEDLINE=95112789; PubMed=7813419;
    RA   Pearl L.H., O'Hara B.P., Drew R.E., Wilson S.A.;
    RT   "Crystal structure of AmiC: the controller of transcription
    RT   antitermination in the amidase operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.";
    RL   EMBO J. 13:5810-5817(1994).
    RN   [5]
    RP   X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (2.25 ANGSTROMS) OF COMPLEX WITH AMIR.
    RC   STRAIN=PAC1;

      [Part of this file has been deleted for brevity]

    FT                                /FTId=PRO_0000064581.
    FT   VARIANT     106    106       T -> N (in strain: PAC181; butyramide
    FT                                inducible phenotype).
    FT   CONFLICT     27     28       QR -> HA (in Ref. 1).
    FT   CONFLICT    186    186       V -> L (in Ref. 1).
    FT   CONFLICT    263    263       A -> P (in Ref. 1).
    FT   CONFLICT    305    305       S -> N (in Ref. 1).
    FT   CONFLICT    319    319       C -> D (in Ref. 1).
    FT   CONFLICT    383    383       A -> P (in Ref. 1).
    FT   STRAND        8     12
    FT   STRAND       15     17
    FT   HELIX        20     38
    FT   TURN         39     42
    FT   STRAND       49     53
    FT   HELIX        59     71
    FT   STRAND       77     80
    FT   HELIX        84     96
    FT   STRAND      100    103
    FT   STRAND      116    118
    FT   HELIX       123    125
    FT   HELIX       127    135
    FT   TURN        136    138
    FT   STRAND      140    149
    FT   HELIX       150    165
    FT   STRAND      169    176
    FT   HELIX       182    195
    FT   STRAND      198    203
    FT   HELIX       208    220
    FT   STRAND      228    232
    FT   HELIX       235    238
    FT   HELIX       243    246
    FT   STRAND      250    254
    FT   HELIX       262    272
    FT   HELIX       283    302
    FT   HELIX       307    314
    FT   STRAND      319    321
    FT   STRAND      324    328
    FT   TURN        330    332
    FT   STRAND      335    337
    FT   STRAND      340    344
    FT   STRAND      350    355
    FT   HELIX       368    370
    SQ   SEQUENCE   385 AA;  42807 MW;  33924B6C36017B79 CRC64;
         MGSHQERPLI GLLFSETGVT ADIERSQRYG ALLAVEQLNR EGGVGGRPIE TLSQDPGGDP
         DRYRLCAEDF IRNRGVRFLV GCYMSHTRKA VMPVVERADA LLCYPTPYEG FEYSPNIVYG
         GPAPNQNSAP LAAYLIRHYG ERVVFIGSDY IYPRESNHVM RHLYRQHGGT VLEEIYIPLY
         PSDDDVQRAV ERIYQARADV VFSTVVGTGT AELYRAIARR YGDGRRPPIA SLTTSEAEVA
         KMESDVAEGQ VVVAPYFSSI DTAASRAFVQ ACHGFFPENA TITAWAEAAY WQTLLLGRAA
         QAAGSWRVED VQRHLYDICI DAPQGPVRVE RQNNHSRLSS RIAEIDARGV FQVRWQSPEP
         IRPDPYVVVH NLDDWSASMG GGALP
    //

## Output file format

The output is a standard EMBOSS report file.

The results can be output in one of several styles by using the command-line qualifier -rformat xxx, where 'xxx' is replaced by the name of the required format. The available format names are: embl, genbank, gff, pir, swiss, trace, listfile, dbmotif, diffseq, excel, feattable, motif, regions, seqtable, simple, srs, table, tagseq

See: http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/ReportFormats.html for further information on report formats.

By default garnier writes a 'tagseq' report file.

### Output files for usage example

### File: amic_pseae.garnier

    ########################################
    # Program: garnier
    # Rundate: Sun 15 Jul 2007 12:00:00
    # Commandline: garnier
    #    -sequence tsw:amic_pseae
    # Report_format: tagseq
    # Report_file: amic_pseae.garnier
    ########################################

    #=======================================
    #
    # Sequence: AMIC_PSEAE     from: 1   to: 385
    # HitCount: 113
    #
    # DCH = 0, DCS = 0
    #
    #  Please cite:
    #  Garnier, Osguthorpe and Robson (1978) J. Mol. Biol. 120:97-120
    #
    #
    #=======================================

              .   10    .   20    .   30    .   40    .   50
          MGSHQERPLIGLLFSETGVTADIERSQRYGALLAVEQLNREGGVGGRPIE
    helix                     HHHHH        HHHHH
    sheet       EE EEEEE                 EE              EEE
    turns         T                TTTT          TTTT
     coil CCCCCC        CCCCCC         CC       C    CCCC
              .   60    .   70    .   80    .   90    .  100
          TLSQDPGGDPDRYRLCAEDFIRNRGVRFLVGCYMSHTRKAVMPVVERADA
    helix                HHHHHH            HHHH H     HHHHHH
    sheet EE         EEEE           EEEE          EEEE
    turns   TT TT   T          TTTTT    TTT    T T
     coil     C  CCC
              .  110    .  120    .  130    .  140    .  150
          LLCYPTPYEGFEYSPNIVYGGPAPNQNSAPLAAYLIRHYGERVVFIGSDY
    helix                               HHH
    sheet EEEE    E       EE           E   EEEE    EEEEE
    turns        T TTT  TT  T     TT           TT T     TTTT
     coil     CCC     CC     CCCCC  CCC          C
              .  160    .  170    .  180    .  190    .  200
          IYPRESNHVMRHLYRQHGGTVLEEIYIPLYPSDDDVQRAVERIYQARADV
    helix        HHHH                       HHHHHHHHHHHHH
    sheet            EEE       EEEEEEE                   EEE
    turns    TTT        TTT             TTTT
     coil CCC   C          CCCC       CC
              .  210    .  220    .  230    .  240    .  250
          VFSTVVGTGTAELYRAIARRYGDGRRPPIASLTTSEAEVAKMESDVAEGQ
    helix           HHHHHHH                HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
    sheet EEEEE            EE         EEE
    turns                    TTTTTT
     coil      CCCCC               CCC   CC
              .  260    .  270    .  280    .  290    .  300
          VVVAPYFSSIDTAASRAFVQACHGFFPENATITAWAEAAYWQTLLLGRAA
    helix             HHHHHHH           HHHHHHHHHHHHH    HHH
    sheet EEEEE  EEE         EE                      E
    turns      TT              TTT   TT
     coil           CC            CCC  C              CCC
              .  310    .  320    .  330    .  340    .  350
          QAAGSWRVEDVQRHLYDICIDAPQGPVRVERQNNHSRLSSRIAEIDARGV
    helix HH     HHHH                                HHH
    sheet                  EEEE     EEEEE         EEE      E
    turns            TTTTTT     T        TT   T         TTT
     coil   CCCCC              C CCC       CCC CCC
              .  360    .  370    .  380
          FQVRWQSPEPIRPDPYVVVHNLDDWSASMGGGALP
    helix
    sheet EEE           EEEEEEE     E       E
    turns    TT    TT           TTT   TTT
     coil      CCCC  CCC       C   C C   CCC

    #---------------------------------------
    #
    #  Residue totals: H:103   E:102   T: 86   C: 94
    #         percent: H: 27.9 E: 27.6 T: 23.3 C: 25.5
    #
    #---------------------------------------

    #---------------------------------------
    # Total_sequences: 1
    # Total_hitcount: 113
    #---------------------------------------

## Data files

None.

## Notes

The Garnier method is not regarded as the most accurate prediction, but is simple to calculate on most workstations.

The Web servers for PHD, DSC, and others are generally preferred.

Do not rely on this (or any other) program alone to make your predictions with. Use several programs and take a consensus of the results.

The 3D structure for the example sequence is known, although the 2D structure elements were not in the SwissProt feature table for release 38 when the test data was extracted.

DSSP shows:

     From     To   Structure
        9     13   E beta sheet
       21     39   H alpha helix
       50     54   E beta sheet
       60     72   H alpha helix
       78     81   E beta sheet
       85     97   H alpha helix
      101    104   E beta sheet
      117    119   E beta sheet
      128    136   H alpha helix
      142    148   E beta sheet
      151    166   H alpha helix
      170    177   E beta sheet
      183    196   H alpha helix
      200    204   E beta sheet
      208    221   H alpha helix
      229    231   E beta sheet
      236    239   H alpha helix
      244    247   H alpha helix
      251    254   E beta sheet
      263    273   H alpha helix
      284    303   H alpha helix
      308    315   H alpha helix
      320    322   E beta sheet
      325    329   E beta sheet
      336    337   E beta sheet
      341    345   E beta sheet
      351    356   E beta sheet

## References

1. Garnier J, Osguthorpe DJ, Robson B Analysis of the accuracy and implications of simple methods for predicting the secondary structure of globular proteins. J Mol Biol 1978 Mar 25;120(1):97-120

## Warnings

The accuracy of any secondary structure prediction program is not much better than 70% to 80% at best. This is an early algorithm and will probably not predict with much better than about 65% accuracy.

You are advised to use several of the latest Web-based prediction sites and combine them to make a consensus prediction.

## Diagnostic Error Messages

None.

## Exit status

It always exits with a status of 0.

## Known bugs

None.

## See also

Program name | Description
--- | ---
helixturnhelix | Report nucleic acid binding motifs
hmoment | Hydrophobic moment calculation
pepcoil | Predicts coiled coil regions
pepnet | Displays proteins as a helical net
pepwheel | Shows protein sequences as helices
tmap | Displays membrane spanning regions

## Author(s)

This program ('GARNIER') was originally written by William Pearson (wrp@virginia.edu) and released as part of his FASTA package.

This application was modified for inclusion in EMBOSS by Rodrigo Lopez (rls © 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