
                                   tmap 



Function

   Displays membrane spanning regions

Description

   This program predicts transmembrane segments in proteins, utilising
   the algorithm described in: "Persson, B. & Argos, P. (1994) Prediction
   of transmembrane segments in proteins utilising multiple sequence
   alignments J. Mol. Biol. 237, 182-192."

   tmap reads in one or more aligned protein sequences.

   Two sets of propensity values are then used for the calculations: one
   for the middle, hydrophobic portion and one for the terminal regions
   of the transmembrane sequence spans. Average propensity values are
   calculated for each position along the alignment, with the
   contribution from each sequence weighted according to its
   dissimilarity relative to the other aligned sequences.

   Eight-residue segments are considered as potential cores of
   transmembrane segments and elongated if thier middle propensity values
   are above a threshold. End propensity values are also considered as
   stop signals. Only helices with a length of 15 to 29 residues are
   allowed and corrections for strictly conserved charged residues are
   made.

   The method is more successful than predictions based upon single
   sequences alone.

   The results are plotted on a graph and written to a text file.

Usage

   Here is a sample session with tmap


% tmap opsd.msf -out tmap.res -graph cps 
Displays membrane spanning regions

Created tmap.ps

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

Command line arguments

   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-sequences]         seqset     File containing a sequence alignment
   -graph              xygraph    [$EMBOSS_GRAPHICS value, or x11] Graph type
                                  (ps, hpgl, hp7470, hp7580, meta, cps, x11,
                                  tekt, tek, none, data, xterm, png, gif)
  [-outfile]           report     [*.tmap] Output report file name

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

   "-sequences" 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

   "-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

   "-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

Input file format

   tmap reads a protein sequence USA for one or more aligned sequences.

  Input files for usage example

  File: opsd.msf

!!AA_MULTIPLE_ALIGNMENT 1.0

  opsd.msf MSF:  354 Type: P 15/07/06 CompCheck: 5414 ..

  Name: OPSD_HUMAN Len: 354  Check: 2647 Weight: 50.00
  Name: OPSD_XENLA Len: 354  Check: 2767 Weight: 50.00

//

           1                                               50
OPSD_HUMAN MNGTEGPNFYVPFSNATGVVRSPFEYPQYYLAEPWQFSMLAAYMFLLIVL
OPSD_XENLA MNGTEGPNFYVPMSNKTGVVRSPFDYPQYYLAEPWQYSALAAYMFLLILL

           51                                             100
OPSD_HUMAN GFPINFLTLYVTVQHKKLRTPLNYILLNLAVADLFMVLGGFTSTLYTSLH
OPSD_XENLA GLPINFMTLFVTIQHKKLRTPLNYILLNLVFANHFMVLCGFTVTMYTSMH

           101                                            150
OPSD_HUMAN GYFVFGPTGCNLEGFFATLGGEIALWSLVVLAIERYVVVCKPMSNFRFGE
OPSD_XENLA GYFIFGPTGCYIEGFFATLGGEVALWSLVVLAVERYIVVCKPMANFRFGE

           151                                            200
OPSD_HUMAN NHAIMGVAFTWVMALACAAPPLAGWSRYIPEGLQCSCGIDYYTLKPEVNN
OPSD_XENLA NHAIMGVAFTWIMALSCAAPPLFGWSRYIPEGMQCSCGVDYYTLKPEVNN

           201                                            250
OPSD_HUMAN ESFVIYMFVVHFTIPMIIIFFCYGQLVFTVKEAAAQQQESATTQKAEKEV
OPSD_XENLA ESFVIYMFIVHFTIPLIVIFFCYGRLLCTVKEAAAQQQESLTTQKAEKEV

           251                                            300
OPSD_HUMAN TRMVIIMVIAFLICWVPYASVAFYIFTHQGSNFGPIFMTIPAFFAKSAAI
OPSD_XENLA TRMVVIMVVFFLICWVPYAYVAFYIFTHQGSNFGPVFMTVPAFFAKSSAI

           301                                            350
OPSD_HUMAN YNPVIYIMMNKQFRNCMLTTICCGKNPLGD.DEASATVSKTETSQVAPA~
OPSD_XENLA YNPVIYIVLNKQFRNCLITTLCCGKNPFGDEDGSSAATSKTEASSVSSSQ

           351
OPSD_HUMAN ~~~~
OPSD_XENLA VSPA

Output file format

  Output files for usage example

  File: tmap.res

########################################
# Program: tmap
# Rundate: Sun 15 Jul 2007 12:00:00
# Commandline: tmap
#    [-sequences] ../../data/opsd.msf
#    -outfile tmap.res
#    -graph cps
# Report_format: seqtable
# Report_file: tmap.res
########################################

#=======================================
#
# Sequence: Consensus     from: 1   to: 354
# HitCount: 7
#=======================================

  Start     End TransMem Sequence
     43      70        1 YMFLLIvLGxPINFlTLyVTvQHKKLRT
     71      98        2 PLNYILLNLxxAdxFMVLxGFTxTlYTS
    112     140        3 lEGFFATLGGEiALWSLVVLAiERYvVVC
    148     176        4 FGENHAIMGVAFTWvMALaCAAPPLxGWS
    201     229        5 ESFVIYMFvVHFTIPmIiIFFCYGqLvxT
    256     276        6 IMVixFLICWVPYAxVAFYIF
    285     305        7 PiFMTiPAFFAKSaAIYNPVI

#---------------------------------------
#---------------------------------------
#=======================================
#
# Sequence: OPSD_HUMAN     from: 1   to: 354
# HitCount: 7
#=======================================

  Start     End TransMem Sequence
     43      70        1 YMFLLIVLGFPINFLTLYVTVQHKKLRT
     71      98        2 PLNYILLNLAVADLFMVLGGFTSTLYTS
    112     140        3 LEGFFATLGGEIALWSLVVLAIERYVVVC
    148     176        4 FGENHAIMGVAFTWVMALACAAPPLAGWS
    201     229        5 ESFVIYMFVVHFTIPMIIIFFCYGQLVFT
    256     276        6 IMVIAFLICWVPYASVAFYIF
    285     305        7 PIFMTIPAFFAKSAAIYNPVI

#---------------------------------------
#---------------------------------------
#=======================================
#
# Sequence: OPSD_XENLA     from: 1   to: 354
# HitCount: 7
#=======================================

  Start     End TransMem Sequence
     43      70        1 YMFLLILLGLPINFMTLFVTIQHKKLRT
     71      98        2 PLNYILLNLVFANHFMVLCGFTVTMYTS
    112     140        3 IEGFFATLGGEVALWSLVVLAVERYIVVC
    148     176        4 FGENHAIMGVAFTWIMALSCAAPPLFGWS
    201     229        5 ESFVIYMFIVHFTIPLIVIFFCYGRLLCT
    256     276        6 IMVVFFLICWVPYAYVAFYIF
    285     305        7 PVFMTVPAFFAKSSAIYNPVI

#---------------------------------------
#---------------------------------------

#---------------------------------------
# Total_sequences: 3
# Total_hitcount: 21
#---------------------------------------

  Graphics File: tmap.ps

   [tmap results]

   A plot of the propensities to form the middle (solid line) and the end
   (dashed line) of transmembrane regions is output.

   Bars are displayed in the plot above the regions predicted as being
   most likely to form transmembrane regions.

   The text file (specified by the -outfile option) gives a summary of
   these regions.

   The transmembrane regions for the complete alignment are given first,
   followed by the predictions for each individual sequence in the
   alignment.

Data files

   None.

Notes

   None.

References

    1. "Persson, B. & Argos, P. (1994) Prediction of transmembrane
       segments in proteins utilsing multiple sequence alignments J. Mol.
       Biol. 237, 182-192."

Warnings

   None.

Diagnostic Error Messages

   None.

Exit status

   0 if successful.

Known bugs

   None.

See also

    Program name              Description
   garnier        Predicts protein secondary structure
   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

Author(s)

   Original program by Bengt Persson and Patrick Argos.

   This application was modified for inclusion in EMBOSS by Ian Longden
   (il © sanger.ac.uk)
   Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge,
   CB10 1SA, UK.

History

   Completed 17th June 1999.

Target users

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

Comments

   The graph y axis is not labelled. It is some kind of score, but we aer
   not sure exactly how to describe it.
