#!/usr/bin/env python """clustal_run.py Example code to show how to create a clustalw command line, run clustalw and parse the results into an object that can be dealt with easily.""" # standard library import os import sys import subprocess # biopython from Bio.Alphabet import Gapped, IUPAC from Bio.Align.Applications import ClustalwCommandline from Bio import AlignIO from Bio.Align import AlignInfo from Bio.SubsMat import FreqTable # create the command line to run clustalw # this assumes you've got clustalw somewhere on your path, otherwise # you need to pass the full path of the executable to this via cmd="..." cline = ClustalwCommandline(infile='opuntia.fasta', outfile='test.aln') # actually perform the alignment return_code = subprocess.call(str(cline), shell=(sys.platform!="win32")) assert return_code==0, "Calling ClustalW failed" # Parse the output alignment = AlignIO.read("test.aln", "clustal", alphabet=Gapped(IUPAC.unambiguous_dna)) print alignment print 'first description:', alignment[0].description print 'first sequence:', alignment[0].seq # get the length of the alignment print 'length', alignment.get_alignment_length() print alignment # print out interesting information about the alignment summary_align = AlignInfo.SummaryInfo(alignment) consensus = summary_align.dumb_consensus() print 'consensus', consensus my_pssm = summary_align.pos_specific_score_matrix(consensus, chars_to_ignore = ['N']) print my_pssm expect_freq = { 'A' : .3, 'G' : .2, 'T' : .3, 'C' : .2} freq_table_info = FreqTable.FreqTable(expect_freq, FreqTable.FREQ, IUPAC.unambiguous_dna) info_content = summary_align.information_content(5, 30, chars_to_ignore = ['N'], e_freq_table = \ freq_table_info) print "relative info content:", info_content