
                                 antigenic 



Function

   Finds antigenic sites in proteins

Description

   Antigenic predicts potentially antigenic regions of a protein
   sequence, using the method of Kolaskar and Tongaonkar.

   Analysis of data from experimentally determined antigenic sites on
   proteins has revealed that the hydrophobic residues Cys, Leu and Val,
   if they occur on the surface of a protein, are more likely to be a
   part of antigenic sites. A semi-empirical method which makes use of
   physicochemical properties of amino acid residues and their
   frequencies of occurrence in experimentally known segmental epitopes
   was developed by Kolaskar and Tongaonkar to predict antigenic
   determinants on proteins. Application of this method to a large number
   of proteins has shown that their method can predict antigenic
   determinants with about 75% accuracy which is better than most of the
   known methods. This method is based on a single parameter and thus
   very simple to use.

Usage

   Here is a sample session with antigenic


% antigenic 
Finds antigenic sites in proteins
Input sequence(s): tsw:act1_fugru
Minimum length [6]: 
Output report [act1_fugru.antigenic]: 

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

   Example 2

   By using the '-rformat gff' qualifier, a GFF file of the predicted
   regions can be produced.


% antigenic -rformat gff 
Finds antigenic sites in proteins
Input sequence(s): tsw:act1_fugru
Minimum length [6]: 
Output report [act1_fugru.antigenic]: 

   Go to the output files for this example

Command line arguments

   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers:
  [-sequence]          seqall     Sequence database USA
   -minlen             integer    Minimum length
  [-outfile]           report     Output report 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
   -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

   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 deaths


   Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers Allowed values Default
   [-sequence]
   (Parameter 1) Sequence database USA Readable sequence(s) Required
   -minlen Minimum length Integer from 1 to 50 6
   [-outfile]
   (Parameter 2) Output report file name Report output file
   Additional (Optional) qualifiers Allowed values Default
   (none)
   Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers Allowed values Default
   (none)

Input file format

   The input sequence can be one or more protein sequences.

  Input files for usage example

   'tsw:act1_fugru' is a sequence entry in the example protein database
   'tsw'

  Database entry: tsw:act1_fugru

ID   ACT1_FUGRU     STANDARD;      PRT;   375 AA.
AC   P53484;
DT   01-OCT-1996 (REL. 34, CREATED)
DT   01-OCT-1996 (REL. 34, LAST SEQUENCE UPDATE)
DT   01-OCT-1996 (REL. 34, LAST ANNOTATION UPDATE)
DE   ACTIN, CYTOPLASMIC 1 (BETA-ACTIN 1).
OS   FUGU RUBRIPES (JAPANESE PUFFERFISH) (TAKIFUGU RUBRIPES).
OC   EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; CHORDATA; VERTEBRATA; PISCES; GNATHOSTOMATA;
OC   OSTEICHTHYES; ACTINOPTERYGII; TETRAODONTIFORMES.
RN   [1]
RP   SEQUENCE FROM N.A.
RX   MEDLINE; 96275651.
RA   VENKATESH B., TAY B.H., ELGAR G., BRENNER S.;
RL   J. MOL. BIOL. 259:655-665(1996).
CC   -!- FUNCTION: ACTINS ARE HIGHLY CONSERVED PROTEINS THAT ARE INVOLVED
CC       IN VARIOUS TYPES OF CELL MOTILITY AND ARE UBIQUITOUSLY EXPRESSED
CC       IN ALL EUKARYOTIC CELLS.
CC   -!- SUBUNIT: POLYMERIZATION OF GLOBULAR ACTIN (G-ACTIN) LEADS TO A
CC       STRUCTURAL FILAMENT (F-ACTIN) IN THE FORM OF A TWO-STRANDED
CC       HELIX. EACH ACTIN CAN BIND TO 4 OTHERS.
CC   -!- SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: CYTOPLASMIC.
CC   -!- TISSUE SPECIFICITY: WIDELY DISTRIBUTED. NOT EXPRESSED IN SKELETAL
CC       MUSCLE.
CC   -!- IN VERTEBRATES 3 MAIN GROUPS OF ACTIN ISOFORMS, ALPHA, BETA AND
CC       GAMMA HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. THE ALPHA ACTINS ARE FOUND IN MUSCLE
CC       TISSUES AND ARE A MAJOR CONSTITUENT OF THE CONTRACTILE APPARATUS.
CC       THE BETA AND GAMMA ACTINS CO-EXISTS IN MOST CELL TYPES AS
CC       COMPONENTS OF THE CYTOSKELETON AND AS MEDIATORS OF INTERNAL CELL
CC       MOTILITY.
CC   -!- THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT BETA-CYTOPLASMIC ACTINS IN FUGU
CC       RUBRIPES.
DR   EMBL; U37499; G1335821; -.
DR   PROSITE; PS00406; ACTINS_1; 1.
DR   PROSITE; PS00432; ACTINS_2; 1.
DR   PROSITE; PS01132; ACTINS_ACT_LIKE; 1.
KW   MULTIGENE FAMILY; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; METHYLATION; ACETYLATION;
KW   CYTOSKELETON.
FT   PROPEP        1      1       REMOVED IN MATURE FORM (BY SIMILARITY).
FT   CHAIN         2    375       ACTIN, CYTOPLASMIC 1.
FT   MOD_RES       1      1       ACETYLATION (BY SIMILARITY).
FT   MOD_RES       2      2       ACETYLATION (BY SIMILARITY).
FT   MOD_RES      73     73       METHYLATION (BY SIMILARITY).
SQ   SEQUENCE   375 AA;  41766 MW;  3A0543DF CRC32;
     MEDEIAALVV DNGSGMCKAG FAGDDAPRAV FPSIVGRPRH QGVMVGMGQK DSYVGDEAQS
     KRGILTLKYP IEHGIVTNWD DMEKIWHHTF YNELRVAPEE HPVLLTEAPL NPKANREKMT
     QIMFETFNTP AMYVAIQAVL SLYASGRTTG IVMDSGDGVT HTVPIYEGYA LPHAILRLDL
     AGRDLTDYLM KILTERGYSF TTTAEREIVR DIKEKLCYVA LDFEQEMGTA ASSSSLEKSY
     ELPDGQVITI GNERFRCPEA LFQPSFLGME SCGIHETTYN SIMKCDVDIR KDLYANTVLS
     GGTTMYPGIA DRMQKEITAL APSTMKIKII APPERKYSVW IGGSILASLS TFQQMWISKQ
     EYDESGPSIV HRKCF
//

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 antigenic writes a 'motif' report file.

  Output files for usage example

  File: act1_fugru.antigenic

########################################
# Program: antigenic
# Rundate: Fri Jul 15 2005 12:00:00
# Report_format: motif
# Report_file: act1_fugru.antigenic
########################################

#=======================================
#
# Sequence: ACT1_FUGRU     from: 1   to: 375
# HitCount: 18
#=======================================

Max_score_pos at "*"

(1) Score 1.207 length 9 at residues 214->222
               *
 Sequence: EKLCYVALD
           |       |
         214       222

(2) Score 1.187 length 15 at residues 131->145
                 *
 Sequence: AMYVAIQAVLSLYAS
           |             |
         131             145

(3) Score 1.166 length 8 at residues 5->12
              *
 Sequence: IAALVVDN
           |      |
           5      12

(4) Score 1.164 length 12 at residues 27->38
                *
 Sequence: PRAVFPSIVGRP
           |          |
          27          38

(5) Score 1.136 length 24 at residues 160->183
                        *
 Sequence: THTVPIYEGYALPHAILRLDLAGR
           |                      |
         160                      183

(6) Score 1.135 length 6 at residues 367->372
                *
 Sequence: PSIVHR
           |    |
         367    372


  [Part of this file has been deleted for brevity]

(11) Score 1.102 length 15 at residues 62->76
                 *
 Sequence: RGILTLKYPIEHGIV
           |             |
          62             76

(12) Score 1.086 length 19 at residues 232->250
                        *
 Sequence: SSSSLEKSYELPDGQVITI
           |                 |
         232                 250

(13) Score 1.083 length 6 at residues 327->332
              *
 Sequence: IKIIAP
           |    |
         327    332

(14) Score 1.074 length 7 at residues 317->323
              *
 Sequence: ITALAPS
           |     |
         317     323

(15) Score 1.068 length 7 at residues 186->192
                *
 Sequence: TDYLMKI
           |     |
         186     192

(16) Score 1.066 length 7 at residues 40->46
              *
 Sequence: HQGVMVG
           |     |
          40     46

(17) Score 1.045 length 7 at residues 269->275
           *
 Sequence: MESCGIH
           |     |
         269     275

(18) Score 1.034 length 7 at residues 51->57
            *
 Sequence: DSYVGDE
           |     |
          51     57


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

  Output files for usage example 2

  File: act1_fugru.antigenic

##gff-version 2.0
##date 2005-07-15
##Type Protein ACT1_FUGRU
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    214     222     1.207   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.1" ; note "*pos 218"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    131     145     1.187   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.2" ; note "*pos 137"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    5       12      1.166   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.3" ; note "*pos 8"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    27      38      1.164   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.4" ; note "*pos 32"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    160     183     1.136   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.5" ; note "*pos 173"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    367     372     1.135   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.6" ; note "*pos 372"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    93      108     1.116   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.7" ; note "*pos 103"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    295     301     1.113   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.8" ; note "*pos 296"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    256     266     1.110   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.9" ; note "*pos 264"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    336     352     1.107   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.10" ; note "*pos 347"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    62      76      1.102   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.11" ; note "*pos 68"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    232     250     1.086   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.12" ; note "*pos 245"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    327     332     1.083   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.13" ; note "*pos 330"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    317     323     1.074   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.14" ; note "*pos 320"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    186     192     1.068   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.15" ; note "*pos 191"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    40      46      1.066   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.16" ; note "*pos 43"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    269     275     1.045   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.17" ; note "*pos 269"
ACT1_FUGRU      antigenic       site    51      57      1.034   +       .
Sequence "ACT1_FUGRU.18" ; note "*pos 52"

Data files

   Antigenic uses a data file called Eantigenic.dat.

   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:
     * . (your current directory)
     * .embossdata (under your current directory)
     * ~/ (your home directory)
     * ~/.embossdata

   Here is the default Eantigenic.dat file:

#                                               Antigenic  Surface  Antigenic
# Amino     -- Occurrence of amino acids in --   frequency frequency propensity
# Acid       Epitopes      Surface     Protein   f(Ag)    f(s)      A(p)
  A             135          328         524     0.065    0.061     1.064
  C              53           97         186     0.026    0.018     1.412
  D             118          352         414     0.057    0.066     0.866
  E             132          401         499     0.064    0.075     0.851
  F              76          180         365     0.037    0.034     1.091
  G             116          343         487     0.056    0.064     0.874
  H              59          138         191     0.029    0.026     1.105
  I              86          193         437     0.042    0.036     1.152
  K             158          439         523     0.076    0.082     0.930
  L             149          308         684     0.072    0.058     1.250
  M              23           72         152     0.011    0.013     0.826
  N              94          313         407     0.045    0.058     0.776
  P             135          328         411     0.065    0.061     1.064
  Q              99          252         332     0.048    0.047     1.015
  R             106          314         394     0.051    0.058     0.873
  S             168          429         553     0.081    0.080     1.012
  T             141          401         522     0.068    0.075     0.909
  V             128          239         515     0.062    0.045     1.383
  W              19           55         103     0.009    0.010     0.893
  Y              71          158         245     0.034    0.029     1.161
Total          2066         5340        7944

Notes

References

    1. Kolaskar,AS and Tongaonkar,PC (1990). A semi-empirical method for
       prediction of antigenic determinants on protein antigens. FEBS
       Letters 276: 172-174.
    2. Parker,JMR, Guo,D and Hodges,RS (1986). Biochemistry 25:
       5425-5432.

Warnings

   The program will warn you if the sequence is not a protein or has
   ambiguity codes.

Diagnostic Error Messages

Exit status

   It exits with status 0, unless a region is badly constructed.

Known bugs

   None.

See also

    Program name                         Description
   digest         Protein proteolytic enzyme or reagent cleavage digest
   epestfind      Finds PEST motifs as potential proteolytic cleavage sites
   fuzzpro        Protein pattern search
   fuzztran       Protein pattern search after translation
   helixturnhelix Report nucleic acid binding motifs
   oddcomp        Find protein sequence regions with a biased composition
   patmatdb       Search a protein sequence with a motif
   patmatmotifs   Search a PROSITE motif database with a protein sequence
   pepcoil        Predicts coiled coil regions
   preg           Regular expression search of a protein sequence
   pscan          Scans proteins using PRINTS
   sigcleave      Reports protein signal cleavage sites

Author(s)

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

   Original program "ANTIGENIC" by Peter Rice (EGCG 1991) Peter Rice
   (pmr © ebi.ac.uk)
   Informatics Division, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome
   Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK

History

   Completed 9th March 1999

Target users

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

Comments

   None
