In [1]:
from collections import defaultdict
import warnings
import logging
import gffutils
import pybedtools
import pandas as pd
import copy
import re
from gffutils.pybedtools_integration import tsses

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

In [2]:
gtf = '/home/cmb-panasas2/skchoudh/genomes/escherichia_coli_bw25113/annotation/Escherichia_coli_bw25113.ASM75055v1.38.gtf'
gtf_db = '/home/cmb-panasas2/skchoudh/genomes/escherichia_coli_bw25113/annotation/Escherichia_coli_bw25113.ASM75055v1.38.gtf.db'
prefix = '/home/cmb-panasas2/skchoudh/genomes/escherichia_coli_bw25113/annotation/Escherichia_coli_bw25113.ASM75055v1.38.gffutils'
chrsizes = '/home/cmb-panasas2/skchoudh/genomes/escherichia_coli_bw25113/fasta/Escherichia_coli_bw25113.ASM75055v1.dna.toplevel.sizes'

In [3]:
db = gffutils.create_db(gtf, dbfn=gtf_db, disable_infer_genes=True, disable_infer_transcripts=True, merge_strategy='merge', force=True)
def create_gene_dict(db):
    '''
    Store each feature line db.all_features() as a dict of dicts
    '''
    gene_dict = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(list)))
    for line_no, feature in enumerate(db.all_features()):
        gene_ids = feature.attributes['gene_id']
        feature_type = feature.featuretype
        if feature_type == 'gene':
            if len(gene_ids)!=1:
                logging.warning('Found multiple gene_ids on line {} in gtf'.format(line_no))
                break
            else:
                gene_id = gene_ids[0]
                gene_dict[gene_id]['gene'] = feature
        else:
            transcript_ids = feature.attributes['transcript_id']

            for gene_id in gene_ids:
                for transcript_id in transcript_ids:
                    gene_dict[gene_id][transcript_id][feature_type].append(feature)
    return gene_dict

In [4]:
db = gffutils.FeatureDB(gtf_db, keep_order=True)
gene_dict = create_gene_dict(db)

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for x in db.featuretypes():
    print(x)


CDS
exon
gene
start_codon
stop_codon
transcript

In [6]:
def get_gene_list(gene_dict):
    return list(set(gene_dict.keys()))

def get_UTR_regions(gene_dict, gene_id, transcript, cds):
    if len(cds)==0:
        return [], []
    utr5_regions = []
    utr3_regions = []
    utrs = gene_dict[gene_id][transcript]['UTR']
    first_cds = cds[0]
    last_cds = cds[-1]
    for utr in utrs:
        ## Push all cds at once
        ## Sort later to remove duplicates
        strand = utr.strand
        if strand == '+':
            if utr.stop < first_cds.start:
                utr.feature_type = 'five_prime_UTR'
                utr5_regions.append(utr)
            elif utr.start > last_cds.stop:
                utr.feature_type = 'three_prime_UTR'
                utr3_regions.append(utr)
            else:
                raise RuntimeError('Error with cds')
        elif strand == '-':
            if utr.stop < first_cds.start:
                utr.feature_type = 'three_prime_UTR'
                utr3_regions.append(utr)
            elif utr.start > last_cds.stop:
                utr.feature_type = 'five_prime_UTR'
                utr5_regions.append(utr)                
            else:
                raise RuntimeError('Error with cds')    
    return utr5_regions, utr3_regions
    
def create_bed(regions, bedtype='0'):
    '''Create bed from list of regions
    bedtype: 0 or 1
        0-Based or 1-based coordinate of the BED
    '''
    bedstr = ''
    for region in regions:
        assert len(region.attributes['gene_id']) == 1
        ## GTF start is 1-based, so shift by one while writing 
        ## to 0-based BED format
        if bedtype == '0':
            start = region.start - 1
        else:
            start = region.start
        bedstr += '{}\t{}\t{}\t{}\t{}\t{}\n'.format(region.chrom,
                                             start,
                                             region.stop,
                                             re.sub('\.\d+', '', region.attributes['gene_id'][0]),
                                             '.',
                                             region.strand)
    return bedstr

def rename_regions(regions, gene_id):
    regions = list(regions)
    if len(regions) == 0:
        return []
    for region in regions:
        region.attributes['gene_id'] = gene_id
    return regions

def merge_regions(db, regions):
    if len(regions) == 0:
        return []
    merged = db.merge(sorted(list(regions), key=lambda x: x.start))
    return merged

def merge_regions_nostrand(db, regions):
    if len(regions) == 0:
        return []
    merged = db.merge(sorted(list(regions), key=lambda x: x.start), ignore_strand=True)
    return merged

In [7]:
utr5_bed = ''
utr3_bed = ''
gene_bed = ''
exon_bed = ''
intron_bed = ''
start_codon_bed = ''
stop_codon_bed = ''
cds_bed = ''

gene_list = []

for gene_id in get_gene_list(gene_dict):
    gene_list.append(gene_dict[gene_id]['gene'])
    
    utr5_regions, utr3_regions = [], []
    exon_regions, intron_regions = [], []
    star_codon_regions, stop_codon_regions = [], []
    cds_regions = []
    
    for feature in gene_dict[gene_id].keys():
        if feature == 'gene':
            continue
        cds = list(gene_dict[gene_id][feature]['CDS'])
        exons = list(gene_dict[gene_id][feature]['exon'])
        merged_exons = merge_regions(db, exons)
        introns = db.interfeatures(merged_exons)
        utr5_region, utr3_region = get_UTR_regions(gene_dict, gene_id, feature, cds)
        utr5_regions += utr5_region
        utr3_regions += utr3_region
        exon_regions += exons
        intron_regions += introns
        cds_regions += cds
        
    merged_utr5 = merge_regions(db, utr5_regions)
    renamed_utr5 = rename_regions(merged_utr5, gene_id)
    
    merged_utr3 = merge_regions(db, utr3_regions)
    renamed_utr3 = rename_regions(merged_utr3, gene_id)
    
    merged_exons = merge_regions(db, exon_regions)
    renamed_exons = rename_regions(merged_exons, gene_id)
    
    merged_introns = merge_regions(db, intron_regions)
    renamed_introns = rename_regions(merged_introns, gene_id)
    
    merged_cds = merge_regions(db, cds_regions)
    renamed_cds = rename_regions(merged_cds, gene_id)
    
    utr3_bed += create_bed(renamed_utr3)
    utr5_bed += create_bed(renamed_utr5)
    exon_bed += create_bed(renamed_exons)
    intron_bed += create_bed(renamed_introns)
    cds_bed += create_bed(renamed_cds)
    
    
gene_bed = create_bed(gene_list)
gene_bedtool = pybedtools.BedTool(gene_bed, from_string=True)
utr5_bedtool = pybedtools.BedTool(utr5_bed, from_string=True)
utr3_bedtool = pybedtools.BedTool(utr3_bed, from_string=True)
exon_bedtool = pybedtools.BedTool(exon_bed, from_string=True)
intron_bedtool = pybedtools.BedTool(intron_bed, from_string=True)
cds_bedtool = pybedtools.BedTool(cds_bed, from_string=True)

gene_bedtool.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.genes.bed'.format(prefix))
utr5_bedtool.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.UTR5.bed'.format(prefix))
utr3_bedtool.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.UTR3.bed'.format(prefix))
exon_bedtool.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.exon.bed'.format(prefix))
intron_bedtool.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.intron.bed'.format(prefix))
cds_bedtool.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.cds.bed'.format(prefix))


Out[7]:
<BedTool(/home/cmb-panasas2/skchoudh/genomes/escherichia_coli_bw25113/annotation/Escherichia_coli_bw25113.ASM75055v1.38.gffutils.cds.bed)>

In [8]:
for gene_id in get_gene_list(gene_dict):
    start_codons = []
    stop_codons = []
    for start_codon in db.children(gene_id, featuretype='start_codon'):
        ## 1 -based stop
        ## 0-based start handled while converting to bed
        start_codon.stop = start_codon.start
        start_codons.append(start_codon)
    for stop_codon in db.children(gene_id, featuretype='stop_codon'):
        stop_codon.start = stop_codon.stop
        stop_codon.stop = stop_codon.stop+1
        stop_codons.append(stop_codon)
    merged_start_codons = merge_regions(db, start_codons)
    renamed_start_codons = rename_regions(merged_start_codons, gene_id)
    merged_stop_codons = merge_regions(db, stop_codons)
    renamed_stop_codons = rename_regions(merged_stop_codons, gene_id)
    
    start_codon_bed += create_bed(renamed_start_codons)    
    stop_codon_bed += create_bed(renamed_stop_codons)

    
start_codon_bedtool = pybedtools.BedTool(start_codon_bed, from_string=True)
stop_codon_bedtool = pybedtools.BedTool(stop_codon_bed, from_string=True)
start_codon_bedtool.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.start_codon.bed'.format(prefix))
stop_codon_bedtool.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.stop_codon.bed'.format(prefix))


Out[8]:
<BedTool(/home/cmb-panasas2/skchoudh/genomes/escherichia_coli_bw25113/annotation/Escherichia_coli_bw25113.ASM75055v1.38.gffutils.stop_codon.bed)>

In [9]:
## TSS
polyA_sites_bed = ''
tss_sites_bed = ''
for gene_id in get_gene_list(gene_dict):
    tss_sites = []
    polyA_sites = []
    for transcript in db.children(gene_id, featuretype='transcript'):
        start_t = copy.deepcopy(transcript)
        stop_t = copy.deepcopy(transcript)
        
        start_t.stop = start_t.start + 1
        
        stop_t.start = stop_t.stop
        
        if transcript.strand == '-':
            start_t, stop_t = stop_t, start_t
        polyA_sites.append(start_t)
        tss_sites.append(stop_t)
    merged_polyA_sites = merge_regions(db, polyA_sites)
    renamed_polyA_sites = rename_regions(merged_polyA_sites, gene_id)    
    merged_tss_sites = merge_regions(db, tss_sites)
    renamed_tss_sites = rename_regions(merged_tss_sites, gene_id)
    polyA_sites_bed += create_bed(renamed_polyA_sites)    
    tss_sites_bed += create_bed(renamed_tss_sites)

polyA_sites_bedtool = pybedtools.BedTool(polyA_sites_bed, from_string=True)
tss_sites_bedtool = pybedtools.BedTool(tss_sites_bed, from_string=True)
polyA_sites_bedtool.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.polyA_sites.bed'.format(prefix))
tss_sites_bedtool.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.tss_sites.bed'.format(prefix))


Out[9]:
<BedTool(/home/cmb-panasas2/skchoudh/genomes/escherichia_coli_bw25113/annotation/Escherichia_coli_bw25113.ASM75055v1.38.gffutils.tss_sites.bed)>

In [10]:
tss = tsses(db, as_bed6=True, merge_overlapping=True)
tss.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.tss_temp.bed'.format(prefix))
promoter = tss.slop(l=1000, r=1000, s=True, g=chrsizes)
promoter.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.promoter.1000.bed'.format(prefix))



BEDToolsErrorTraceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-10-a57f336da5fd> in <module>()
----> 1 tss = tsses(db, as_bed6=True, merge_overlapping=True)
      2 tss.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.tss_temp.bed'.format(prefix))
      3 promoter = tss.slop(l=1000, r=1000, s=True, g=chrsizes)
      4 promoter.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.promoter.1000.bed'.format(prefix))

/home/cmb-panasas2/skchoudh/software_frozen/anaconda27/lib/python2.7/site-packages/gffutils/pybedtools_integration.pyc in tsses(db, merge_overlapping, attrs, attrs_sep, merge_kwargs, as_bed6)
    207                 f[3])
    208 
--> 209         x = x.merge(**_merge_kwargs).each(fix_merge).saveas()
    210 
    211 

/home/cmb-panasas2/skchoudh/software_frozen/anaconda27/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pybedtools/bedtool.pyc in decorated(self, *args, **kwargs)
    804             # this calls the actual method in the first place; *result* is
    805             # whatever you get back
--> 806             result = method(self, *args, **kwargs)
    807 
    808             # add appropriate tags

/home/cmb-panasas2/skchoudh/software_frozen/anaconda27/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pybedtools/bedtool.pyc in wrapped(self, *args, **kwargs)
    335             stream = call_bedtools(cmds, tmp, stdin=stdin,
    336                                    check_stderr=check_stderr,
--> 337                                    decode_output=decode_output,
    338                                    )
    339 

/home/cmb-panasas2/skchoudh/software_frozen/anaconda27/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pybedtools/helpers.pyc in call_bedtools(cmds, tmpfn, stdin, check_stderr, decode_output, encode_input)
    354                 sys.stderr.write(stderr)
    355             else:
--> 356                 raise BEDToolsError(subprocess.list2cmdline(cmds), stderr)
    357 
    358 

BEDToolsError: 
Command was:

	bedtools merge -s -o distinct -i /tmp/26742042.hpc-pbs1.hpcc.usc.edu/pybedtools.LP6PqN.tmp -c 4

Error message was:

*****ERROR: Unrecognized parameter: -o *****


*****ERROR: Unrecognized parameter: distinct *****


*****ERROR: Unrecognized parameter: -c *****


*****ERROR: Unrecognized parameter: 4 *****


Tool:    bedtools merge (aka mergeBed)
Version: v2.17.0
Summary: Merges overlapping BED/GFF/VCF entries into a single interval.

Usage:   bedtools merge [OPTIONS] -i <bed/gff/vcf>

Options: 
	-s	Force strandedness.  That is, only merge features
		that are the same strand.
		- By default, merging is done without respect to strand.

	-n	Report the number of BED entries that were merged.
		- Note: "1" is reported if no merging occurred.

	-d	Maximum distance between features allowed for features
		to be merged.
		- Def. 0. That is, overlapping & book-ended features are merged.
		- (INTEGER)

	-nms	Report the names of the merged features separated by semicolons.

	-scores	Report the scores of the merged features. Specify one of 
		the following options for reporting scores:
		  sum, min, max,
		  mean, median, mode, antimode,
		  collapse (i.e., print a semicolon-separated list),
		- (INTEGER)

Notes: 
	(1) All output, regardless of input type (e.g., GFF or VCF)
	    will in BED format with zero-based starts

	(2) The input file (-i) file must be sorted by chrom, then start.


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for l in [1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000]:
    promoter = tss.slop(l=l, r=l, s=True, g=chrsizes)
    promoter.remove_invalid().sort().saveas('{}.promoter.{}.bed'.format(prefix, l))

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