[Bioperl-l] protein networks

[Richard Adams]

Hi,
I've been writing some modules to apply Nathan Goodman's 
"SimpleGraph.pm" module to protein interaction networks. He has
written this as a replacement for the the broken CPAN graph modules. The 
aim of these modules is

1. To convert protein interaction data between differentet formats
2. To be able to link protein interaction data to protein sequence data.
3. To be able to read in interaction data from separate sources, and 
make a merged graph with duplicate interactions flagged or removed.



Could some core person give some idea for namespace to put these in CVS?

The modules are :
1. Nathan's modules
SimpleGraph.pm                   - a generic graph  module with methods 
to build and represent a graph
SimpleGraph::Traversal.pm - generic methods to navigate a graph.

2. My modules

a. An I/O system analagous to SeqIO that lazyloads the correct modules 
for a particular format
     ProteinGraphIO.pm      - with next_graph, write_graph methods
       ProteinGraphIO::dip.pm    - parser for DIP format interactions
      ProteinGraphIO::xml.pm    - to read in PSI_XML formatted records 
(still being worked on).

b.   Modules to represent a protein network:
    PrimaryProteinGraph.pm - subclass of SimpleGraph.pm. This will be 
made from a dip record, analagous to PrimarySeq
    FullProteinGraph .pm       - subclas of SimpleGraph.pm,  contains 
PrimaryProteinGraph and metadata of graph, will be made from an XML 
file, analagous to RichSeq.

c.  Classes to represent nodes/ edges.
   NodeI.pm    - interface describing methods that all nodes should have
        ProteinNode.pm - implements NodeI, currently has methods 
primary_id(), seq(), secondary_id()
         InteractionI.pm    - interface describing methods all edges 
should have
        ProteinInteraction.pm - implements InteractionI, currently has 
methods weight(), interactors(), id().

Cheers Richard


-- 
Dr Richard Adams
Psychiatric Genetics Group,
Medical Genetics,
Molecular Medicine Centre,
Western General Hospital,
Crewe Rd West,
Edinburgh UK
EH4 2XU

Tel: 44 131 651 1084
richard.adams at ed.ac.uk