[Bioperl-l] Write a fasta file with custom title line.

[Chris Fields]

Nick,

I think you can do it by changing the preferred ID type to 'display ID' for
the SeqIO object, then changing the display ID to whatever you want:

use Bio::SeqIO;

my $seqin = Bio::SeqIO->new(-file     => shift,
                            -format => 'genbank',);

my $seqout = Bio::SeqIO->new(-fh => \*STDOUT,
                            -format => 'fasta');

$seqout->preferred_id_type('display');

my $ct = 1;

while (my $seq = $seqin->next_seq) {
    $seq->display_id('foo'.$ct);
    $seqout->write_seq($seq);
    $ct++;
}

This version appends the sequence description:

>foo1 5'UTR in Aspergillus niger icdA mRNA for NADP-dependent isocitrate
dehydrogenase precursor, complete cds.
TCCGTTCTTCCCTCATTCCTCCCCAGGTTCTTGCTTATTGCAGGAAAGATTATTTCCCAG
AGTGAACAGAAACGATTTTCCGGGTTCTCCGATCTGCCCCGTGAAGGTCCCTTACAGCAA
CAGCATCTCGTCCAGTCCGGCTTAACGGCAGCTTCCGAACTCCACCACCGCCTCCTTCCA
GCCGAGAGCTTCACGGCTTCTTGCTTGTCTTTCCCTCGGACTTTCCCCGGTTCCTCCCAC
ACAGCAGGCCCAGTTACTGTCGAGTCTTTGGCAATCCATCCCACACC
>foo2 5'UTR in Fission yeast mRNA for cytochrome c oxidase subunit IV,
complete cds.
GTTATAAATCATCAATAATTGTCTTTTAAG
...

I personally think it would be better to add a 'custom' option so you could
add whatever you wanted without the description added in.  What did you have
in mind here?

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bioperl-l-bounces at lists.open-bio.org [mailto:bioperl-l-
> bounces at lists.open-bio.org] On Behalf Of Staffa, Nick (NIH/NIEHS) [C]
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 11:57 AM
> To: bioperl-l
> Subject: [Bioperl-l] Write a fasta file with custom title line.
> 
> I would like to construct  title lines for the fasta sequences I want to
> right to a file.
> I don't see in the documentation on-line for SeqIO or write_seq how to
> specify this.
> Please point the way.
> 
> 
> Nick Staffa
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