3.10. T_Coffee

3.10.1. About

T_Coffee is a multiple sequence alignment package. The version included with this distribution of Rocks is v5.65

3.10.2. Usage

T-coffee is used for standard alignments and alignment combinations. It is installed at /opt/Bio/t_coffee/ on the Rocks distribution. To use T-Coffee, just type t_coffee at the command line for a list of all possible parameters that can be used. T-coffee recognizes formats such as fasta, clustalw, blast, etc. Example input files are available at /opt/Bio/t_coffee/example/

A simple sequence alignment example is shown below about. It is run against a sample fasta file present in the example directory. Parts of the output are deleted for the sake of brevity. Where missing, output is substituted by ellipses (.....)

[nostromo@xxx ~]$ t_coffee /opt/Bio/t_coffee/example/sample_aln2.fasta 

PROGRAM: T-COFFEE (Version_5.65)
-full_log       S       [0] 
-run_name       S       [0] 
-mem_mode       S       [0]     mem
-extend         D       [1]     1 
-extend_mode    S       [0]     very_fast_triplet
-max_n_pair     D       [0]     10 
-seq_name_for_quadruplet        S       [0]     all
-compact        S       [0]     default
-clean          S       [0]     no
-do_self        FL      [0]     0
-do_normalise   D       [0]     1000 
-template_file  S       [0] 
-in             S       [0] 
-seq            S       [1]     /opt/Bio/t_coffee/example/sample_aln2.fasta
-aln            S       [0] 
-method_limits  S       [0] 
-method         S       [0] 
-lib            S       [0] 
-profile        S       [0] 
-profile1       S       [0] 
-profile2       S       [0] 
-pdb            S       [0] 
-out_lib        W_F     [0]     no
-lib_only       D       [0]     0 
-outseqweight   W_F     [0]     no
-dpa            FL      [0]     0
-seq_source     S       [0]     ANY
-cosmetic_penalty       D       [0]     -50 
-gapopen        D       [0]     0 
-gapext         D       [0]     0 
-fgapopen       D       [0]     0 
-fgapext        D       [0]     0 
-nomatch        D       [0]     0 
-newtree        W_F     [0]     default
-tree           W_F     [0]     NO
-usetree        R_F     [0] 
-tree_mode      S       [0]     nj
-distance_matrix_mode   S       [0]     ktup
-distance_matrix_sim_mode       S       [0]     idmat_sim1
-quicktree      FL      [0]     0
-outfile        W_F     [0]     default
-maximise       FL      [1]     1
-output         S       [0]     clustalw        html
-infile         R_F     [0] 
-matrix         S       [0]     default
-tg_mode        D       [0]     1 
-profile_mode   S       [0]     cw_profile_profile
-profile_comparison     S       [0]     profile
-dp_mode        S       [0]     cfasta_pair_wise
-ktuple         D       [0]     1 
-ndiag          D       [0]     0 
-diag_threshold D       [0]     0 
-diag_mode      D       [0]     0 
-sim_matrix     S       [0]     vasiliky
-transform      S       [0] 
-check_type     FL      [0]     0
-type           S       [0] 
-outorder       S       [0]     aligned
-inorder        S       [0]     aligned
-seqnos         S       [0]     off
-case           S       [0]     keep
-cpu            D       [0]     0 
-maxnseq        D       [0]     1000 
-maxlen         D       [0]     -1 
-weight         S       [0]     default
-seq_weight     S       [0]     t_coffee
-align          FL      [1]     1
-mocca          FL      [0]     0
-domain         FL      [0]     0
-start          D       [0]     0 
-len            D       [0]     0 
-scale          D       [0]     0 
-mocca_interactive      FL      [0]     0
-evaluate_mode  S       [0]     t_coffee_fast
-get_type       FL      [0]     0
-clean_aln      D       [0]     0 
-clean_threshold        D       [1]     1 
-clean_iteration        D       [1]     1 
-clean_evaluate_mode    S       [0]     t_coffee_fast
-extend_matrix  FL      [0]     0
-prot_min_sim   D       [40]    40 
-prot_max_sim   D       [60]    60 
-prot_min_cov   D       [0]     0 
-pdb_min_sim    D       [30]    30 
-pdb_max_sim    D       [100]   100 
-pdb_min_cov    D       [50]    50 
-pdb_blast_server       W_F     [0]     SIB
-prot_blast_server      W_F     [0]     SIB
-pdb_db         W_F     [0]     nrl3d
-protein_db     W_F     [0]     nr
-method_log     W_F     [0]     no
-struc_to_use   S       [0] 
-cache          W_F     [0]     use
-align_pdb_param_file   W_F     [0]     no
-align_pdb_hasch_mode   W_F     [0]     hasch_ca_trace_bubble
-external_aligner       S       [0]     NO
-msa_mode       S       [0]     tree
-one2all        S       [0] 
-lalign_n_top   D       [0]     10 
-iterate        D       [0]     0 
-trim           D       [0]     0 
-split          D       [0]     0 
-trimfile       S       [0]     default
-split          D       [0]     0 
-split_nseq_thres       D       [0]     0 
-split_score_thres      D       [0]     0 
-check_pdb_status       D       [0]     0 
-clean_seq_name D       [0]     0 
-seq_to_keep    S       [0] 
-dpa_master_aln S       [0] 
-dpa_maxnseq    D       [0]     0 
-dpa_min_score1 D       [0] 
-dpa_min_score2 D       [0] 
-dpa_keep_tmpfile       FL      [0]     0
-dpa_debug      D       [0]     0 
-multi_thread   S       [0] 
-lib_list       S       [0] 
-tip            S       [0]     one
-rna_lib        S       [0] 
-no_warning     D       [0]     0 

INPUT FILES
        Input File (S) /opt/Bio/t_coffee/example/sample_aln2.fasta  Format clustal_aln
        Input File (M) lalign_id_pair 
        Input File (M) slow_pair 

INPUT SEQUENCES: 6 SEQUENCES  [PROTEIN]
  Input File /opt/Bio/t_coffee/example/sample_aln2.fasta Seq 1cms   Length  175 type PROTEIN Struct Unchecked
  Input File /opt/Bio/t_coffee/example/sample_aln2.fasta Seq 4pep   Length  174 type PROTEIN Struct Unchecked
  Input File /opt/Bio/t_coffee/example/sample_aln2.fasta Seq 4ape   Length  178 type PROTEIN Struct Unchecked
  Input File /opt/Bio/t_coffee/example/sample_aln2.fasta Seq 3app   Length  174 type PROTEIN Struct Unchecked
  Input File /opt/Bio/t_coffee/example/sample_aln2.fasta Seq 2apr   Length  178 type PROTEIN Struct Unchecked
  Input File /opt/Bio/t_coffee/example/sample_aln2.fasta Seq 1cms_1 Length  148 type PROTEIN Struct Unchecked

COMPUTE PAIRWISE SIMILARITY [dp_mode: ] [distance_matrix_mode: ktup][Similarity Measure: idmat_sim1] 

        Seq: 1cms
        Seq: 1cms_1
        Seq: 2apr
        Seq: 3app
        Seq: 4ape
        Seq: 4pep

READ/MAKE LIBRARIES:[3]

        lalign_id_pair [method]

                [Submit   Job][TOT=   15][100 %][ELAPSED TIME:    0 sec.]

                [Retrieve Job][TOT=   15][100 %][ELAPSED TIME:    0 sec.]
        slow_pair [method]

                [Submit   Job][TOT=   15][100 %][ELAPSED TIME:    0 sec.]

                [Retrieve Job][TOT=   15][100 %][ELAPSED TIME:    0 sec.]

        Library Total Size: [5133]

        #### File Type=     WEIGHT Format=  tc_weight Name= no | NOT PRODUCED [WARNING:T-COFFEE:Version_5.65]


WEIGHTED MODE:t_coffee

          1cms 1.00
        1cms_1 1.10
          2apr 1.00
          3app 0.96
          4ape 0.95
          4pep 0.99


MAKE NEIGHBOR JOINING DENDROGRAM
        [MODE=nj][DONE]

PROGRESSIVE_ALIGNMENT [Tree Based]

        Group    7: [Group    5 (   1 seq)] with [Group    4 (   1 seq)]-->[Score=  50][Len=  179]
        Group    8: [Group    7 (   2 seq)] with [Group    6 (   1 seq)]-->[Score=  36][Len=  184]
        Group    9: [Group    2 (   1 seq)] with [Group    1 (   1 seq)]-->[Score=  10][Len=  212]
        Group   10: [Group    3 (   1 seq)] with [Group    9 (   2 seq)]-->[Score=  26][Len=  217]
        Group   11: [Group   10 (   3 seq)] with [Group    8 (   3 seq)]-->[Score=  30][Len=  221]

CLUSTAL FORMAT for T-COFFEE Version_5.65 [http://www.tcoffee.org], CPU=0.93 sec, SCORE=37, Nseq=6, Len=221 

3app            AASGVATNTPTAN---DEEYITPVTIG--GTTLNL------------------NFDTGSA
4ape            -STGSATTTPIDS-L-DDAYITPVQIGTPAQTLNL------------------DFDTGSS
4pep            -----IGDEPLENYL-DTEYFGTIGIGTPAQDFTV------------------IFDTGSS
1cms            ---GEVASVPLTNYL-DSQYFGKIYLGTPPQEFTV------------------LFDTGSS
1cms_1          -YTGSLHWVPVT----VQQYW----------QFTVDSVTISGVVVACEGGCQAILDTGTS
2apr            ---AGVGTVPMTDYGNDIEYYGQVTIGTPGKKFNL------------------DFDTGSS
                         *         *            :.:                   :***::

3app            DLWVFSTELPASQQSGHSVYNPSATGK--ELSGYTWSISYGDGSSASGNVFTDSVTVGGV
4ape            DLWVFSSETTASEVDGQTIYTPSKSTTAKLLSGATWSISYGDGSSSSGDVYTDTVSVGGL
4pep            NLWVPSVYCSSLACSDHNQFNPDDSSTFEA-TSQELSITYGTGS-MTGILGYDTVQVGGI
1cms            DFWVPSIYCKSNACKNHQRFDPRKSSTFQN-LGKPLSIHYGTGS-MQGILGYDTVTVSNI
1cms_1          KLVGPSSD---------------------------------------------------I
2apr            DLWIASTLCTNCG-SGQTKYDPNQSSTYQA-DGRTWSISYGDGSSASGILAKDNVNLGGL
                .:   *                                                     :

3app            TAHGQAVQAAQQISAQFQQDTNNDG--------LLGLAFSSINTVQPQSQTT--------
4ape            TVTGQAVESAKKVSSSFTEDSTIDG--------LLGLAFSTLNTVSPTQQKT--------
4pep            SDTNQIFGLSETEPGSFLYYAPFDG--------ILGLAYPSISA---SGATP--------
1cms            VDIQQTVGLSTQEPGDVFTYAEFDG--------ILGMAYPSLASEYS---IP--------
1cms_1          LNIQQAIGATQNQYGEFDIDCDNLSYMPTVVFEINGKMYPLTPSAYT---SQDQGFCTSG
2apr            LIKGQTIELAKREAASFAS-GPNDG--------LLGLGFDTITTVRGV--KT--------
                    * .  :    ...       .        : *  :    :                

3app            -FFDTV--KSSLAQPLFAVALK---HQQPGVYDFGFIDSSK
4ape            -FFDNA--KASLDSPVFTADLG---YHAPGTYNFGFIDTTA
4pep            -VFDNLWDQGLVSQDLFSVYLS-SNDDSGSVVLLGGIDSSY
1cms            -VFDNMMNRHLVAQDLFSVYMD--RNGQESMLTLGAIDPSY
1cms_1          FQSENHSQKWILGDVFIREYYS--VFDRANN--LVGLAKAI
2apr            -PMDNLISQGLISRPIFGVYLGKAKNGGGGEYIFGGYDSTK
                   :.   :  :   .:            .   :     : 





OUTPUT RESULTS
        #### File Type= GUIDE_TREE Format=     newick Name= sample_aln2.dnd
        #### File Type=        MSA Format=   clustalw Name= sample_aln2.aln
        #### File Type=        MSA Format=       html Name= sample_aln2.html


# TIP :See The Full Documentation on www.tcoffee.org
# TIP 15:  -other_pg seq_reformat -in <aln> -action +trim %50 Will reduce the redundancy of your MSA

# Command Line: t_coffee /opt/Bio/t_coffee/example/sample_aln2.fasta  [PROGRAM:T-COFFEE]
# T-COFFEE Memory Usage: Current= 6.248 Mb, Max= 8.329 Mb
# T-COFFEE CPU Usage: 930 millisec
# Results Produced with T-COFFEE (Version_5.65)
# T-COFFEE is available from http://www.tcoffee.org

3.10.3. Further Information

Further information about t_coffee is available at -