package org.broadinstitute.sting.utils; import net.sf.samtools.util.StringUtil; import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.GenomeAnalysisEngine; import java.util.Arrays; /** * BaseUtils contains some basic utilities for manipulating nucleotides. */ public class BaseUtils { public final static byte A = (byte) 'A'; public final static byte C = (byte) 'C'; public final static byte G = (byte) 'G'; public final static byte T = (byte) 'T'; public final static byte N = (byte) 'N'; public final static byte D = (byte) 'D'; // // todo -- we need a generalized base abstraction using the Base enum. // public final static byte[] BASES = {'A', 'C', 'G', 'T'}; public final static byte[] EXTENDED_BASES = {'A', 'C', 'G', 'T', 'N', 'D'}; public enum Base { A('A', 0), C('C', 1), G('G', 2), T('T', 3); byte b; int index; private Base(char base, int index) { this.b = (byte) base; this.index = index; } public byte getBase() { return b; } public char getBaseAsChar() { return (char) b; } public int getIndex() { return index; } public boolean sameBase(byte o) { return b == o; } public boolean sameBase(char o) { return b == (byte) o; } public boolean sameBase(int i) { return index == i; } } static private final int[] baseIndexMap = new int[256]; static { Arrays.fill(baseIndexMap, -1); baseIndexMap['A'] = 0; baseIndexMap['a'] = 0; baseIndexMap['*'] = 0; // the wildcard character counts as an A baseIndexMap['C'] = 1; baseIndexMap['c'] = 1; baseIndexMap['G'] = 2; baseIndexMap['g'] = 2; baseIndexMap['T'] = 3; baseIndexMap['t'] = 3; } // todo -- fix me (enums?) public static final byte DELETION_INDEX = 4; public static final byte NO_CALL_INDEX = 5; // (this is 'N') public static final int aIndex = BaseUtils.simpleBaseToBaseIndex((byte) 'A'); public static final int cIndex = BaseUtils.simpleBaseToBaseIndex((byte) 'C'); public static final int gIndex = BaseUtils.simpleBaseToBaseIndex((byte) 'G'); public static final int tIndex = BaseUtils.simpleBaseToBaseIndex((byte) 'T'); /// In genetics, a transition is a mutation changing a purine to another purine nucleotide (A <-> G) or // a pyrimidine to another pyrimidine nucleotide (C <-> T). // Approximately two out of every three single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are transitions. public enum BaseSubstitutionType { TRANSITION, // A <-> G or C <-> T TRANSVERSION } /** * Returns the base substitution type of the 2 state SNP * * @param base1 * @param base2 * @return */ public static BaseSubstitutionType SNPSubstitutionType(byte base1, byte base2) { BaseSubstitutionType t = isTransition(base1, base2) ? BaseSubstitutionType.TRANSITION : BaseSubstitutionType.TRANSVERSION; //System.out.printf("SNPSubstitutionType( char %c, char %c ) => %s%n", base1, base2, t); return t; } public static boolean isTransition(byte base1, byte base2) { int b1 = simpleBaseToBaseIndex(base1); int b2 = simpleBaseToBaseIndex(base2); return b1 == 0 && b2 == 2 || b1 == 2 && b2 == 0 || b1 == 1 && b2 == 3 || b1 == 3 && b2 == 1; } public static boolean isTransversion(byte base1, byte base2) { return !isTransition(base1, base2); } /** * Private constructor. No instantiating this class! */ private BaseUtils() {} static public boolean basesAreEqual(byte base1, byte base2) { return simpleBaseToBaseIndex(base1) == simpleBaseToBaseIndex(base2); } static public boolean extendedBasesAreEqual(byte base1, byte base2) { return extendedBaseToBaseIndex(base1) == extendedBaseToBaseIndex(base2); } /** * @return true iff the bases array contains at least one instance of base */ static public boolean containsBase(final byte[] bases, final byte base) { for ( final byte b : bases ) { if ( b == base ) return true; } return false; } /** * Converts a IUPAC nucleotide code to a pair of bases * * @param code * @return 0, 1, 2, 3, or -1 if the base can't be understood */ @Deprecated static public char[] iupacToBases(char code) { char[] bases = new char[2]; switch (code) { case '*': // the wildcard character counts as an A case 'A': case 'a': bases[0] = bases[1] = 'A'; break; case 'C': case 'c': bases[0] = bases[1] = 'C'; break; case 'G': case 'g': bases[0] = bases[1] = 'G'; break; case 'T': case 't': bases[0] = bases[1] = 'T'; break; case 'R': case 'r': bases[0] = 'A'; bases[1] = 'G'; break; case 'Y': case 'y': bases[0] = 'C'; bases[1] = 'T'; break; case 'S': case 's': bases[0] = 'G'; bases[1] = 'C'; break; case 'W': case 'w': bases[0] = 'A'; bases[1] = 'T'; break; case 'K': case 'k': bases[0] = 'G'; bases[1] = 'T'; break; case 'M': case 'm': bases[0] = 'A'; bases[1] = 'C'; break; default: bases[0] = bases[1] = 'N'; } return bases; } /** * Converts a simple base to a base index * * @param base [AaCcGgTt] * @return 0, 1, 2, 3, or -1 if the base can't be understood */ static public int simpleBaseToBaseIndex(byte base) { return baseIndexMap[base]; } /** * Converts a simple base to a base index * * @param base [AaCcGgTt] * @return 0, 1, 2, 3, or -1 if the base can't be understood */ @Deprecated static public int simpleBaseToBaseIndex(char base) { return baseIndexMap[base]; } static public int extendedBaseToBaseIndex(byte base) { switch (base) { case 'd': case 'D': return DELETION_INDEX; case 'n': case 'N': return NO_CALL_INDEX; default: return simpleBaseToBaseIndex(base); } } @Deprecated static public boolean isRegularBase( final char base ) { return simpleBaseToBaseIndex(base) != -1; } static public boolean isRegularBase( final byte base ) { return simpleBaseToBaseIndex(base) != -1; } static public boolean isAllRegularBases( final byte[] bases ) { for( final byte base : bases) { if( !isRegularBase(base) ) { return false; } } return true; } static public boolean isNBase(byte base) { return base == 'N' || base == 'n'; } /** * Converts a base index to a simple base * * @param baseIndex 0, 1, 2, 3 * @return A, C, G, T, or '.' if the index can't be understood */ static public byte baseIndexToSimpleBase(int baseIndex) { switch (baseIndex) { case 0: return 'A'; case 1: return 'C'; case 2: return 'G'; case 3: return 'T'; default: return '.'; } } /** * Converts a base index to a base index representing its cross-talk partner * * @param baseIndex 0, 1, 2, 3 * @return 1, 0, 3, 2, or -1 if the index can't be understood */ static public int crossTalkPartnerIndex(int baseIndex) { switch (baseIndex) { case 0: return 1; // A -> C case 1: return 0; // C -> A case 2: return 3; // G -> T case 3: return 2; // T -> G default: return -1; } } /** * Converts a base to the base representing its cross-talk partner * * @param base [AaCcGgTt] * @return C, A, T, G, or '.' if the base can't be understood */ @Deprecated static public char crossTalkPartnerBase(char base) { return (char) baseIndexToSimpleBase(crossTalkPartnerIndex(simpleBaseToBaseIndex(base))); } /** * Return the complement of a base index. * * @param baseIndex the base index (0:A, 1:C, 2:G, 3:T) * @return the complementary base index */ static public byte complementIndex(int baseIndex) { switch (baseIndex) { case 0: return 3; // a -> t case 1: return 2; // c -> g case 2: return 1; // g -> c case 3: return 0; // t -> a default: return -1; // wtf? } } /** * Return the complement (A <-> T or C <-> G) of a base, or the specified base if it can't be complemented (i.e. an ambiguous base). * * @param base the base [AaCcGgTt] * @return the complementary base, or the input base if it's not one of the understood ones */ static public byte simpleComplement(byte base) { switch (base) { case 'A': case 'a': return 'T'; case 'C': case 'c': return 'G'; case 'G': case 'g': return 'C'; case 'T': case 't': return 'A'; default: return base; } } @Deprecated static public char simpleComplement(char base) { return (char) simpleComplement((byte) base); } /** * Reverse complement a byte array of bases (that is, chars casted to bytes, *not* base indices in byte form) * * @param bases the byte array of bases * @return the reverse complement of the base byte array */ static public byte[] simpleReverseComplement(byte[] bases) { byte[] rcbases = new byte[bases.length]; for (int i = 0; i < bases.length; i++) { rcbases[i] = simpleComplement(bases[bases.length - 1 - i]); } return rcbases; } /** * Complement a byte array of bases (that is, chars casted to bytes, *not* base indices in byte form) * * @param bases the byte array of bases * @return the complement of the base byte array */ static public byte[] simpleComplement(byte[] bases) { byte[] rcbases = new byte[bases.length]; for (int i = 0; i < bases.length; i++) { rcbases[i] = simpleComplement(bases[i]); } return rcbases; } /** * Reverse complement a char array of bases * * @param bases the char array of bases * @return the reverse complement of the char byte array */ @Deprecated static public char[] simpleReverseComplement(char[] bases) { char[] rcbases = new char[bases.length]; for (int i = 0; i < bases.length; i++) { rcbases[i] = simpleComplement(bases[bases.length - 1 - i]); } return rcbases; } /** * Complement a char array of bases * * @param bases the char array of bases * @return the complement of the base char array */ @Deprecated static public char[] simpleComplement(char[] bases) { char[] rcbases = new char[bases.length]; for (int i = 0; i < bases.length; i++) { rcbases[i] = simpleComplement(bases[i]); } return rcbases; } /** * Reverse complement a String of bases. Preserves ambiguous bases. * * @param bases the String of bases * @return the reverse complement of the String */ @Deprecated static public String simpleReverseComplement(String bases) { return new String(simpleReverseComplement(bases.getBytes())); } /** * Complement a String of bases. Preserves ambiguous bases. * * @param bases the String of bases * @return the complement of the String */ @Deprecated static public String simpleComplement(String bases) { return new String(simpleComplement(bases.getBytes())); } /** * Returns the uppercased version of the bases * * @param bases the bases * @return the upper cased version */ static public void convertToUpperCase(final byte[] bases) { StringUtil.toUpperCase(bases); } /** * Returns the index of the most common base in the basecounts array. To be used with * pileup.getBaseCounts. * * @param baseCounts counts of a,c,g,t in order. * @return the index of the most common base */ static public int mostFrequentBaseIndex(int[] baseCounts) { int mostFrequentBaseIndex = 0; for (int baseIndex = 1; baseIndex < 4; baseIndex++) { if (baseCounts[baseIndex] > baseCounts[mostFrequentBaseIndex]) { mostFrequentBaseIndex = baseIndex; } } return mostFrequentBaseIndex; } static public int mostFrequentBaseIndexNotRef(int[] baseCounts, int refBaseIndex) { int tmp = baseCounts[refBaseIndex]; baseCounts[refBaseIndex] = -1; int result = mostFrequentBaseIndex(baseCounts); baseCounts[refBaseIndex] = tmp; return result; } static public int mostFrequentBaseIndexNotRef(int[] baseCounts, byte refSimpleBase) { return mostFrequentBaseIndexNotRef(baseCounts, simpleBaseToBaseIndex(refSimpleBase)); } /** * Returns the most common base in the basecounts array. To be used with pileup.getBaseCounts. * * @param baseCounts counts of a,c,g,t in order. * @return the most common base */ static public byte mostFrequentSimpleBase(int[] baseCounts) { return baseIndexToSimpleBase(mostFrequentBaseIndex(baseCounts)); } /** * For the most frequent base in the sequence, return the percentage of the read it constitutes. * * @param sequence the read sequence * @return the percentage of the read that's made up of the most frequent base */ static public double mostFrequentBaseFraction(byte[] sequence) { int[] baseCounts = new int[4]; for (byte base : sequence) { int baseIndex = simpleBaseToBaseIndex(base); if (baseIndex >= 0) { baseCounts[baseIndex]++; } } int mostFrequentBaseIndex = mostFrequentBaseIndex(baseCounts); return ((double) baseCounts[mostFrequentBaseIndex]) / ((double) sequence.length); } // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- // // random bases // // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /** * Return a random base index (A=0, C=1, G=2, T=3). * * @return a random base index (A=0, C=1, G=2, T=3) */ static public int getRandomBaseIndex() { return getRandomBaseIndex(-1); } /** * Return a random base index, excluding some base index. * * @param excludeBaseIndex the base index to exclude * @return a random base index, excluding the one specified (A=0, C=1, G=2, T=3) */ static public int getRandomBaseIndex(int excludeBaseIndex) { int randomBaseIndex = excludeBaseIndex; while (randomBaseIndex == excludeBaseIndex) { randomBaseIndex = GenomeAnalysisEngine.getRandomGenerator().nextInt(4); } return randomBaseIndex; } /** * Return a random base (A, C, G, T). * * @return a random base (A, C, G, T) */ @Deprecated static public byte getRandomBase() { return getRandomBase('.'); } /** * Return a random base, excluding some base. * * @param excludeBase the base to exclude * @return a random base, excluding the one specified (A, C, G, T) */ @Deprecated static public byte getRandomBase(char excludeBase) { return BaseUtils.baseIndexToSimpleBase(getRandomBaseIndex(BaseUtils.simpleBaseToBaseIndex(excludeBase))); } /** * Computes the smallest period >= minPeriod for the specified string. The period is defined as such p, * that for all i = 0... seq.length-1, seq[ i % p ] = seq[i] (or equivalently seq[i] = seq[i+p] for i=0...seq.length-1-p). * The sequence does not have to contain whole number of periods. For instance, "ACACACAC" has a period * of 2 (it has a period of 4 as well), and so does * "ACACA"; similarly, smallest periods of "CTCCTC", "CTCCT", and "CTCC" are all equal to 3. The "trivial" period is * the length of the string itself, and it will always be returned if no smaller period can be found in the specified period range * or if specified minPeriod is greater than the sequence length. * * @param seq * @return */ public static int sequencePeriod(byte[] seq, int minPeriod) { int period = (minPeriod > seq.length ? seq.length : minPeriod); // we assume that bases [0,period-1] repeat themselves and check this assumption // until we find correct period for (int pos = period; pos < seq.length; pos++) { int offset = pos % period; // we are currenlty 'offset' bases into the putative repeat of period 'period' // if our current hypothesis holds, base[pos] must be the same as base[offset] if (Character.toUpperCase(seq[pos]) != Character.toUpperCase(seq[offset])) { // period we have been trying so far does not work. // two possibilities: // A) offset = 0, i.e. current position pos must be start of the next repeat, but it is not; // in this case only bases from start up to the current one, inclusive, may form a repeat, if at all; // so period is at least pos+1 (remember, pos is 0-based), then on the next loop re-entrance // pos will be autoincremented and we will be checking next base // B) offset != 0, i.e. the current base breaks the repeat, but maybe it starts a new one? // hence we should first check if it matches the first base of the sequence, and to do that // we set period to pos (thus trying the hypothesis that bases from start up to the current one, // non-inclusive are repeated hereafter), and decrement pos (this will re-test current base against the first base // on the next loop re-entrance after pos is autoincremented) if (offset == 0) period = pos + 1; else period = pos--; } } return period; } } /* code snippet for testing sequencePeriod(): * * String str = "CCTTG"; int p = 0; System.out.print("Periods of " + str +" are:"); while ( p < str.length() ) { p = sequencePeriod(str, p+1); System.out.print(" "+p); } System.out.println(); System.exit(1); */