Functionnal annotation of metagenomes

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5.7 years ago

lagartija ▴ 160

Hi everyone,

I'm currently starting in metagenomics and I would like to compare the overall functions present in different samples (I already have the sequences of the ORFs). Which method do you recommend for that ?

I came across Fun4me that looks like what I am looking for but nobody seems to use that. Several people said I should use the results from blast again nr or RefSeq but I don't see how to make the link between the gene description and functions present in a large sample. I think I need to find a way to directly target protein functions and visualize it (for example via the GO term). Any suggestions ?

Thanks very much !!

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ADD COMMENT • link 5.7 years ago by lagartija ▴ 160

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Hi :)

Fun4me is a new package, that uses several other well-used tools. For instance, Fraggenescan (bacterial gene prediction), has been cited 559 time, RAPSearch2 (protein similarity search), 332 time , Minpath (metabolic pathway reconstruction) 218 times. Fun4me also performs similarity search against GO (Gene Ontology) and EC (Enzyme Commission).

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