How to create a dummy GFF file from fasta?

Question

[O.rka]

I want to identify if the 3' region of genes have higher coverage in some samples compared to others. The way I thought of doing this was to map to the genes and then convert to bed to calculate the coverage for specific regions via bedtools coverage.

bedtools coverage [OPTIONS] -a <bed/gff/vcf> -b <bed/gff/vcf> so I need to get a gff file. Is there a tool or easy method that I can use to create a dummy GFF so I can run this tool? If there is a better method to do this please let me know.

My fasta file looks like this:

>EG11277
ATGAAACGCATTAGCACCACCATTACCACCACCATCACCATTACCACAGGTAACGGTGCGGGCTGA
>EG10998
ATGCGAGTGTTGAAGTTCGGCGGTACATCAGTGGCAAATGCAGAACGTTTTCTGCGTGTTGCCGATATTCTGGAAAGCAATGCCAGGCAGGGGCAGGTGGCCACCGTCCTCTCTGCCCCCGCCAAAATCACCAACCACCTGGTGGCGATGATTGAAAAAACCATTAGCGGCCAGGATGCTTTACCCAATATCAGCGATGCCGAACGTATTTTTGCCGAACTTTTGACGGGACTCGCCGCCGCCCAGCCGGGGTTCCCGCTGGCGCAATTGAAAACTTTCGTCGATCAGGAATTTGCCCAAATAAAACATGTCCTGCATGGCATTAGTTTGTTGGGGCAGTGCCCGGATAGCATCAACGCTGCGCTGATTTGCCGTGGCGAGAAAATGTCGATCGCCATTATGGCCGGCGTATTAGAAGCGCGCGGTCACAACGTTACTGTTATCGATCCGGTCGAAAAACTGCTGGCAGTGGGGCATTACCTCGAATCTACCGTCGATATTGCTGAGTCCACCCGCCGTATTGCGGCAAGCCGCATTCCGGCTGATCACATGGTGCTGATGGCAGGTTTCACCGCCGGTAATGAAAAAGGCGAACTGGTGGTGCTTGGACGCAACGGTTCCGACTACTCTGCTGCGGTGCTGGCTGCCTGTTTACGCGCCGATTGTTGCGAGATTTGGACGGACGTTGACGGGGTCTATACCTGCGACCCGCGTCAGGTGCCCGATGCGAGGTTGTTGAAGTCGATGTCCTACCAGGAAGCGATGGAGCTTTCCTACTTCGGCGCTAAAGTTCTTCACCCCCGCACCATTACCCCCATCGCCCAGTTCCAGATCCCTTGCCTGATTAAAAATACCGGAAATCCTCAAGCACCAGGTACGCTCATTGGTGCCAGCCGTGATGAAGACGAATTACCGGTCAAGGGCATTTCCAATCTGAATAACATGGCAATGTTCAGCGTTTCTGGTCCGGGGATGAAAGGGATGGTCGGCATGGCGGCGCGCGTCTTTGCAGCGATGTCACGCGCCCGTATTTCCGTGGTGCTGATTACGCAATCATCTTCCGAATACAGCATCAGTTTCTGCGTTCCACAAAGCGACTGTGTGCGAGCTGAACGGGCAATGCAGGAAGAGTTCTACCTGGAACTGAAAGAAGGCTTACTGGAGCCGCTGGCAGTGACGGAACGGCTGGCCATTATCTCGGTGGTAGGTGATGGTATGCGCACCTTGCGTGGGATCTCGGCGAAATTCTTTGCCGCACTGGCCCGCGCCAATATCAACATTGTCGCCATTGCTCAGGGATCTTCTGAACGCTCAATCTCTGTCGTGGTAAATAACGATGATGCGACCACTGGCGTGCGCGTTACTCATCAGATGCTGTTCAATACCGATCAGGTTATCGAAGTGTTTGTGATTGGCGTCGGTGGCGTTGGCGGTGCGCTGCTGGAGCAACTGAAGCGTCAGCAAAGCTGGCTGAAGAATAAACATATCGACTTACGTGTCTGCGGTGTTGCCAACTCGAAGGCTCTGCTCACCAATGTACATGGCCTTAATCTGGAAAACTGGCAGGAAGAACTGGCGCAAGCCAAAGAGCCGTTTAATCTCGGGCGCTTAATTCGCCTCGTGAAAGAATATCATCTGCTGAACCCGGTCATTGTTGACTGCACTTCCAGCCAGGCAGTGGCGGATCAATATGCCGACTTCCTGCGCGAAGGTTTCCACGTTGTCACGCCGAACAAAAAGGCCAACACCTCGTCGATGGATTACTACCATCAGTTGCGTTATGCGGCGGAAAAATCGCGGCGTAAATTCCTCTATGACACCAACGTTGGGGCTGGATTACCGGTTATTGAGAACCTGCAAAATCTGCTCAATGCAGGTGATGAATTGATGAAGTTCTCCGGCATTCTTTCTGGTTCGCTTTCTTATATCTTCGGCAAGTTAGACGAAGGCATGAGTTTCTCCGAGGCGACCACGCTGGCGCGGGAAATGGGTTATACCGAACCGGACCCGCGAGATGATCTTTCTGGTATGGATGTGGCGCGTAAACTATTGATTCTCGCTCGTGAAACGGGACGTGAACTGGAGCTGGCGGATATTGAAATTGAACCTGTGCTGCCCGCAGAGTTTAACGCCGAGGGTGATGTTGCCGCTTTTATGGCGAATCTGTCACAACTCGACGATCTCTTTGCCGCGCGCGTGGCGAAGGCCCGTGATGAAGGAAAAGTTTTGCGCTATGTTGGCAATATTGATGAAGATGGCGTCTGCCGCGTGAAGATTGCCGAAGTGGATGGTAATGATCCGCTGTTCAAAGTGAAAAATGGCGAAAACGCCCTGGCCTTCTATAGCCACTATTATCAGCCGCTGCCGTTGGTACTGCGCGGATATGGTGCGGGCAATGACGTTACAGCTGCCGGTGTCTTTGCTGATCTGCTACGTACCCTCTCATGGAAGTTAGGAGTCTGA
>EG10999
ATGGTTAAAGTTTATGCCCCGGCTTCCAGTGCCAATATGAGCGTCGGGTTTGATGTGCTCGGGGCGGCGGTGACACCTGTTGATGGTGCATTGCTCGGAGATGTAGTCACGGTTGAGGCGGCAGAGACATTCAGTCTCAACAACCTCGGACGCTTTGCCGATAAGCTGCCGTCAGAACCACGGGAAAATATCGTTTATCAGTGCTGGGAGCGTTTTTGCCAGGAACTGGGTAAGCAAATTCCAGTGGCGATGACCCTGGAAAAGAATATGCCGATCGGTTCGGGCTTAGGCTCCAGTGCCTGTTCGGTGGTCGCGGCGCTGATGGCGATGAATGAACACTGCGGCAAGCCGCTTAATGACACTCGTTTGCTGGCTTTGATGGGCGAGCTGGAAGGCCGTATCTCCGGCAGCATTCATTACGACAACGTGGCACCGTGTTTTCTCGGTGGTATGCAGTTGATGATCGAAGAAAACGACATCATCAGCCAGCAAGTGCCAGGGTTTGATGAGTGGCTGTGGGTGCTGGCGTATCCGGGGATTAAAGTCTCGACGGCAGAAGCCAGGGCTATTTTACCGGCGCAGTATCGCCGCCAGGATTGCATTGCGCACGGGCGACATCTGGCAGGCTTCATTCACGCCTGCTATTCCCGTCAGCCTGAGCTTGCCGCGAAGCTGATGAAAGATGTTATCGCTGAACCCTACCGTGAACGGTTACTGCCAGGCTTCCGGCAGGCGCGGCAGGCGGTCGCGGAAATCGGCGCGGTAGCGAGCGGTATCTCCGGCTCCGGCCCGACCTTGTTCGCTCTGTGTGACAAGCCGGAAACCGCCCAGCGCGTTGCCGACTGGTTGGGTAAGAACTACCTGCAAAATCAGGAAGGTTTTGTTCATATTTGCCGGCTGGATACGGCGGGCGCACGAGTACTGGAAAACTAA

Answer 1

[O.rka]

I ended up doing this and it worked with bedtools.

read_fasta is a simple function I wrote in soothsayer_utils. It's basically a wrapper around BioPython's SimpleFastaParser with some added versatility.

Anyways, here's the quick'n'dirty:

import soothsayer_utils as syu
genome_version="Genbank-U00096.2_EcoCyc-v21.1"
f = open("eco.genes.fna.gff", "w")
for id, seq in syu.read_fasta("eco.genes.fna").items():
    print(id, genome_version, "gene", 1, len(seq), ".", "+", 0, 'gene_id={};gene_name={}'.format(id, id), sep="\t", file=f)
f.close()