Hi Steffen, thank you for your fast reply. Indeed, after I posted my message I looked into the attributes and found that there are "generic" GO attributes (although their description included a "(bp)" which at first I took to mean they referred to "biological process" and I was looking for the (mf) and (cc) counterparts... but then noticed the "namespace_1003" attribute, and this one returns BP, MF or CC... so yes indeed, they've all been merged and you have to use the namespace attribute if you want to extract cc, bp, mf info. I didn't know how to connect to archived versions, so that's very useful, thank you! It means I can quickly adapt the old scripts to continue working straightway and I'll fix them properly when I have time. Thank you! regards, Jose Quoting Steffen Durinck <durinck.steffen at="" gene.com=""> on Fri, 13 May 2011 08:29:07 -0700: > Hi Jose, > > It looks like the Ensembl BioMart recently got updated to version 62 > and this included some changes in the attributes. > >> mart=useMart('ensembl',dataset='hsapiens_gene_ensembl') >> att = listAttributes(mart) >> att[grep('go',att[,1]),] > name > 24 go_id > 27 go_linkage_type > > Possibly the three go ontologies are now combined in only one > attribute go_id? > If you check the release notes of Ensembl 62 > (http://www.ensembl.org/info/website/news/index.html) > you'll see: > > 'Gene Ontology Filter and Attribute section has been modified and all > three domains have now been merged into one' > > > If needed you can always connect to the previous Ensembl version using: > >> ensembl61=useMart('ENSEMBL_MART_ENSEMBL',dataset='hsapiens_gene_ens embl', >> host='feb2011.archive.ensembl.org') >> att = listAttributes(ensembl61) >> att[grep('go',att[,1]),] > name > 24 go_biological_process_id > 27 go_biological_process_linkage_type > 28 go_cellular_component_id > 29 go_cellular_component__dm_name_1006 > 30 go_cellular_component__dm_definition_1006 > 31 go_cellular_component_linkage_type > 32 go_molecular_function_id > 33 go_molecular_function__dm_name_1006 > 34 go_molecular_function__dm_definition_1006 > 35 go_molecular_function_linkage_type > > > Cheers, > Steffen > > On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 8:04 AM, <j.delasheras at="" ed.ac.uk=""> wrote: >> >> I am unable to run a script I have been using quite happily in the past, so >> I suspect a change in the "outside world", but I can't find any news about >> it. >> >> It appears that the usual attributes for GO terms and IDs (CC, BP and MF) >> are not available. (?) >> >> If you try this quick example: >> >> library(biomaRt) >> ensembl=useMart("ensembl") >> dataset="hsapiens_gene_ensembl" >> ensembl=useDataset(dataset, mart=ensembl) >> >> attributes=c("entrezgene", >> ? ? ? ? ? ? "go_cellular_component_id", >> ? ? ? ? ? ? "go_cellular_component__dm_name_1006") >> >> getBM(attributes=attributes, >> ? ? ?filters="entrezgene", >> ? ? ?values=1, mart=ensembl) >> >> It fails with the error: >> >> Error in getBM(attributes = attributes, filters = "entrezgene", values = 1, >> ?: >> ?Invalid attribute(s): go_cellular_component_id, >> go_cellular_component__dm_name_1006 >> Please use the function 'listAttributes' to get valid attribute names >> >> and if you list the attributes... >> >> listAttributes(ensembl) >> >> you can see they're indeed not listed... >> >> am I right thinking this has nothing to do with the biomaRt R side of >> things? >> >> Jose >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Jose I. de las Heras ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Email: J.delasHeras at ed.ac.uk >> The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology ? ?Phone: +44 (0)131 6507090 >> Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology ? ? ? ?Fax: ? +44 (0)131 6507360 >> Swann Building, Mayfield Road >> University of Edinburgh >> Edinburgh EH9 3JR >> UK >> >> >> -- >> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in >> Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioconductor mailing list >> Bioconductor at r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >> Search the archives: >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >> > > -- Dr. Jose I. de las Heras Email: J.delasHeras at ed.ac.uk The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology Phone: +44 (0)131 6507090 Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology Fax: +44 (0)131 6507360 Swann Building, Mayfield Road University of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH9 3JR UK -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

Hi Rhoda, thank you for the explanation. I notice the description of the attributes contain a "(bp)" in them: GO Term Accession (bp) GO Term Name (bp) GO Term Definition (bp) GO Term Evidence Code (bp) Initially I thought it mean they referred to Biological Process and that CC and MF were missing... until I tried it and realised they are generic. It'll probably be good to remove that if it's a leftover, or clarify its meaning otherwise. Is there a mailing list, for instance, I can subscribe to so that I find out about this kind of changes in advance, rather than when I'm trying to do some work and my scripts cease to function? :) Thank you for your help! regards, Jose Quoting rhoda at ebi.ac.uk on Fri, 13 May 2011 16:40:00 +0100 (BST): > Hi Jose > The three GO sections have been merged into one. See here for news about > ensembl BioMart changes: > > http://www.ensembl.org/info/website/news/index.html#team-Mart > > These are the names of the attributes you now need to look for: > > > > <query virtualschemaname="default" formatter="TSV" header="0"> uniqueRows = "0" count = "" datasetConfigVersion = "0.6" > > > <dataset name="hsapiens_gene_ensembl" interface="default"> > <attribute name="go_id"/> > <attribute name="name_1006"/> > <attribute name="definition_1006"/> > <attribute name="go_linkage_type"/> > <attribute name="namespace_1003"/> > </dataset> > </query> > > These attribute names correspond to: > > GO Term Accession > GO Term Name > GO Term Definition > GO Term Evidence Code > GO domain > > I will give the internal names (i.e. name_1006) a more descriptive and > meaningful name for the next release. Apologies for any confusion caused. > Regards > Rhoda > > >> >> I am unable to run a script I have been using quite happily in the >> past, so I suspect a change in the "outside world", but I can't find >> any news about it. >> >> It appears that the usual attributes for GO terms and IDs (CC, BP and >> MF) are not available. (?) >> >> If you try this quick example: >> >> library(biomaRt) >> ensembl=useMart("ensembl") >> dataset="hsapiens_gene_ensembl" >> ensembl=useDataset(dataset, mart=ensembl) >> >> attributes=c("entrezgene", >> "go_cellular_component_id", >> "go_cellular_component__dm_name_1006") >> >> getBM(attributes=attributes, >> filters="entrezgene", >> values=1, mart=ensembl) >> >> It fails with the error: >> >> Error in getBM(attributes = attributes, filters = "entrezgene", values = >> 1, : >> Invalid attribute(s): go_cellular_component_id, >> go_cellular_component__dm_name_1006 >> Please use the function 'listAttributes' to get valid attribute names >> >> and if you list the attributes... >> >> listAttributes(ensembl) >> >> you can see they're indeed not listed... >> >> am I right thinking this has nothing to do with the biomaRt R side of >> things? >> >> Jose >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Jose I. de las Heras Email: J.delasHeras at ed.ac.uk >> The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology Phone: +44 (0)131 6507090 >> Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology Fax: +44 (0)131 6507360 >> Swann Building, Mayfield Road >> University of Edinburgh >> Edinburgh EH9 3JR >> UK >> >> >> -- >> The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in >> Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Bioconductor mailing list >> Bioconductor at r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/bioconductor >> Search the archives: >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.science.biology.informatics.conductor >> > > > > -- Dr. Jose I. de las Heras Email: J.delasHeras at ed.ac.uk The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology Phone: +44 (0)131 6507090 Institute for Cell & Molecular Biology Fax: +44 (0)131 6507360 Swann Building, Mayfield Road University of Edinburgh Edinburgh EH9 3JR UK -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.