TFBSTools pvalues function hangs on certain inputs
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@franceskrussell-7529
Last seen 9.6 years ago
Canada

I am using the TFBSTools package to predict transcription factor binding sites in a set of sequences.  I am trying to use the pvalues function on SiteSet objects so I can filter out insignificant hits.  While this works for some SiteSet objects, on others the function just hangs.  I can't see any pattern in which objects that cause it to hang and which don't.  Here is a script to reproduce it (the function hangs on item 57 in the list):

library(TFBSTools)
library(JASPAR2014)
library(Biostrings)

# Get all PWMs from JASPAR database
opts = list()
opts[["species"]] <- 9606 # human
opts[["all_versions"]] <- TRUE
opts[["matrixtype"]] <- "PWM"
pwmatrices = getMatrixSet(JASPAR2014, opts)

seq <- "ATGGCATACAGTCGGTAAAGCGTAGTGCTTGAGAGCATGGATTATGGAGACTATTTAAATACTGGCTCCATAACTTAATAGCTTGGGACCCACGGTGTTACTTAGCTTCTATCTGCTTTAATTTACTCATCTGTAAACTTGGGATAAGATACTTCCTCATAAGGTTGGTGTGAAGACCAAGTGAATTAACTATCGTTTAAAGCACTTACAAAAGTGCCGGGCACCACCGAGATATGCATCCGTTAGCTTTTATTATTATTAGACTCAAAACACTGTAGTAGTTCTAATGAGAGGGGTAAGAATCAAAAATCCAGGCACCTGCATAGAGCCAGAGAGGCACACATAGAAGCAACGTAAGAGTGGAAGCGGAATGAAAACATGCTAAAGCCAGGTACAAGCCACAAGCGAGGGTCCACAGGAAGAAATTGTTAATTCTGAAGAGAGTGAATGCACGAAGTTACAGGAAAAATAACATCTGAACAGAGTTTAAGAATGAGCAGGACTTCAACAAGTGGCTAGTAAGACATAAGGAACCTACAAAAGATCTTAGCAAAGGCGCAAAGATTACCATCGTATTGCTCGTTTCTTCCTACTTTGCAGAAGTAACCTCTGGCGAACAGAGGTGGTTGCAGAGCATGCTTATCAAGCAAAATACCACGAAGCAGTAAGGAACGACAGAGATAACAGTAACAATAATAATTCACCCCAAGGTACTCAACTGGAAAAAGGAAATACAGAGGAGAGGTGTCGTTAAGAAAGCCAGGACGCACATCACGGCCCCGTCGCTGCACTACTCTCGTCTAGGGGTCAACAGTGGAGTCGAGACTCGAAGCTTCCACGCGGCGGAACAGCGTCCCTCTCAGGCGGCGAACGGGCTAGGGAAGCGCCCGGAGGAGACCTAGCGTGAGAACTACAACTCCCGCGGAGCCCGAGGGCGAGCTGCCTGCGTAACTTCCGCTTCCGCCACCTGCCCCTCTCACCCTCTTCACTCGAACCCTAC"
sequencename <- "M6PR"
sitesetList <- searchSeq(pwmatrices, seq, seqname=sequencename, min.score="80%", strand="*")
pvalues(sitesetList[[1]])
pvalues(sitesetList[[2]])
pvalues(sitesetList[[57]])

 

 

Here is the output of sessionInfo():

R version 3.1.2 (2014-10-31)
Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin10.8.0 (64-bit)

locale:
[1] en_CA.UTF-8/en_CA.UTF-8/en_CA.UTF-8/C/en_CA.UTF-8/en_CA.UTF-8

attached base packages:
[1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base     

other attached packages:
[1] TFBSTools_1.4.0

loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
 [1] base64enc_0.1-2            BatchJobs_1.5              BBmisc_1.9                
 [4] BiocGenerics_0.12.1        BiocParallel_1.0.3         Biostrings_2.34.1         
 [7] bitops_1.0-6               brew_1.0-6                 BSgenome_1.34.1           
[10] caTools_1.17.1             checkmate_1.5.1            CNEr_1.2.0                
[13] codetools_0.2-11           DBI_0.3.1                  digest_0.6.8              
[16] DirichletMultinomial_1.8.0 fail_1.2                   foreach_1.4.2             
[19] GenomeInfoDb_1.2.4         GenomicAlignments_1.2.2    GenomicRanges_1.18.4      
[22] grid_3.1.2                 gtools_3.4.1               IRanges_2.0.1             
[25] iterators_1.0.7            parallel_3.1.2             Rcpp_0.11.5               
[28] RCurl_1.95-4.5             Rsamtools_1.18.3           RSQLite_1.0.0             
[31] rtracklayer_1.26.2         S4Vectors_0.4.0            sendmailR_1.2-1           
[34] seqLogo_1.32.1             stats4_3.1.2               stringr_0.6.2             
[37] TFMPvalue_0.0.5            tools_3.1.2                XML_3.98-1.1              
[40] XVector_0.6.0              zlibbioc_1.12.0           

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Ge Tan ▴ 20
@ge-tan-7918
Last seen 2.9 years ago
Switzerland

Hi, sorry for this late reply. It doesn't hang, but indeed is much slower on case sitesetList[[57]]. Eventually it returns 0.0003068776.

By default, pvalues utilise the CRAN package TFMPvalue to calculate the pvalue. I need to look into details why it's slow on certain cases.

If you wish, pvalues(sitesetList[[57]], type="sampling") will always finish in a reasonable time.

Ge

 

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