AutoFACT: An Automatic Functional Annotation and Classification Tool


Autoria(s): Koski, Liisa; Gray, Michael; Lang, Franz Bernd; Burger, Gertraud
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05/01/2007

05/01/2007

2005

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Affiliation: Centre Robert-Cedergren de l'Université de Montréal en bio-informatique et génomique & Département de biochimie, Université de Montréal

BACKGROUND:Assignment of function to new molecular sequence data is an essential step in genomics projects. The usual process involves similarity searches of a given sequence against one or more databases, an arduous process for large datasets.RESULTS:We present AutoFACT, a fully automated and customizable annotation tool that assigns biologically informative functions to a sequence. Key features of this tool are that it (1) analyzes nucleotide and protein sequence data; (2) determines the most informative functional description by combining multiple BLAST reports from several user-selected databases; (3) assigns putative metabolic pathways, functional classes, enzyme classes, GeneOntology terms and locus names; and (4) generates output in HTML, text and GFF formats for the user's convenience. We have compared AutoFACT to four well-established annotation pipelines. The error rate of functional annotation is estimated to be only between 1–2%. Comparison of AutoFACT to the traditional top-BLAST-hit annotation method shows that our procedure increases the number of functionally informative annotations by approximately 50%.CONCLUSION:AutoFACT will serve as a useful annotation tool for smaller sequencing groups lacking dedicated bioinformatics staff. It is implemented in PERL and runs on LINUX/UNIX platforms. AutoFACT is available at http://megasun.bch.umontreal.ca/Software/AutoFACT.htm.

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Koski, L., Gray, M., Lang, B. F., & Burger, G. (2005). AutoFACT: An Automatic Functional Annotation and Classification Tool. BMC Bioinformatics, 6(1), 151.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-6-151

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/6/151

http://hdl.handle.net/1866/672

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