The proBAM and proBed standard formats: enabling a seamless integration of genomics and proteomics data



Menschaert, Gerben, Wang, Xiaojing, Jones, Andrew R ORCID: 0000-0001-6118-9327, Ghali, Fawaz, Fenyo, David, Olexiouk, Volodimir, Zhang, Bing, Deutsch, Eric W, Ternent, Tobias and Vizcaino, Juan Antonio
(2018) The proBAM and proBed standard formats: enabling a seamless integration of genomics and proteomics data. GENOME BIOLOGY, 19 (1). 12-.

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Abstract

On behalf of The Human Proteome Organization (HUPO) Proteomics Standards Initiative, we introduce here two novel standard data formats, proBAM and proBed, that have been developed to address the current challenges of integrating mass spectrometry-based proteomics data with genomics and transcriptomics information in proteogenomics studies. proBAM and proBed are adaptations of the well-defined, widely used file formats SAM/BAM and BED, respectively, and both have been extended to meet the specific requirements entailed by proteomics data. Therefore, existing popular genomics tools such as SAMtools and Bedtools, and several widely used genome browsers, can already be used to manipulate and visualize these formats “out-of-the-box.” We also highlight that a number of specific additional software tools, properly supporting the proteomics information available in these formats, are now available providing functionalities such as file generation, file conversion, and data analysis. All the related documentation, including the detailed file format specifications and example files, are accessible at http://www.psidev.info/probam and at http://www.psidev.info/probed.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Gene Expression Profiling, Proteomics, Genomics, Software, Mass Spectrometry
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 14 Mar 2019 14:40
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 00:57
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-017-1377-x
Open Access URL: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-017-1377-x
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3034267