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biopython/Tests/test_PDB_StructureAlignment.py
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# Copyright 2017 by Francesco Gastaldello. All rights reserved.
#
# Converted by Francesco Gastaldello from an older unit test copyright 2004
# by Thomas Hamelryck.
#
# This file is part of the Biopython distribution and governed by your
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# Please see the LICENSE file that should have been included as part of this
# package.
"""Unit tests for the Bio.PDB.StructureAlignment module."""
import os
import unittest
from Bio import Align
from Bio import AlignIO
from Bio.Align import PairwiseAligner
from Bio.Align import MultipleSeqAlignment
from Bio.Data import PDBData
from Bio.PDB import PDBParser
from Bio.PDB import StructureAlignment
from Bio.PDB.Selection import unfold_entities
from Bio.PDB.Polypeptide import is_aa
from Bio.Seq import Seq
from Bio.SeqRecord import SeqRecord
class StructureAlignTests(unittest.TestCase):
"""Test module StructureAlignment."""
def test_StructAlign(self):
"""Tests on module to align two proteins according to a FASTA file."""
p = PDBParser(QUIET=1)
al_file = "PDB/alignment_file.fa"
# Using Bio.AlignIO, which returns a MultipleSeqAlignment object:
with open(al_file) as handle:
records = AlignIO.read(handle, "fasta")
# Using Bio.Align, which returns an Alignment object:
with open(al_file) as handle:
alignment = Align.read(handle, "fasta")
s1 = p.get_structure("1", "PDB/2XHE.pdb")
s2 = p.get_structure("2", "PDB/1A8O.pdb")
m1 = s1[0]
m2 = s2[0]
for argument in (records, alignment):
al = StructureAlignment(argument, m1, m2)
self.assertNotEqual(al.map12, al.map21)
self.assertTrue(len(al.map12), 566)
self.assertTrue(len(al.map21), 70)
chain1_A = m1["A"]
chain2_A = m2["A"]
self.assertEqual(chain1_A[202].get_resname(), "ILE")
self.assertEqual(chain2_A[202].get_resname(), "LEU")
self.assertNotEqual(
chain1_A[291].get_resname(), chain2_A[181].get_resname()
)
def test_msa_vs_alignment_objects(self):
"""Test that MultipleSeqAlignment and Alignment objects produce identical results.
This test verifies that when given the same sequence alignment data,
StructureAlignment produces identical mappings whether the input is:
1. A Bio.Align.MultipleSeqAlignment object (from AlignIO.read)
2. A Bio.Align.Alignment object (from Align.read)
"""
p = PDBParser(QUIET=1)
s1 = p.get_structure("1", "PDB/2XHE.pdb")
s2 = p.get_structure("2", "PDB/1A8O.pdb")
m1 = s1[0]
m2 = s2[0]
# Read the same alignment file that works in the first test
al_file = "PDB/alignment_file.fa"
# Test 1: Using Bio.AlignIO to get MultipleSeqAlignment
with open(al_file) as handle:
msa_records = AlignIO.read(handle, "fasta")
# Test 2: Using Bio.Align to get Alignment object
with open(al_file) as handle:
alignment_obj = Align.read(handle, "fasta")
# Create StructureAlignment with both types
al_msa = StructureAlignment(msa_records, m1, m2)
al_align = StructureAlignment(alignment_obj, m1, m2)
# Results should be identical
self.assertEqual(len(al_msa.duos), len(al_align.duos))
self.assertEqual(len(al_msa.map12), len(al_align.map12))
self.assertEqual(len(al_msa.map21), len(al_align.map21))
# Compare mappings
for residue in al_msa.map12:
self.assertIn(residue, al_align.map12)
self.assertEqual(al_msa.map12[residue], al_align.map12[residue])
for residue in al_msa.map21:
self.assertIn(residue, al_align.map21)
self.assertEqual(al_msa.map21[residue], al_align.map21[residue])
# Compare duos
for i, (duo_msa, duo_align) in enumerate(zip(al_msa.duos, al_align.duos)):
self.assertEqual(
duo_msa,
duo_align,
f"Duo mismatch at position {i}: {duo_msa} vs {duo_align}",
)
def test_custom_vs_automatic_alignment(self):
"""Test that custom PairwiseAligner alignment vs automatic alignment work identically.
This test verifies that providing a custom alignment created with PairwiseAligner
produces the same results as letting StructureAlignment generate the alignment
automatically.
"""
p = PDBParser(QUIET=1)
s1 = p.get_structure("1", "PDB/2XHE.pdb")
s2 = p.get_structure("2", "PDB/1A8O.pdb")
m1 = s1[0]
m2 = s2[0]
# Extract sequences from models (same logic as in StructureAlignment)
def extract_sequence(model, seq_id):
residues = unfold_entities(model, "R")
sequence = ""
for residue in residues:
if is_aa(residue):
resname = residue.get_resname()
if resname in PDBData.protein_letters_3to1_extended:
aa_code = PDBData.protein_letters_3to1_extended[resname]
sequence += aa_code
else:
sequence += "X"
return SeqRecord(Seq(sequence), id=seq_id)
seq1_record = extract_sequence(m1, "structure1")
seq2_record = extract_sequence(m2, "structure2")
# Create custom alignment using PairwiseAligner
aligner = PairwiseAligner("blastp")
alignments = aligner.align(seq1_record.seq, seq2_record.seq)
best_alignment = alignments[0]
# Convert to MultipleSeqAlignment
aligned_seq1_str = str(best_alignment[0])
aligned_seq2_str = str(best_alignment[1])
aligned_seq1 = SeqRecord(Seq(aligned_seq1_str), id="structure1")
aligned_seq2 = SeqRecord(Seq(aligned_seq2_str), id="structure2")
custom_alignment = MultipleSeqAlignment([aligned_seq1, aligned_seq2])
# Create StructureAlignment with custom alignment
al_custom = StructureAlignment(custom_alignment, m1, m2)
# Create StructureAlignment with automatic alignment
al_auto = StructureAlignment(m1=m1, m2=m2)
# Results should be identical since they use the same alignment algorithm
self.assertEqual(len(al_custom.duos), len(al_auto.duos))
self.assertEqual(len(al_custom.map12), len(al_auto.map12))
self.assertEqual(len(al_custom.map21), len(al_auto.map21))
# Compare mappings
for residue in al_custom.map12:
self.assertIn(residue, al_auto.map12)
self.assertEqual(al_custom.map12[residue], al_auto.map12[residue])
for residue in al_custom.map21:
self.assertIn(residue, al_auto.map21)
self.assertEqual(al_custom.map21[residue], al_auto.map21[residue])
# Compare duos
for i, (duo_custom, duo_auto) in enumerate(zip(al_custom.duos, al_auto.duos)):
self.assertEqual(
duo_custom,
duo_auto,
f"Duo mismatch at position {i}: {duo_custom} vs {duo_auto}",
)
def test_automatic_alignment_generation(self):
"""Test that automatic alignment generation works correctly.
This test verifies that StructureAlignment can generate alignments
automatically when no alignment is provided.
"""
p = PDBParser(QUIET=1)
s1 = p.get_structure("1", "PDB/2XHE.pdb")
s2 = p.get_structure("2", "PDB/1A8O.pdb")
m1 = s1[0]
m2 = s2[0]
# Create StructureAlignment with automatic alignment generation
al_auto = StructureAlignment(m1=m1, m2=m2)
# Verify that mappings were created
self.assertIsNotNone(al_auto.map12)
self.assertIsNotNone(al_auto.map21)
self.assertIsNotNone(al_auto.duos)
self.assertGreater(len(al_auto.duos), 0)
# Verify that some residues were mapped
self.assertGreater(len(al_auto.map12), 0)
self.assertGreater(len(al_auto.map21), 0)
if __name__ == "__main__":
os.chdir("Tests")
runner = unittest.TextTestRunner(verbosity=2)
unittest.main(testRunner=runner)