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ArticleNucleic acids research2023

StORF-Reporter: finding genes between genes.

Nicholas J Dimonaco, Amanda Clare, Kim Kenobi, Wayne Aubrey, Christopher J Creevey

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Nicholas J DimonacoInstitute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3PD, Wales, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3808-206X
Amanda ClareDepartment of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, Wales, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8315-3659
Kim KenobiDepartment of Mathematics, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3BZ, Wales, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7074-7159
Wayne AubreyDepartment of Computer Science, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, Wales, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3351-1758
Christopher J CreeveySchool of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7183-1555

Funding

Aberystwyth UniversityBBSRC BB/E/W/10964A01DAFM Ireland/DAERA Northern Ireland R3192GFSHorizon 2020 818368McMaster UniversityWeston Family Microbiome Initiative
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Large regions of prokaryotic genomes are currently without any annotation, in part due to well-established limitations of annotation tools. For example, it is routine for genes using alternative start codons to be misreported or completely omitted. Therefore, we present StORF-Reporter, a tool that takes an annotated genome and returns regions that may contain missing CDS genes from unannotated regions. StORF-Reporter consists of two parts. The first begins with the extraction of unannotated regions from an annotated genome. Next, Stop-ORFs (StORFs) are identified in these unannotated regions. StORFs are open reading frames that are delimited by stop codons and thus can capture those genes most often missing in genome annotations. We show this methodology recovers genes missing from canonical genome annotations. We inspect the results of the genomes of model organisms, the pangenome of Escherichia coli, and a set of 5109 prokaryotic genomes of 247 genera from the Ensembl Bacteria database. StORF-Reporter extended the core, soft-core and accessory gene collections, identified novel gene families and extended families into additional genera. The high levels of sequence conservation observed between genera suggest that many of these StORFs are likely to be functional genes that should now be considered for inclusion in canonical annotations.

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Escherichia coliGenome, BacterialDatabases, FactualMolecular Sequence AnnotationOpen Reading Frames

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