central-dogma
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used to manipulate and convert genetic strings from nucleotide to codon to protein
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central-dogma
central-dogma is an npm package used for writing and manipulating genetic sequences. It accepts both DNA and RNA input in the form of nucleotide sequences or codon arrays and provides functions to convert them between nucleotides to codons to amino acids.
The name 'central-dogma' refers to the Central Dogma of Biology which describes the process of DNA being transcribed to RNA which is then translated to Amino Acids and Proteins.
Getting Started
Install via npm:
npm install central-dogma
Require the nucleotide and/or codon objects from the package:
'use strict'
const nuc = require('central-dogma').nucleotide;
const cod = require('central-dogma').codon;
Example Usage
Convert DNA Nucleotide sequence to codon to amino acid
const dnaSequence = 'CCTATTAATAAA';
const dnaCodons = nuc.toCodon(dnaSequence); // dnaCodons = ['CCT', 'ATT', 'AAT', 'AAA']
const aminoAcids = cod.sequenceToAminoAcid(dnaCodons);
console.log(aminoAcids) // --> ['P', 'I', 'N', 'K']
Convert DNA Nucleotide sequence to its complement
const dnaSequence = 'CCTATTAATAAA';
const complement = nuc.toComplement(dnaSequence);
console.log(complement) // --> 'GGATAATTATTT'
Convert DNA Nucleotide sequence to its RNA complement to codon number representation to amino acid
const dnaSequence = 'GTGCTTGAGGACCGA';
const complement = nuc.toComplement(dnaSequence); // complement = 'GTGCTTGAGGACCGA'
const rnaComplement = nuc.dnaToRna(complement); // rnaComplement = 'GUGCUUGAGGACCGA'
const rnaCodons = nuc.toCodon(rnaComplement); // rnaCodons = ['GUG', 'CUU', 'GAG', 'GAC', 'CGA']
cod.setBase('rna') // change the lookup table from DNA to RNA
const rnaCodonNumbers = cod.toNumber(rnaCodons); // rnaCodonNumbers = [ 25, 58, 17, 19, 52 ]
const aminoAcids = cod.numberToAminoAcid(rnaCodonNumbers);
console.log(aminoAcids) // --> ['H', 'E', 'L', 'L', 'A']
Functions
Nucleotide
nuc.setBase(baseType)
- input: 'dna' or 'rna'
- changes lookup table to DNA or RNA (swap thymine for uracil)
nuc.toValue(nucSeq)
- input: nucleotide string sequence (eg "TCCTTG")
- Converts sequence of nucleotides to number representation
nuc.toSequence(nucSeq)
- input: number representation string sequence (eg "011003")
- Converts sequence of numbers [0-3] to nucleotides
nuc.toComplement(nucSeq)
- input: nucleotide string sequence
- Returns the complement sequence of the input string (T <-> C, A <-> G)
nuc.toCodon(nucSeq)
- input: nucleotide string sequence
- Splits into an array of triplet codons
nuc.dnaToRna(nucSeq)
- input: nucleotide string sequence
- Replaces Thymine (T) with Uracil (U)
nuc.rnaToDna(nucSeq)
- input: nucleotide string sequence
- Replaces Uracil (U) with Thymine (T)
Codon
cod.setBase(baseType)
- input: 'dna' or 'rna'
- changes lookup table to DNA or RNA (swap thymine for uracil)
cod.toNumber(codArray)
- input: array of nucleotide string codons (eg ['TCC', 'ATT'])
- Converts each codon in the array to number representation [0-63]
cod.toSequence(codArray)
- input: array of codon numbers (eg [5, 32])
- Converts each number to its nucleotide codon
cod.numberToAminoAcid(codArray)
- input: array of codon numbers (eg [5, 32])
- Returns array of amino acids that the codons encode for
cod.sequenceToAminoAcid(codArray)
- input: array of nucleotide string codons
- Returns array of amino acids that the codons encode for
Future Directions
In future versions, I intend to implement:
a conversion from single character amino acid representation to 3 character and full amino acid name (eg: 'Y' --> 'TYR' --> 'Tyrosine')
the ability to supply a custom amino acid dictionary - useful in protein encoding for other species (eg 'TTT' codon encodes for Tyrosine instead of Phenyalanine)