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Extract overlapping sequences from a bam file

Might be something that's already posted and solved, but I couldn't find it searching online so my apologies if I missed it.

I have an RNA-seq bam file and I want to extract sequences from regions interesting certain intervals.

Here's an example.

This is a read mapping from the bam file (it's from mapping PacBio reads with minimap2):

molecule/55 0   chr6    41543367    60  821S44M3319N1375M1D246M1S   *   0   0   GGGAGCCCACAGTAGGGTATTGTCTGTGGAACCAGATATAGTGATGGCTCCGGAGACCCAGAACAGAGCAGGGAATGACATCATATTTGCAAAACCACTGTGCATCAGCAAAGGTGGCTTTAAACTGTAGTTTTGGCAATCTAAAACCATCTAGAGCTAGGAAAAGGGAGGAAAGCAACTTCCTCAGAGAAAAACATGAAGGGGATTTCCATCCCCAGCCCTATTTATTCAGTACAGTCATCTCTCCATCCACTAAGCAGGCTGAGCCTAAAGCACAGAAGGGCATAGCCAACACTGTATACCCAAGAGTACAGAGAGCCCATGGGAGTCAGCAAGATCGCTGACCTCAGAACCTGACATCATAGGCAGTAAGATGAAAGGAGGAAAGAGAAAGGAGGAGCCGACTCTCACTTTCTCACCAAGAGGACCAGCATCCTGAGAAGAAGCATGTCTAACACTGTCCTCGCTGATTCTGCCTGGGGCATCACCCTGCTATCTTGGGTTACTGTCTTTCTCTTGGGAACAAGTTCAGCAGATTCTGGGGTTGTCCAGTCTCCAAGACACATAATCAAAGAAAAGGGAGGAAGGTCCGTTCTGACGTGTATTCCCATCTCTGGACATAGCAATGTGGTCTGGTACCAGCAGACTCTGGGGAAGGAATTAAAGTTCCTTATTCAGCATTATGAAAAGGTGGAGAGAGACAAAGGATTCCTACCCAGCAGATTCTCAGTCCAACAGTTTGATGACTATCACTCTGAAATGAACATGAGTGCCTTGGAACTGGAGGACTCTGCTATGTACTTCTGTGCCAGCTCTAGGAGAAACACCTTGTACTTTGGTGCGGGCACCCGACTATCGGTGCTAGAGGATCTGAGAAATGTGACTCCACCCAAGGTCTCCTTGTTTGAGCCATCAAAAGCAGAGATTGCAAACAAACAAAAGGCTACCCTCGTGTGCTTGGCCAGGGGCTTCTTCCCTGACCACGTGGAGCTGAGCTGGTGGGTGAATGGCAAGGAGGTCCACAGTGGGGTCAGCACGGACCCTCAGGCCTACAAGGAGAGCAATTATAGCTACTGCCTGAGCAGCCGCCTGAGGGTCTCTGCTACCTTCTGGCACAATCCTCGAAACCACTTCCGCTGCCAAGTGCAGTTCCATGGGCTTTCAGAGGAGGACAAGTGGCCAGAGGGCTCACCCAAACCTGTCACACAGAACATCAGTGCAGAGGCCTGGGGCCGAGCAGGTAAGTGCGGAGCTCATGAGGAAAGTAAACAGCACTAGTACTTCAAAAAATATGAAACAATCCATGTAGAAGTGAAGAATAGACCCAGGAAAAGGCCAGAGTGGTGGGACAGATGATCAAGCTCATGGTGTCAGAAAACCATAGCCTATGCTTCCTCCCAAGGAGTATGTATGTAAACTCAGTGGGGCAGCTCAGGCCAATTGGCTTCCCAGTTCTTTAGTGTCTCAGAGCTGTGCTTAAGAGTTCTCCCATACCTCCCTCACAACCTAGCATCGCTCATCCCCATCCCTGCTGCTAGATTTTTAAGGTCACTCTGACAGTGTCTTATAACTTTCCCAGCACCATCAGAAAGACAGTGTGAGGACTATAAGAGGAGAGTGCTTACACCATCTGACATGCATGTGTCTGTGGCCTTTACATTCGGCTTTAAGTTTTGTTGTTGGGTGTTCAATGTCCCCCAAAGTGGCTTTCTTTCACCCAATTTTCTCCCTCTCCTTTCTTTCAGACTGTGGAATCACTTCAGGTGAGTAGATCTTCCGACTTTCTCTACGTCTTCTGTGGTCTTGGCTTTGAAAACAGGACACAAATATCCTATAGACATGAGGGTCGGGGCTGCCCAGAGGAACTAGCTCACAAACACCTACTAACTCTCCTTTCCTGTCAACAGCATCCTATCATCAGGGGGTTCTGTCTGCAACCATCCTCTATGAGATCCTACTGGGGAAGGCCACCCTATATGCTGTGCTGGTCAGTGGCCTGGTGCTGATGGCCATGGTAAGAATGGTAGGATGGACAAATGGTTGGAGGTATAGACTTCAGTGTATGGATATAAAGGGATCTCAGAGGAGGACCCAGCCCTGATATCCTGCCATTTCAAAAAAGACCATAAAAAACACAGTGCAAAGCAAAAACACAGGAATGCTTATGTTTGTACTCCTGGAAGATGAAGAGAACCAAGGAGCTCTCTTCAAGATCATACTTGAAAATCTCCTTTTTGTATCCCTTCCCTCTGCTCCATGGATTCTGGAGGTCTAACAATGTCTTCTCTTTCTCAGGTCAAGAAAAAAAATTCCTGAGACAAACTTTTATGCATCCTGAGCCGTTCTTCACCCTGGCCATAGATTTTCCTGCACCTTCTCTAATTCCTGTTCCTAAGAACTTGTCTCTTCTTCCTCCATGGATATCCATCCTTCCTCGTTGACACCTTGACTCTGAAACAGACTAAATCAATAAAAACATGGAGTTAG *   NM:i:1  ms:i:1662   AS:i:1630   nn:i:0  ts:A:+  tp:A:P  cm:i:547    s1:i:1648   s2:i:415    de:f:0.0006 SA:Z:chr6,41113120,+,1S815M130D1671S,60,1;  rl:i:0

And here's the interval I'm intersecting it with:

chr6    41546730    41548352    Trbc2   100 +

My understanding according to the cigar field is that the intersection between the read mapping and interval is in the second portion of the read.

I ran bedtools:

intersectBed -bed -wb -split -abam <reads_bam_file> -b <intervals_bed_file>

Which gives:

chr6    41546730    41548351    molecule/55 60  +   41543366    41548351    0,0,0   2   44,1622,    0,3363,

So my question is how to extract the read sequence part that corresponds to the intersection

chr6    41546730    41548351
bam rna-seq split splicing cigar

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