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How to make a proteome file

I have the fasta files and genome annotation (gff) files for a number of species, and I am now trying to create proteome files for these species. I have tried extracting and translating only CDS sequences, and also only protein-coding gene sequences, however I am getting incredibly low BUSCO scores (<5%) for these proteomes.

To test if I have been following the right steps to create a proteome file, I have tried to use a genome that already has a proteome file available for download from NCBI, and see if I can recreate the proteome. I am unable to do so after translating a combination of different gene features to try and figure out how the proteome file was made.

What are the steps to creating a proteome file?

proteome genomics

What do you mean by "a proteome file"? Do you wish to create a file with FASTA-format sequences of all protein isoforms from a specific species?

From what I can tell, gffread can be used to extract nucleotide sequences from the genome fasta file based on the features described in the gff file. If so, I have already tried this and extracted sequences for both CDS and protein coding genes. However, after translation into a .faa proteome file, the sequences that I have do not match the sequences from the proteome available on NCBI. I am wondering if I extracting the correct feature? Or if I am missing a step?

Which genome from NCBI did you try to use a positive control? Can you post the accession?

Yes - I mean a .faa file that contains the amino acid sequences for protein-coding genes.

steps to creating a proteome file

I've never done it or anything like it, but here's what my gut says:

  1. Get all NM_/ENST transcript identifiers from the GFF file
  2. Look up protein identifiers (NP_/ENSP) corresponding to these transcript identifiers
  3. Download the sequences for each of these proteins as you get their identifiers
  4. Concatenate these sequences to get the proteome file

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