Introduction

Assigning statistical significance accurately has become increasingly important as metadata of many types, often assembled in hierarchies, are constructed and combined for further biological analyses. Statistical inaccuracy of metadata at any level may propagate to downstream analyses, undermining the validity of scientific conclusions thus drawn. From the perspective of mass spectrometry-based proteomics, even though accurate statistics for peptide identification can now be achieved, accurate protein level statistics remain challenging.We have constructed a protein ID method that combines peptide evidences of a candidate protein based on a rigorous formula derived earlier; in this formula the database P-value of every peptide is weighted, prior to the final combination, according to the number of proteins it maps to. We have also shown that this protein ID method provides accurate protein level E-value, eliminating the need of using empirical post-processing methods for type-I error control. Using a known protein mixture, we find that this protein ID method, when combined with the Sorić formula, yields accurate values for the proportion of false discoveries. In terms of retrieval efficacy, the results from our method are comparable with other methods tested.The source code, implemented in C++ on a linux system, is available for download at ftp://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/qmbp/qmbp_ms/RAId/RAId_Linux_64Bit.

Publications

  1. Mass spectrometry-based protein identification with accurate statistical significance assignment.
    Cite this
    Alves G, Yu YK, 2015-03-01 - Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)

Credits

  1. Gelio Alves
    Developer

    National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, United States of America

  2. Yi-Kuo Yu
    Investigator

    National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, United States of America

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Summary
AccessionBT001427
Tool TypeApplication
Category
PlatformsLinux/Unix
TechnologiesC++
User InterfaceTerminal Command Line
Download Count0
Country/RegionUnited States of America
Submitted ByYi-Kuo Yu