Find All Duplicate 4-D In DNA Sequences - Perl

Question

Hello,

I am trying to write a program that reads in a FASTA file containing several DNA sequences, identifies all repeating 4-dimensional (i.e. all 4-mers that occur more than once) in a sequence, and prints repeating 4-mer and header of the sequence in which it was found. K-mer is simply a sequence of k nucleotides (for example, "aaca", "gacg" and "tttt" are 4-dimensional).

Here is my code:

use strict;
use warnings;

my $count = -1;
my $file = "sequences.fa";
my $seq = '';
my @header = ();
my @sequences = ();
my $line = '';
open (READ, $file) || die "Cannot open $file: $!.\n";

while ($line = <READ>){
    chomp $line;
    if ($line =~ /^>/){
        push @header, $line;
        $count++;
        unless ($seq eq ''){
            push @sequences, $seq;
            $seq = '';
        }
    } else {
        $seq .= $line;
    }
}   push @sequences, $line;

for (my $i = 0; $i <= $#sequences+1; $i++){
    if ($sequences[$i] =~ /(....)(.)*\g{1}+/g){
        print $header[$i], "\n", $&, "\n";
    }
}

I have two queries: firstly, I don’t know how to create my regular expression pattern to get the desired result. And secondly, less importantly, I'm sure my code is very inefficient, so if there is a way to shorten it, please tell me.

!

FASTA: ( , , fasta)

> NC_001422.1 Enterobacteria phage phiX174 sensu lato, GAGTTTTATCGCTTCCATGACGCAGAAGTTAACACTTTttttttCGGATATTTCTGATGAGTCGAAAAAT CCCTTACTTGAGGATAtatataAATTATGTCTAATATTCAAACTGGCGCCGAGCGTATGCCGCATGACCT

> NC_001501.1 Enterobacteria phage phiX184 sensu lato, AACGGCTGGTCAGTATTTAAGGTTAGTGCTGAGGTTGACTACATCTGTTTTTAGAGACCCAGACCTTTTA TCTCACTTCTGTTACTCCAGCTTCTTCGGCACCTGTTTTACAGACACCTAAAGCTACATCGTCAACGTTA TATTTTGATAGTTTGACGGTTAATGCTGGTAATGGTgagagagaGGTTTTCTTCATTGCATTCAGATGGA TCAACGCCGCTAATCAGGTTGTTTCTGTTGGTGCTGATATTGCTTTTGATGCCGACCCTAAATTTTTTGC CTGTTTGGTTCGCTTTGAGTCTTCTTCGGTTCCGACTACCCTCCCGACTGCCTATGATGTTTATCCTTTG

> NC_001622.5 Enterobacteria phage phiX199 sensu lato, TTCGCTGAATCAGGTTATTAAAGAGTTGCCGAGATATTTATGTTGGTTTCATGCGGATTGGTCGTTTAAA TTGGACTTGGTGGCAAGTCTGCCGCTGATAAAGGAAAGGATAATGACCAAATCAAAGAACTCGTGATTAT CTTGCTGCTGCATTTCCTGAGCTTAATGCTTGGGAGCGTGCTGGTGCTGATGCTTCCTCTGCTGGTATGG TTGACGCCGGATTTGAGAATCAAAAATGTGAGAGAGCTTACTAAAATGCAACTGGACAATCAGAAAGAGA GATGCAAAATGAGACTCAAAAAGAGATTGCTGGCATTCAGTCGGCGACTTCACGCCAGAATACGAAAGAC CAGGTATATGCACAAAATGAGATGCTTGCTTATCAACAGAAGGAGTCTACTGCTCGCGTTGCGTCTATTA TGGAAAACACCAATCTTTCCAAGCAACAGCAGGTTTCCGAGATTATGCGCCAAATGCTTACTCAAGCTCA AACGGCTGGTCAGTATTTTACCAATGACCAAATCAAAGAAATGACTCGCAAGGTTAGTGCTGAGGTTGAC TTAGATGAGTGTTCATCAGCAAACGCAGAATCAGCGGTATGGCTCTTCTCATATTGGCGCTACTGCAAAG

Answer 1

, :

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use Data::Dumper;

#set paragraph mode. Iterate on blank lines. 
local $/ = ''; 

#read from STDIN or a file specified on command line, 
#e.g. cat filename_here | myscript.pl
#or myscript.pl filename_here
while ( <> ) {
   #capture the header line, and then remove it from our data block
   my ($header) = m/\>(.*)/;
   s/>.*$//;

   #remove linefeeds and whitespace. 
   s/\s*\n\s*//g;
   #use lookahead pattern, so the data isn't 'consumed' by the regex. 
   my @sequences = m/(?=([atcg]{4}))/gi;

   #increment a count for each sequence found. 
   my %count_of;
   $count_of{$_}++ for @sequences;

   #print output. (Modify according to specific needs. 
   print $header,"\n";

   print "Found sequences:\n";
   print Dumper \@sequences;
   print "Count:\n";
   print Dumper \%count_of;

   #note - ordered, but includes duplicates. 
   #you could just use keys  %count_of, but that would be unordered. 
   foreach my $sequence ( grep { $count_of{$_} > 1 } @sequences ) {
      print $sequence, " => ", $count_of{$sequence},"\n";
   }
   print "\n";
}

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NC_001422.1 Enterobacteria phage phiX174 sensu lato, complete genome 
Found sequences:
    GAGT => 2
    AGTT => 2
    TTAT => 2
    CATG => 2
    ATGA => 3
    TGAC => 2
    CGCA => 2
    AGTT => 2
    ACTT => 2
    tttt => 3
    tttt => 3
    tttt => 3
    GGAT => 2
    GATA => 2
    ATAT => 2
    TATT => 2
    ATGA => 3
    TGAG => 2
    GAGT => 2
    AAAA => 2
    AAAA => 2
    ACTT => 2
    TGAG => 2
    GGAT => 2
    GATA => 2
    tata => 2
    tata => 2
    TTAT => 2
    TATG => 2
    ATAT => 2
    TATT => 2
    GCCG => 2
    TATG => 2
    GCCG => 2
    CGCA => 2
    CATG => 2
    ATGA => 3
    TGAC => 2

. , , TGAC , ... .

:

   foreach my $sequence ( sort { $count_of{$b} <=> $count_of{$a} }
                          grep { $count_of{$_} > 1 } 
                                 keys %count_of ) {
      print $sequence, " => ", $count_of{$sequence},"\n";
   }
   print "\n";

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