Title | Scikit-ribo Enables Accurate Estimation and Robust Modeling of Translation Dynamics at Codon Resolution. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2018 |
Authors | Fang H, Huang Y-F, Radhakrishnan A, Siepel A, Lyon GJ, Schatz MC |
Journal | Cell Syst |
Volume | 6 |
Issue | 2 |
Pagination | 180-191.e4 |
Date Published | 2018 Feb 28 |
ISSN | 2405-4712 |
Abstract | Ribosome profiling (Ribo-seq) is a powerful technique for measuring protein translation; however, sampling errors and biological biases are prevalent and poorly understood. Addressing these issues, we present Scikit-ribo (https://github.com/schatzlab/scikit-ribo), an open-source analysis package for accurate genome-wide A-site prediction and translation efficiency (TE) estimation from Ribo-seq and RNA sequencing data. Scikit-ribo accurately identifies A-site locations and reproduces codon elongation rates using several digestion protocols (r = 0.99). Next, we show that the commonly used reads per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads-derived TE estimation is prone to biases, especially for low-abundance genes. Scikit-ribo introduces a codon-level generalized linear model with ridge penalty that correctly estimates TE, while accommodating variable codon elongation rates and mRNA secondary structure. This corrects the TE errors for over 2,000 genes in S. cerevisiae, which we validate using mass spectrometry of protein abundances (r = 0.81), and allows us to determine the Kozak-like sequence directly from Ribo-seq. We conclude with an analysis of coverage requirements needed for robust codon-level analysis and quantify the artifacts that can occur from cycloheximide treatment. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.cels.2017.12.007 |
Alternate Journal | Cell Syst |
PubMed ID | 29361467 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC5832574 |
Grant List | P30 CA045508 / CA / NCI NIH HHS / United States R01 GM102192 / GM / NIGMS NIH HHS / United States R01 HG006677 / HG / NHGRI NIH HHS / United States |
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