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0.1 Load Data

Below we compare the results of annotating variants via VariantAnnotation specifically repeating a subset of the steps in vignette Introduction to VariantAnnotation. We compare using data from 1,000 Genomes Phase 1 Variants:

0.1.1 VCF Data

First we read in the data from the VCF file:

library(VariantAnnotation)
fl <- system.file("extdata", "chr22.vcf.gz", package="VariantAnnotation")
vcf <- readVcf(fl, "hg19")
vcf <- renameSeqlevels(vcf, c("22"="chr22"))
vcf
## class: CollapsedVCF 
## dim: 10376 5 
## rowRanges(vcf):
##   GRanges with 5 metadata columns: paramRangeID, REF, ALT, QUAL, FILTER
## info(vcf):
##   DataFrame with 22 columns: LDAF, AVGPOST, RSQ, ERATE, THETA, CIEND, CIP...
## info(header(vcf)):
##              Number Type    Description                                     
##    LDAF      1      Float   MLE Allele Frequency Accounting for LD          
##    AVGPOST   1      Float   Average posterior probability from MaCH/Thunder 
##    RSQ       1      Float   Genotype imputation quality from MaCH/Thunder   
##    ERATE     1      Float   Per-marker Mutation rate from MaCH/Thunder      
##    THETA     1      Float   Per-marker Transition rate from MaCH/Thunder    
##    CIEND     2      Integer Confidence interval around END for imprecise ...
##    CIPOS     2      Integer Confidence interval around POS for imprecise ...
##    END       1      Integer End position of the variant described in this...
##    HOMLEN    .      Integer Length of base pair identical micro-homology ...
##    HOMSEQ    .      String  Sequence of base pair identical micro-homolog...
##    SVLEN     1      Integer Difference in length between REF and ALT alleles
##    SVTYPE    1      String  Type of structural variant                      
##    AC        .      Integer Alternate Allele Count                          
##    AN        1      Integer Total Allele Count                              
##    AA        1      String  Ancestral Allele, ftp://ftp.1000genomes.ebi.a...
##    AF        1      Float   Global Allele Frequency based on AC/AN          
##    AMR_AF    1      Float   Allele Frequency for samples from AMR based o...
##    ASN_AF    1      Float   Allele Frequency for samples from ASN based o...
##    AFR_AF    1      Float   Allele Frequency for samples from AFR based o...
##    EUR_AF    1      Float   Allele Frequency for samples from EUR based o...
##    VT        1      String  indicates what type of variant the line repre...
##    SNPSOURCE .      String  indicates if a snp was called when analysing ...
## geno(vcf):
##   SimpleList of length 3: GT, DS, GL
## geno(header(vcf)):
##       Number Type   Description                      
##    GT 1      String Genotype                         
##    DS 1      Float  Genotype dosage from MaCH/Thunder
##    GL .      Float  Genotype Likelihoods

The file chr22.vcf.gz within package VariantAnnotation holds data for 5 of the 1,092 individuals in 1,000 Genomes, starting at position 50300078 and ending at position 50999964.

HG00096 HG00097 HG00099 HG00100 HG00101

0.1.2 Google Genomics Data

Important data differences to note:

  • VCF data uses 1-based coordinates but data from the GA4GH APIs is 0-based.
  • There are two variants in the Google Genomics copy of 1,000 Genomes phase 1 variants that are not in chr22.vcf.gz. They are the only two variants within the genomic range with ALT == <DEL>.
library(GoogleGenomics)
# This vignette is authenticated on package load from the env variable GOOGLE_API_KEY.
# When running interactively, call the authenticate method.
# ?authenticate
# We're just getting the first few variants so that this runs quickly.
# If we wanted to get them all, we sould set end=50999964.
granges <- getVariants(variantSetId="10473108253681171589",
                       chromosome="22",
                       start=50300077,
                       end=50303000,
                       converter=variantsToGRanges)
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0.1.3 Compare the Loaded Data

Ensure that the data retrieved by each matches:

vcf <- vcf[1:length(granges)] # Truncate the VCF data so that it is the same 
                              # set as what was retrieved from the API.
library(testthat)
expect_equal(start(granges), start(vcf))
expect_equal(end(granges), end(vcf))
expect_equal(as.character(granges$REF), as.character(ref(vcf)))
expect_equal(as.character(unlist(granges$ALT)), as.character(unlist(alt(vcf))))
expect_equal(granges$QUAL, qual(vcf))
expect_equal(granges$FILTER, filt(vcf))

0.2 Compare the Annotation Results

Now locate the protein coding variants in each:

library(TxDb.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg19.knownGene)
txdb <- TxDb.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg19.knownGene

rd <- rowRanges(vcf)
vcf_locations <- locateVariants(rd, txdb, CodingVariants())
## Warning in valid.GenomicRanges.seqinfo(x, suggest.trim = TRUE): GRanges object contains 1 out-of-bound range located on sequence
##   75253. Note that ranges located on a sequence whose length is
##   unknown (NA) or on a circular sequence are not considered
##   out-of-bound (use seqlengths() and isCircular() to get the lengths
##   and circularity flags of the underlying sequences). You can use
##   trim() to trim these ranges. See ?`trim,GenomicRanges-method` for
##   more information.
## 'select()' returned many:1 mapping between keys and columns
vcf_locations
## GRanges object with 7 ranges and 9 metadata columns:
##       seqnames    ranges strand | LOCATION  LOCSTART    LOCEND   QUERYID
##          <Rle> <IRanges>  <Rle> | <factor> <integer> <integer> <integer>
##   [1]    chr22  50301422      - |   coding       939       939        24
##   [2]    chr22  50301476      - |   coding       885       885        25
##   [3]    chr22  50301488      - |   coding       873       873        26
##   [4]    chr22  50301494      - |   coding       867       867        27
##   [5]    chr22  50301584      - |   coding       777       777        28
##   [6]    chr22  50302962      - |   coding       698       698        57
##   [7]    chr22  50302995      - |   coding       665       665        58
##              TXID         CDSID      GENEID       PRECEDEID        FOLLOWID
##       <character> <IntegerList> <character> <CharacterList> <CharacterList>
##   [1]       75253        218562       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   [2]       75253        218562       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   [3]       75253        218562       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   [4]       75253        218562       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   [5]       75253        218562       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   [6]       75253        218563       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   [7]       75253        218563       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   -------
##   seqinfo: 1 sequence from an unspecified genome; no seqlengths
granges_locations <- locateVariants(granges, txdb, CodingVariants())
## Warning in valid.GenomicRanges.seqinfo(x, suggest.trim = TRUE): GRanges object contains 1 out-of-bound range located on sequence
##   75253. Note that ranges located on a sequence whose length is
##   unknown (NA) or on a circular sequence are not considered
##   out-of-bound (use seqlengths() and isCircular() to get the lengths
##   and circularity flags of the underlying sequences). You can use
##   trim() to trim these ranges. See ?`trim,GenomicRanges-method` for
##   more information.
## 'select()' returned many:1 mapping between keys and columns
granges_locations
## GRanges object with 7 ranges and 9 metadata columns:
##       seqnames    ranges strand | LOCATION  LOCSTART    LOCEND   QUERYID
##          <Rle> <IRanges>  <Rle> | <factor> <integer> <integer> <integer>
##   [1]    chr22  50301422      - |   coding       939       939        24
##   [2]    chr22  50301476      - |   coding       885       885        25
##   [3]    chr22  50301488      - |   coding       873       873        26
##   [4]    chr22  50301494      - |   coding       867       867        27
##   [5]    chr22  50301584      - |   coding       777       777        28
##   [6]    chr22  50302962      - |   coding       698       698        57
##   [7]    chr22  50302995      - |   coding       665       665        58
##              TXID         CDSID      GENEID       PRECEDEID        FOLLOWID
##       <character> <IntegerList> <character> <CharacterList> <CharacterList>
##   [1]       75253        218562       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   [2]       75253        218562       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   [3]       75253        218562       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   [4]       75253        218562       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   [5]       75253        218562       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   [6]       75253        218563       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   [7]       75253        218563       79087            <NA>            <NA>
##   -------
##   seqinfo: 1 sequence from an unspecified genome; no seqlengths
expect_equal(granges_locations, vcf_locations)

And predict the effect of the protein coding variants:

library(BSgenome.Hsapiens.UCSC.hg19)
vcf_coding <- predictCoding(vcf, txdb, seqSource=Hsapiens)
## Warning in valid.GenomicRanges.seqinfo(x, suggest.trim = TRUE): GRanges object contains 1 out-of-bound range located on sequence
##   75253. Note that ranges located on a sequence whose length is
##   unknown (NA) or on a circular sequence are not considered
##   out-of-bound (use seqlengths() and isCircular() to get the lengths
##   and circularity flags of the underlying sequences). You can use
##   trim() to trim these ranges. See ?`trim,GenomicRanges-method` for
##   more information.
vcf_coding
## GRanges object with 7 ranges and 17 metadata columns:
##                   seqnames    ranges strand | paramRangeID            REF
##                      <Rle> <IRanges>  <Rle> |     <factor> <DNAStringSet>
##       rs114335781    chr22  50301422      - |         <NA>              G
##         rs8135963    chr22  50301476      - |         <NA>              T
##   22:50301488_C/T    chr22  50301488      - |         <NA>              C
##   22:50301494_G/A    chr22  50301494      - |         <NA>              G
##   22:50301584_C/T    chr22  50301584      - |         <NA>              C
##       rs114264124    chr22  50302962      - |         <NA>              C
##       rs149209714    chr22  50302995      - |         <NA>              C
##                                  ALT      QUAL      FILTER      varAllele
##                   <DNAStringSetList> <numeric> <character> <DNAStringSet>
##       rs114335781                  A       100        PASS              T
##         rs8135963                  C       100        PASS              G
##   22:50301488_C/T                  T       100        PASS              A
##   22:50301494_G/A                  A       100        PASS              T
##   22:50301584_C/T                  T       100        PASS              A
##       rs114264124                  T       100        PASS              A
##       rs149209714                  G       100        PASS              C
##                      CDSLOC    PROTEINLOC   QUERYID        TXID
##                   <IRanges> <IntegerList> <integer> <character>
##       rs114335781       939           313        24       75253
##         rs8135963       885           295        25       75253
##   22:50301488_C/T       873           291        26       75253
##   22:50301494_G/A       867           289        27       75253
##   22:50301584_C/T       777           259        28       75253
##       rs114264124       698           233        57       75253
##       rs149209714       665           222        58       75253
##                           CDSID      GENEID   CONSEQUENCE       REFCODON
##                   <IntegerList> <character>      <factor> <DNAStringSet>
##       rs114335781        218562       79087    synonymous            ATC
##         rs8135963        218562       79087    synonymous            GCA
##   22:50301488_C/T        218562       79087    synonymous            CCG
##   22:50301494_G/A        218562       79087    synonymous            CAC
##   22:50301584_C/T        218562       79087    synonymous            CCG
##       rs114264124        218563       79087 nonsynonymous            CGG
##       rs149209714        218563       79087 nonsynonymous            GGA
##                         VARCODON         REFAA         VARAA
##                   <DNAStringSet> <AAStringSet> <AAStringSet>
##       rs114335781            ATT             I             I
##         rs8135963            GCG             A             A
##   22:50301488_C/T            CCA             P             P
##   22:50301494_G/A            CAT             H             H
##   22:50301584_C/T            CCA             P             P
##       rs114264124            CAG             R             Q
##       rs149209714            GCA             G             A
##   -------
##   seqinfo: 1 sequence from hg19 genome; no seqlengths
granges_coding <- predictCoding(rep(granges, elementNROWS(granges$ALT)),
                                txdb,
                                seqSource=Hsapiens,
                                varAllele=unlist(granges$ALT, use.names=FALSE))
## Warning in valid.GenomicRanges.seqinfo(x, suggest.trim = TRUE): GRanges object contains 1 out-of-bound range located on sequence
##   75253. Note that ranges located on a sequence whose length is
##   unknown (NA) or on a circular sequence are not considered
##   out-of-bound (use seqlengths() and isCircular() to get the lengths
##   and circularity flags of the underlying sequences). You can use
##   trim() to trim these ranges. See ?`trim,GenomicRanges-method` for
##   more information.
granges_coding
## GRanges object with 7 ranges and 16 metadata columns:
##               seqnames    ranges strand |            REF                ALT
##                  <Rle> <IRanges>  <Rle> | <DNAStringSet> <DNAStringSetList>
##   rs114335781    chr22  50301422      - |              G                  A
##     rs8135963    chr22  50301476      - |              T                  C
##   rs200080075    chr22  50301488      - |              C                  T
##   rs147801200    chr22  50301494      - |              G                  A
##   rs138060012    chr22  50301584      - |              C                  T
##   rs114264124    chr22  50302962      - |              C                  T
##   rs149209714    chr22  50302995      - |              C                  G
##                    QUAL      FILTER      varAllele    CDSLOC    PROTEINLOC
##               <numeric> <character> <DNAStringSet> <IRanges> <IntegerList>
##   rs114335781       100        PASS              T       939           313
##     rs8135963       100        PASS              G       885           295
##   rs200080075       100        PASS              A       873           291
##   rs147801200       100        PASS              T       867           289
##   rs138060012       100        PASS              A       777           259
##   rs114264124       100        PASS              A       698           233
##   rs149209714       100        PASS              C       665           222
##                 QUERYID        TXID         CDSID      GENEID   CONSEQUENCE
##               <integer> <character> <IntegerList> <character>      <factor>
##   rs114335781        24       75253        218562       79087    synonymous
##     rs8135963        25       75253        218562       79087    synonymous
##   rs200080075        26       75253        218562       79087    synonymous
##   rs147801200        27       75253        218562       79087    synonymous
##   rs138060012        28       75253        218562       79087    synonymous
##   rs114264124        57       75253        218563       79087 nonsynonymous
##   rs149209714        58       75253        218563       79087 nonsynonymous
##                     REFCODON       VARCODON         REFAA         VARAA
##               <DNAStringSet> <DNAStringSet> <AAStringSet> <AAStringSet>
##   rs114335781            ATC            ATT             I             I
##     rs8135963            GCA            GCG             A             A
##   rs200080075            CCG            CCA             P             P
##   rs147801200            CAC            CAT             H             H
##   rs138060012            CCG            CCA             P             P
##   rs114264124            CGG            CAG             R             Q
##   rs149209714            GGA            GCA             G             A
##   -------
##   seqinfo: 1 sequence from an unspecified genome; no seqlengths
expect_equal(as.matrix(granges_coding$REFCODON), as.matrix(vcf_coding$REFCODON))
expect_equal(as.matrix(granges_coding$VARCODON), as.matrix(vcf_coding$VARCODON))
expect_equal(granges_coding$GENEID, vcf_coding$GENEID)
expect_equal(granges_coding$CONSEQUENCE, vcf_coding$CONSEQUENCE)

0.3 Provenance

sessionInfo()
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