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A Bioconductor workflow for processing and analysing spatial proteomics data

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Breckels, Lisa M 
Mulvey, Claire M 
Lilley, Kathryn S 

Abstract

Spatial proteomics is the systematic study of protein sub-cellular localisation. In this workflow, we describe the analysis of a typical quantitative mass spectrometry-based spatial proteomics experiment using the MSnbase and pRoloc Bioconductor package suite. To walk the user through the computational pipeline, we use a recently published experiment predicting protein sub-cellular localisation in pluripotent embryonic mouse stem cells. We describe the software infrastructure at hand, importing and processing data, quality control, sub-cellular marker definition, visualisation and interactive exploration. We then demonstrate the application and interpretation of statistical learning methods, including novelty detection using semi-supervised learning, classification, clustering and transfer learning and conclude the pipeline with data export. The workflow is aimed at beginners who are familiar with proteomics in general and spatial proteomics in particular.

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46 Information and Computing Sciences, 31 Biological Sciences, 3102 Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Stem Cell Research, Networking and Information Technology R&D (NITRD), 1 Underpinning research, 1.5 Resources and infrastructure (underpinning), Generic health relevance

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F1000Research

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Journal ISSN

2046-1402
2046-1402

Volume Title

5

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F1000Research
Sponsorship
Wellcome Trust (108441/Z/15/Z)
Wellcome Trust (110170/Z/15/Z)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/L018497/1)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/L002817/1)
LMB and CMM are supported by a Wellcome Trust Technology Development Grant (grant number 108441/Z/15/Z). KSL is a Wellcome Trust Joint Investigator (110170/Z/15/Z). LG is supported by the BBSRC Strategic Longer and Larger grant (Award BB/L002817/1).