xxS rRNA genes are interesting because they code for ribosomal proteins, the latter being the machinery that translates the CTAG sequence in aminoacid sequence, which is the very heart of life reproduction. More on this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosomal_RNA
The way to obtain the Spooky2 MW frequencies:
On NCBI, look first for the "taxonomy" database to correctly identify the pathogen
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy/?term=Candidatus+Neoehrlichia+mikurensis
then you find yourself there
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=89586
then select "249" on the nucleotides database, which gets you to the 249 nucleotides already sequenced for this candidatus
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid89586[Organism:noexp]
you have the identifier of the candidatus
txid89586[Organism:noexp]
among the 249 nucleotides, most are partial sequences, so you add "NOT partial" in the request line
txid89586[Organism:noexp] NOT partial
which gives two "not partial" 16S RNA nucleotides Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis gene for 16S rRNA,
for strain:IS58 and strain:TK4456
by right clicking on the link, you get the TCAG sequences
copy one of the sequences and paste it in
http://www.molbiotools.com/dnacalculator.html
In molbiotools, select: RNA / single strain / circular
the molecular weight you get is 458,493.96 Dalton
this is the MW frequency for Spooky : M458493.96
in the same way, the second link gives M450578.33 which is the second Spooky frequency the program lines follow:
"Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis gene for 16S rRNA, strain:IS58",CUST,,"","M458493.96",,,180
"Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis gene for 16S rRNA, strain:TK4456",CUST,,"","M450578.33",,,180
You copy the program lines in your custom database.
If you don't have any, you create one:
open a new file with the notepad,
paste the 2 program lines in it
save the file with the_name_you_choose.csv
check that encoding = ANSI
then go in Spooky in the main menu and run:
database/select database
database/refresh database
The 2 program lines will appear and you can select them, you can select one of my presets or one among those provided with Spooky to run the program lines or create your own preset.
For more details, please check the link:
https://www.spooky2.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=8882
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