[spctools-discuss] Re: Problem converting Xcalibur.RAW to .mzXML with ReAdW

2010-03-03 Thread Jimmy Eng
It's a software problem on a couple of levels. ReAdW was never intended for gcms data so it was never tested on those instruments and I would be surprised if it worked. Additionally, most if not all of the software tools that consume mzXML files probably won't work with the data, even if you

Re: [spctools-discuss] Re: Problem mit den pepXML Dateien

2010-02-25 Thread Jimmy Eng
Sequest search engine. with best regards Blacky On 22 Feb., 18:13, Jimmy Eng jke...@gmail.com wrote: Die pepXML Akte ist zu klein. Es gibt keine Suchresultate in der Akte. Fokus auf, wie diese Akte erzeugt wurde. (I thought it would be cute to reply in German.  The above is a babel fish

Re: [spctools-discuss] Re: xcalibur raw file to tif, or img.

2010-02-24 Thread Jimmy Eng
Maybe try the Thermo RAW to imzML converter software in this link; looks like BioMap supports imzML input. http://www.maldi-msi.org/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=189Itemid=69 On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Andrew a.har...@usip.edu wrote: I am trying to convert the actual raw

Re: [spctools-discuss] OMSSA-TPP: Problem with linking to MS/MS spectra; PRIDE XML

2010-02-17 Thread Jimmy Eng
Robert, You need an mzXML file present in order for the spectrum viewer and Pep3D viewer to work. Both of those reads the spectrum data from that file. Additionally, the various files (pep.xml, base_name attribute in the pep.xml, mzXML, etc.) must follow a standard convention for it all to work

Re: [spctools-discuss] Readw.exe for Linux

2010-02-09 Thread Jimmy Eng
Christian, readw is and will always be a windows app because it makes use of windows DLLs supplied by Thermo to read the raw files. If you really want to get away from the data transfers (which you can automate ... search for 'conversion server' on this group to see Greg Taylor's recipe for

Re: [spctools-discuss] precursor_mz in mzXML

2009-12-03 Thread Jimmy Eng
The 672.3157959 mass is likely from the scan header in the raw file for that particular scan. Open up the raw file in qualbrowser and take a look at the scan header and see what the monoisotopic m/z value is. (Hopefully it's 672.3157959). This would just explain the discrepancy. Why the m/z

Re: [spctools-discuss] Need help with MzXML2Search

2009-11-23 Thread Jimmy Eng
Ludovic, Given that you're looking for 5+/6+ peptides, can you check to make sure the peptide masses are not above the high mass cutoff default (4200 Da) for MzXML2Search? If so, you would use the -T option to specify a higher mass cutoff e.g. MzXML2Search -mgf -T8000.0 file.mzXML - Jimmy On

Re: [spctools-discuss] re: patch: Sqt2XML fixes

2009-11-18 Thread Jimmy Eng
The patch was added as revision 4777. Works for the sqt file I have access to but someone should still test with whatever sqt files were causing the problem in the first place. Note I felt obligated to also change the output extension from .pepXML to .pep.xml to conform with all of our other

[spctools-discuss] Re: decoy detection

2009-11-11 Thread Jimmy Eng
In a gross simplification, PeptideProphet fits positive and negative distributions to the overall search results distribution as part of its processing to calculate probability scores for each peptide-to-spectrum match. That checkbox you're referring to tells PeptideProphet to use the decoy

[spctools-discuss] Re: Issue with pepXML generation

2009-11-11 Thread Jimmy Eng
I'll add the substitutions to the getdb.* scripts in the TPP src/util directory. Should a substitution be added to the IPI retrieval utility scripts in the TPP distribution so that the problem doesn't show it's face if they are being used?

[spctools-discuss] Re: segmentation fault error for Out2XML

2009-10-02 Thread Jimmy Eng
jimmy and greg, i was not aware that each directory has to be processed individually but i agreed this can be wrapped up in a script ;-) but i tried the command greg suggested and  still get the segmentation fault :-( cheers, andreas On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Jimmy Eng jke

[spctools-discuss] Re: Trapper

2009-10-02 Thread Jimmy Eng
TPP 4.3.1 install includes the installation file c:\inetpub\tpp-bin\trapper_setup.exe Double click on that setup file which installs trapper.exe into c:\Program Files\trapper\ along with the appropriate libraries. Then try your conversion referencing the installed trapper.exe executable. On

[spctools-discuss] Re: msconvert generated mzML file

2009-10-02 Thread Jimmy Eng
I'll be a translator. Zhi seems to be having issues with ABI QQQ wiff files. They were translated to mzML using msconvert and X!Tandem didn't like them. She mentioned ReAdW only to state that X!Tandem was able to process some unrelated mzML files in the past. The problem could be: 1) the QQQ

[spctools-discuss] Re: RAW to mzXML (and mzXL) problem TPP4.3

2009-09-25 Thread Jimmy Eng
Ian, The quick test is to repeat the search using your older files with the newer TPP install. Use the same search parameters as you did before. If you get your 300+ identifications then the problem is likely with your new data files. If you don't get the expected number of IDs as you got

[spctools-discuss] Re: intermediate folder of out and dta files

2009-09-16 Thread Jimmy Eng
If you run the Sequest search through the TPP GUI interface or via the runsearch.exe wrapper on the command line, it would pack up and compress the search results folder and delete the corresponding directory (of dta/outs). You obviously don't need to keep the folders around if you have no use

[spctools-discuss] Re: about x!tandem PTM input

2009-09-16 Thread Jimmy Eng
#2. see http://www.thegpm.org/TANDEM/api/refpctm.html I hate to state the obvious but this will only be applied in refinement mode so make sure that's turned on. On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 2:44 PM, rhodea rho...@gmail.com wrote: Dear friends, If I want to use the following PTM: Monoisotopic:

[spctools-discuss] Re: OUT2XML generating incorrect XML entry for some out files

2009-09-09 Thread Jimmy Eng
and hence would be good if an XML file can be created for such experiments. Please let me know. Thanks and regards, ~Nikhil Garge Biostatistics analyst RTI International Durham NC 27709 Email: nikhil.ga...@gmail.com Phone: 919-541-5902 On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:18 PM, Jimmy Eng jke

[spctools-discuss] Re: problem for the tpp ananlysis with indexed database

2009-09-08 Thread Jimmy Eng
Of Jimmy Eng Sent: 04 September 2009 19:13 To: spctools-discuss@googlegroups.com Subject: [spctools-discuss] Re: problem for the tpp ananlysis with indexed database Eileen, It should work.  As Brian suggested, post the error/log message so that we can see what the problem actually is to help

[spctools-discuss] Re: readw MS/MS precursor mass wrong

2009-09-08 Thread Jimmy Eng
That 742.5391 precursor mass is the monoisotopic m/z mass recorded in the scan header of the raw file itself. readw just grabs this value, if present, via the thermo interface. No way to turn this off in readw (besides a relatively simple edit of the code and rebuilding the binary). Without

[spctools-discuss] Re: OUT2XML generating incorrect XML entry for some out files

2009-09-04 Thread Jimmy Eng
There's a search parameter (print_duplicate_references) which defines printing out the additional protein references that a peptide matches. Should be a straightforward fix to Out2XML to handle these files (which I'll look at next week when I get back if no one has updated the program by that

[spctools-discuss] Re: specify the location of sequest

2009-08-07 Thread Jimmy Eng
Unfortunately you'll need to edit and recompile runsearch1.c (around line 165) which is in the TPP's src/util/ directory. Follow up here if that's something you need assistance with. Kris wrote: Hi everyone, I've searched the forums, but I can't seem to find where you specify the path

[spctools-discuss] Re: Libra reported intensities questions

2009-08-06 Thread Jimmy Eng
Is there a chance the lower intensities are due to isotopic correction being applied? What are the correction values in the condition.xml file you used. lgillet wrote: Hi, We have realized some inconsistency in the intensitites reported by Libra on TPP (v4.0 JETSTREAM rev 2, Build

[spctools-discuss] Re: pepXML

2009-07-15 Thread Jimmy Eng
with the installation. I will have to reinstall/ rebuild the computer. Antonio On Jul 9, 2:41 pm, Antonio aartig...@kumc.edu wrote: Ok Jimmy, Thank you very much for your help. I'll repeat the entire process from TPP and I will let you know the result. Regards, Antonio On Jul 9, 2:18 pm, Jimmy Eng j

[spctools-discuss] Re: pepXML

2009-07-15 Thread Jimmy Eng
. -Original Message- From: spctools-discuss@googlegroups.com [mailto:spctools-disc...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jimmy Eng Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 10:26 AM To: spctools-discuss@googlegroups.com Subject: [spctools-discuss] Re: pepXML Antonio, Hopefully Luis or someone else more

[spctools-discuss] Re: pepXML

2009-07-09 Thread Jimmy Eng
. - Jimmy Antonio wrote: Hi Jimmy, OK, done it. No problem, the command were successfull, all finished, th eTPP window indicated that the command was sucessfull and is finished. i can open the basename.pep on TPP and all seens OK. What next? Antonio On Jul 8, 12:33 pm, Jimmy Eng j

[spctools-discuss] Re: pepXML

2009-07-08 Thread Jimmy Eng
files or a single one. But I have more than one file on the queue, the command will not proceed to the next file. I can run Sequest from Bioworks on the local machine without any problems. On Jul 2, 6:55 pm, Jimmy Eng j...@systemsbiology.org wrote: Antonio, That warning about not being

[spctools-discuss] Re: Spectra viewing problem

2009-07-06 Thread Jimmy Eng
Bernt, The good news is that you shouldn't need to re-run Tandem searches to address this problem. The easiest way that I can think of to help you is to show you the convention of file names, base_name attributes, and paths that the tools typically expect/generate. directory of data:

[spctools-discuss] Re: MassWolf 4.2.1 problem

2009-07-06 Thread Jimmy Eng
FYI - I've run MassWolf on Vista many times. Just did it again with the 4.2.1 version and it worked fine. Natalie Tasman wrote: Hi MIchelle, This program was not tested under Vista, and I'm not sure if it works. I recommend XP or 2003 if you have access. But some quick checks: do

[spctools-discuss] Re: The problem with running xinteract on OMSSA pepxml

2009-07-06 Thread Jimmy Eng
name=expect value=0.168173793062284/ /search_hit On Jul 2, 4:44 pm, Jimmy Eng j...@systemsbiology.org wrote: Ping, I just downloaded OMSSA 2.1.4 and tried the direct pep.xml export myself. I do see a problem with the resulting pep.xml file that the -op option generates that's causing

[spctools-discuss] Re: The problem with running xinteract on OMSSA pepxml

2009-07-02 Thread Jimmy Eng
Ping, I just downloaded OMSSA 2.1.4 and tried the direct pep.xml export myself. I do see a problem with the resulting pep.xml file that the -op option generates that's causing the problem you're seeing. The key error message in your output is this: WARNING: No decoys with label DECOY were

[spctools-discuss] Re: How to use the residue mass parameter in XPress and ASAPRatio

2009-06-09 Thread Jimmy Eng
iTRAQ is quantified based on ms/ms fragment peaks; use the Libra tool for that labeling method. ASAPRatio and XPRESS are not meant to work on iTRAQ data. As for O18 labeling, under the presumption that two O18 atoms are incorporated into the heavy labeled peptides, you want to specify a 4 Da

[spctools-discuss] Re: What the meaning of ASAPRatio: 1.94 ± 1.96(3)[1.35 ± 1.37]

2009-06-05 Thread Jimmy Eng
Bright, See slide 59 of the Day 4 lecture by David titled XPRESS and ASAPRatio available on the web page below. That slide describes that the numbers mean. http://www.proteomecenter.org/course.php Both sets of numbers are light:heavy ratios and corresponding standard deviations. The

[spctools-discuss] Re: Gnuplot error?

2009-05-18 Thread Jimmy Eng
Greg, You need to update gnuplot. Do latest 4.2.2 if you can; possibly 4.1.x will work also. There's new gnuplot syntax used that's not backwards compatible with gnplot 4.0. - Jimmy bowers...@gmail.com wrote: It looks like I am having an issue with gnuplot or one of the calls to it now.

[spctools-discuss] Re: 15N metabolic labeling

2009-05-06 Thread Jimmy Eng
XPRESS has no functionality to handle partial incorporation. If the partial incorporation manifests itself as ratios that need correction, you'll have to do that correction separately. - Jimmy Leticia Lery wrote: Hi, I need some help to analysis of 15N Metabolic Labeling. I´ve some

[spctools-discuss] Re: ProteinProphet on Tutorial data?

2009-05-05 Thread Jimmy Eng
the Sequest search. I am wondering if this is causing the problem. If this is the cause, do I need to do the Sequest search over again without using the indexed database, or is there anything else I can do to solve the problem? Thank you, Xin On May 1, 4:12 pm, Jimmy Eng j...@systemsbiology.org

[spctools-discuss] Re: ProteinProphet on Tutorial data?

2009-05-01 Thread Jimmy Eng
Xin, You might be choosing the wrong file as input. ProteinProphet requires a *.pep.xml file that contains PeptideProphet probabilities and these usually have file names like interact*.pep.xml. The file names below seem to imply that you're choosing the wrong pep.xml file as input. Your

[spctools-discuss] Re: Xtandem from command line?

2009-04-25 Thread Jimmy Eng
Ben, Your best place for help with running X! Tandem from the command line is probably the GPM's website. helpful links: http://www.thegpm.org/tandem/tandem_install_faq.html http://www.thegpm.org/TANDEM/api/index.html You need some input xml parameters file. Such a file would contain

[spctools-discuss] Re: Problem with XPRESS

2009-04-24 Thread Jimmy Eng
Xin, You shouldn't have to run separate searches. Your attached images where the mzXML file name is XW3127C3OUT.mzXML implies that there's an error in the file name encoding somewhere. Presumably the file should be XW3127C3_090129.mzXML. Feel free to send me your pep.xml file and I'll take

[spctools-discuss] Re: TPP and metabolic labeling

2009-04-16 Thread Jimmy Eng
Mattias, I just checked in the Xpress changes to trunk (revision 4331). Give it a shot and let me know if there's any problems. There was mention of 15N support in ASAPRatio in the 4.2 announcement. After doing more snooping, the following check-in added support for initializing AA masses

[spctools-discuss] Re: Problem with Out2XML when converting to pepXML

2009-04-10 Thread Jimmy Eng
What file did you truncate to 10MB? Your individual dta and out files should be pretty small. You haven't supplied enough information such that anyone here could identify the cause of your problems. Here's what I would suggest: 1) copy your .params to be named sequest.params and place it

[spctools-discuss] Re: PeptideProphet rules for calculating deltaCn

2009-03-20 Thread Jimmy Eng
On Mar 21, 12:21 am, Jimmy Eng j...@systemsbiology.org wrote: Henry, I'm not going to have any time in the next week or so to look in to the problem. But your interpretation of what deltaCn means is wrong or rather different than what it is meant to represent. The premise for the ad-hoc

[spctools-discuss] Re: install issues

2009-02-20 Thread Jimmy Eng
Kris, Is your search parameters file named sequest.params or PAe000144_414_sequest.params? If it's not sequest.params, this would explain the behavior. You're able to specify a different name for the parameters file to run a search but the downstream tools (i.e. Out2XML) aren't that

[spctools-discuss] Re: XPRESS command failed

2009-01-15 Thread Jimmy Eng
Camilo, Can you look into the *.pep.xml file and report what the base_name attribute values are? You can fine them in lines that look like: msms_run_summary base_name=SOME_NAME ... search_summary base_name=SOME_NAME ... What is in the SOME_NAME field? And where does the mzXML file

[spctools-discuss] Re: Error: Cannot find Sequest executable in c:\xcalibur\system\programs\bioworksbrowser\.END

2008-12-20 Thread Jimmy Eng
don't have the Sequest executable on my machine. I received the data from our collaborators who have XCalibur installed on theirs. If I just requested the .pep.xml from them, could I still analyze the data or would other output files from sequest be needed? -Amanda On Dec 19, 11:57 am, Jimmy

[spctools-discuss] Re: XPressPeptideParser not choosing correct basename?

2008-12-02 Thread Jimmy Eng
The program cannot find the mzXML file(s) to read chromatograms and calculate ratios. w/o more details, it's hard to know where the problem is. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I didn't find this topic in the archives, and was wondering if we could get some help. XPressPeptideParser seems to

[spctools-discuss] Re: XPressPeptideParser not choosing correct basename?

2008-12-02 Thread Jimmy Eng
Josh Eckels if he knew what was breaking. I assumed it was cpas as well. He suggested I post here, saying: ...Jimmy Eng, the main xpress guy, monitors the list and will hopefully be able to lend a hand. Since the system doesn't break except on these files, regardless on name; and because

[spctools-discuss] Re: ICPL analysis on TPP v4.0 JETSTREAM rev 2

2008-10-09 Thread Jimmy Eng
ICPL labels lysine residues at the protein level and quantification happens in the MS1 scans. So ASAPRatio can quantify that data just like SILAC or ICAT. If I had to guess, Sara's problem with ASAPRatio and her Mascot searches are possibly due to issues with losing connectivity between scan

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