Prokka
Contents
Introduction
genome annotator for bacterial circular genomes.
Usage
Prokka's manual is here
prokka's standard help file
Name: Prokka 1.12-beta by Torsten Seemann <torsten.seemann@gmail.com> Synopsis: rapid bacterial genome annotation Usage: prokka [options] <contigs.fasta> General: --help This help --version Print version and exit --docs Show full manual/documentation --citation Print citation for referencing Prokka --quiet No screen output (default OFF) --debug Debug mode: keep all temporary files (default OFF) Setup: --listdb List all configured databases --setupdb Index all installed databases --cleandb Remove all database indices --depends List all software dependencies Outputs: --outdir [X] Output folder [auto] (default ) --force Force overwriting existing output folder (default OFF) --prefix [X] Filename output prefix [auto] (default ) --addgenes Add 'gene' features for each 'CDS' feature (default OFF) --addmrna Add 'mRNA' features for each 'CDS' feature (default OFF) --locustag [X] Locus tag prefix (default 'PROKKA') --increment [N] Locus tag counter increment (default '1') --gffver [N] GFF version (default '3') --compliant Force Genbank/ENA/DDJB compliance: --addgenes --mincontiglen 200 --centre XXX (default OFF) --centre [X] Sequencing centre ID. (default ) Organism details: --genus [X] Genus name (default 'Genus') --species [X] Species name (default 'species') --strain [X] Strain name (default 'strain') --plasmid [X] Plasmid name or identifier (default ) Annotations: --kingdom [X] Annotation mode: Archaea|Bacteria|Mitochondria|Viruses (default 'Bacteria') --gcode [N] Genetic code / Translation table (set if --kingdom is set) (default '0') --gram [X] Gram: -/neg +/pos (default ) --usegenus Use genus-specific BLAST databases (needs --genus) (default OFF) --proteins [X] FASTA or GBK file to use as 1st priority (default ) --hmms [X] Trusted HMM to first annotate from (default ) --metagenome Improve gene predictions for highly fragmented genomes (default OFF) --rawproduct Do not clean up /product annotation (default OFF) --cdsrnaolap Allow [tr]RNA to overlap CDS (default OFF) Computation: --cpus [N] Number of CPUs to use [0=all] (default '8') --fast Fast mode - only use basic BLASTP databases (default OFF) --noanno For CDS just set /product="unannotated protein" (default OFF) --mincontiglen [N] Minimum contig size [NCBI needs 200] (default '1') --evalue [n.n] Similarity e-value cut-off (default '1e-06') --rfam Enable searching for ncRNAs with Infernal+Rfam (SLOW!) (default '0') --norrna Don't run rRNA search (default OFF) --notrna Don't run tRNA search (default OFF) --rnammer Prefer RNAmmer over Barrnap for rRNA prediction (default OFF)
Installation issues (sysadmins only)
Prokka can be cloned from github and its first step is of setting up databases, like so:
> ./prokka --setupdb [16:54:57] Appending to PATH: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../binaries/linux [16:54:57] Appending to PATH: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../binaries/linux/../common [16:54:57] Appending to PATH: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin [16:54:57] Cleaning databases in /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db [16:54:57] Cleaning complete. [16:54:57] Looking for 'makeblastdb' - found /usr/bin/makeblastdb [16:54:57] Determined makeblastdb version is 2.2 [16:54:57] Making kingdom BLASTP database: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/kingdom/Archaea/sprot [16:54:57] Running: makeblastdb -hash_index -dbtype prot -in \/home\/nutria\/gitrepos\/prokka\/bin\/\.\.\/db\/kingdom\/Archaea\/sprot -logfile /dev/null [16:54:58] Making kingdom BLASTP database: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/kingdom/Bacteria/sprot [16:54:58] Running: makeblastdb -hash_index -dbtype prot -in \/home\/nutria\/gitrepos\/prokka\/bin\/\.\.\/db\/kingdom\/Bacteria\/sprot -logfile /dev/null [16:54:59] Making kingdom BLASTP database: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/kingdom/Mitochondria/sprot [16:54:59] Running: makeblastdb -hash_index -dbtype prot -in \/home\/nutria\/gitrepos\/prokka\/bin\/\.\.\/db\/kingdom\/Mitochondria\/sprot -logfile /dev/null [16:54:59] Making kingdom BLASTP database: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/kingdom/Viruses/sprot [16:54:59] Running: makeblastdb -hash_index -dbtype prot -in \/home\/nutria\/gitrepos\/prokka\/bin\/\.\.\/db\/kingdom\/Viruses\/sprot -logfile /dev/null [16:54:59] Making genus BLASTP database: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/genus/Enterococcus [16:54:59] Running: makeblastdb -hash_index -dbtype prot -in \/home\/nutria\/gitrepos\/prokka\/bin\/\.\.\/db\/genus\/Enterococcus -logfile /dev/null [16:54:59] Making genus BLASTP database: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/genus/Escherichia [16:54:59] Running: makeblastdb -hash_index -dbtype prot -in \/home\/nutria\/gitrepos\/prokka\/bin\/\.\.\/db\/genus\/Escherichia -logfile /dev/null [16:55:00] Making genus BLASTP database: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/genus/Staphylococcus [16:55:00] Running: makeblastdb -hash_index -dbtype prot -in \/home\/nutria\/gitrepos\/prokka\/bin\/\.\.\/db\/genus\/Staphylococcus -logfile /dev/null [16:55:00] Looking for 'hmmpress' - found /usr/bin/hmmpress [16:55:00] Determined hmmpress version is 3.1 [16:55:00] Pressing HMM database: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/hmm/HAMAP.hmm [16:55:00] Running: hmmpress \/home\/nutria\/gitrepos\/prokka\/bin\/\.\.\/db\/hmm\/HAMAP\.hmm Working... done. Pressed and indexed 1463 HMMs (1463 names). Models pressed into binary file: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/hmm/HAMAP.hmm.h3m SSI index for binary model file: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/hmm/HAMAP.hmm.h3i Profiles (MSV part) pressed into: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/hmm/HAMAP.hmm.h3f Profiles (remainder) pressed into: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/hmm/HAMAP.hmm.h3p [16:55:01] Looking for 'cmpress' - found /usr/bin/cmpress [16:55:01] Determined cmpress version is 1.1 [16:55:01] Pressing CM database: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/cm/Viruses [16:55:01] Running: cmpress \/home\/nutria\/gitrepos\/prokka\/bin\/\.\.\/db\/cm\/Viruses Working... done. Pressed and indexed 142 CMs and p7 HMM filters (142 names and 142 accessions). Covariance models and p7 filters pressed into binary file: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/cm/Viruses.i1m SSI index for binary covariance model file: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/cm/Viruses.i1i Optimized p7 filter profiles (MSV part) pressed into: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/cm/Viruses.i1f Optimized p7 filter profiles (remainder) pressed into: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/cm/Viruses.i1p [16:55:01] Pressing CM database: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/cm/Bacteria [16:55:01] Running: cmpress \/home\/nutria\/gitrepos\/prokka\/bin\/\.\.\/db\/cm\/Bacteria Working... done. Pressed and indexed 564 CMs and p7 HMM filters (564 names and 564 accessions). Covariance models and p7 filters pressed into binary file: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/cm/Bacteria.i1m SSI index for binary covariance model file: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/cm/Bacteria.i1i Optimized p7 filter profiles (MSV part) pressed into: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/cm/Bacteria.i1f Optimized p7 filter profiles (remainder) pressed into: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db/cm/Bacteria.i1p [16:55:01] Looking for databases in: /home/nutria/gitrepos/prokka/bin/../db [16:55:01] * Kingdoms: Archaea Bacteria Mitochondria Viruses [16:55:01] * Genera: Enterococcus Escherichia Staphylococcus [16:55:01] * HMMs: HAMAP [16:55:01] * CMs: Bacteria Viruses
it seems to set its own paths
When invoking prokka with no arguments, one sees this:
[ramon@marvin ~]$ prokka [13:52:03] Appending to PATH: /usr/local/Modules/modulefiles/tools/prokka/gitv1_8f07048/bin/../binaries/linux [13:52:03] Appending to PATH: /usr/local/Modules/modulefiles/tools/prokka/gitv1_8f07048/bin/../binaries/linux/../common [13:52:03] Appending to PATH: /usr/local/Modules/modulefiles/tools/prokka/gitv1_8f07048/bin
