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Gene Ontology (GO)

Pathways represent interconnected molecular networks of signaling cascades that govern critical cellular processes. They provide understandings cellular behavior mechanisms, insights of disease progression and treatment responses. In an R&D organization, managing pathways across different datasets are crucial for gaining insights of potential therapeutic targets and intervention strategies.

In this notebook we manage a pathway registry based on “2023 GO Biological Process” ontology. We’ll walk you through the steps of registering pathways and link them to genes.

In the following Standardize metadata on-the-fly notebook, we’ll demonstrate how to perform a pathway enrichment analysis and track the dataset with LaminDB.

# !pip install 'lamindb[jupyter,bionty]'
!lamin init --storage ./use-cases-registries --schema bionty
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 connected lamindb: testuser1/use-cases-registries
import lamindb as ln
import bionty as bt
import gseapy as gp

bt.settings.organism = "human"  # globally set organism
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Fetch GO pathways annotated with human genes using Enrichr

First we fetch the “GO_Biological_Process_2023” pathways for humans using GSEApy which wraps GSEA and Enrichr.

go_bp = gp.get_library(name="GO_Biological_Process_2023", organism="Human")
print(f"Number of pathways {len(go_bp)}")
Number of pathways 5406
go_bp["ATF6-mediated Unfolded Protein Response (GO:0036500)"]
['MBTPS1', 'MBTPS2', 'XBP1', 'ATF6B', 'DDIT3', 'CREBZF']

Parse out the ontology_id from keys, convert into the format of {ontology_id: (name, genes)}

def parse_ontology_id_from_keys(key):
    """Parse out the ontology id.

    "ATF6-mediated Unfolded Protein Response (GO:0036500)" -> ("GO:0036500", "ATF6-mediated Unfolded Protein Response")
    """
    name, id = key.rsplit(" (", 1)
    id = id.rstrip(")")
    return id, name
go_bp_parsed = {}

for key, genes in go_bp.items():
    id, name = parse_ontology_id_from_keys(key)
    go_bp_parsed[id] = (name, genes)
go_bp_parsed["GO:0036500"]
('ATF6-mediated Unfolded Protein Response',
 ['MBTPS1', 'MBTPS2', 'XBP1', 'ATF6B', 'DDIT3', 'CREBZF'])

Register pathway ontology in LaminDB

bionty = bt.Pathway.public()
bionty
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PublicOntology
Entity: Pathway
Organism: all
Source: go, 2024-06-17
#terms: 47856

Next, we register all the pathways and genes in LaminDB to finally link pathways to genes.

Register pathway terms

To register the pathways we make use of .from_values to directly parse the annotated GO pathway ontology IDs into LaminDB.

pathway_records = bt.Pathway.from_values(go_bp_parsed.keys(), bt.Pathway.ontology_id)
ln.save(pathway_records)

Register gene symbols

Similarly, we use .from_values for all Pathway associated genes to register them with LaminDB.

all_genes = bt.Gene.standardize(list({g for genes in go_bp.values() for g in genes}))
gene_records = bt.Gene.from_values(all_genes, bt.Gene.symbol)
ln.save(gene_records);
! found 56 synonyms in Bionty (output truncated): [np.str_('C1ORF68'), np.str_('FAM172BP'), np.str_('SLC9A3R2'), np.str_('C1ORF43'), np.str_('C20ORF173'), np.str_('C1ORF109'), np.str_('C9ORF78'), np.str_('C12ORF29'), np.str_('C3ORF38'), np.str_('C17ORF97'), '...']
  please add corresponding Gene records via (output truncated): `.from_values([np.str_('C1ORF68'), np.str_('FAM172BP'), np.str_('SLC9A3R2'), np.str_('C1ORF43'), np.str_('C20ORF173'), np.str_('C1ORF109'), np.str_('C9ORF78'), np.str_('C12ORF29'), np.str_('C3ORF38'), np.str_('C17ORF97'), '...'])`
! ambiguous validation in Bionty for 1104 records: 'TMEM102', 'HAT1', 'RINL', 'NAPEPLD', 'USP17L1', 'RAD17', 'CCDC120', 'TOLLIP', 'HLA-DPA1', 'GPX5', 'OR2T2', 'MEGF11', 'TFE3', 'TBC1D3F', 'RDH13', 'IRF9', 'ZAP70', 'ZBTB9', 'HLA-DOB', 'PRSS1', ...
! did not create Gene records for 38 non-validated symbols: 'AFD1', 'AZF1', 'CCL3L1', 'CCL4L1', 'DGS2', 'DUX3', 'DUX5', 'FOXL3-OT1', 'IGL', 'LOC100653049', 'LOC102723475', 'LOC102723996', 'LOC102724159', 'LOC107984156', 'LOC112268384', 'LOC122319436', 'LOC122513141', 'LOC122539214', 'LOC344967', 'MDRV', ...

Manually register the 37 non-validated symbols:

inspect_result = bt.Gene.inspect(all_genes, bt.Gene.symbol)

nonval_genes = []
for g in inspect_result.non_validated:
    nonval_genes.append(bt.Gene(symbol=g))

ln.save(nonval_genes)
! received 14696 unique terms, 1 empty/duplicated term is ignored
! 38 unique terms (0.30%) are not validated for symbol: 'DUX5', 'MTRNR2L13', 'MTRNR2L12', 'TRL-AAG2-3', 'MTRNR2L8', 'DUX3', 'MDRV', 'LOC102724159', 'TAS2R36', 'MTRNR2L3', ...
   couldn't validate 38 terms: 'MDRV', 'LOC107984156', 'LOC122319436', 'DUX3', 'LOC100653049', 'FOXL3-OT1', 'MTRNR2L1', 'TRA', 'SEPTIN14P20', 'MTRNR2L10', 'MTRNR2L8', 'MTRNR2L4', 'MTRNR2L11', 'AFD1', 'IGL', 'MTRNR2L2', 'LOC122513141', 'CCL4L1', 'TAS2R33', 'MTRNR2L13', ...
→  if you are sure, create new records via Gene() and save to your registry
! records with similar symbols exist! did you mean to load one of them?
uid symbol stable_id ensembl_gene_id ncbi_gene_ids biotype synonyms description source_id organism_id run_id created_at created_by_id
id
625 34sokaC4zpvA TAS2R41 None ENSG00000221855 259287 protein_coding T2R59 taste 2 receptor member 41 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:35.746935+00:00 1
626 7atcLdtPNO4W TAS2R41 None ENSG00000284982 259287 protein_coding T2R59 taste 2 receptor member 41 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:35.746958+00:00 1
1033 5OIokZFPxKL5 TAS2R60 None ENSG00000185899 338398 protein_coding T2R60 taste 2 receptor member 60 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:35.767510+00:00 1
! record with similar symbol exists! did you mean to load it?
uid symbol stable_id ensembl_gene_id ncbi_gene_ids biotype synonyms description source_id organism_id run_id created_at created_by_id
id
16244 19ZTVOfazMYF SEPTIN14 None ENSG00000154997 346288 protein_coding SEPT14|FLJ44060 septin 14 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:36.849329+00:00 1
! record with similar symbol exists! did you mean to load it?
uid symbol stable_id ensembl_gene_id ncbi_gene_ids biotype synonyms description source_id organism_id run_id created_at created_by_id
id
13853 2Z2LBAj16utl TRAFD1 None ENSG00000135148 10906 protein_coding FLN29 TRAF-type zinc finger domain containing 1 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:36.722345+00:00 1
! records with similar symbols exist! did you mean to load one of them?
uid symbol stable_id ensembl_gene_id ncbi_gene_ids biotype synonyms description source_id organism_id run_id created_at created_by_id
id
625 34sokaC4zpvA TAS2R41 None ENSG00000221855 259287 protein_coding T2R59 taste 2 receptor member 41 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:35.746935+00:00 1
626 7atcLdtPNO4W TAS2R41 None ENSG00000284982 259287 protein_coding T2R59 taste 2 receptor member 41 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:35.746958+00:00 1
1033 5OIokZFPxKL5 TAS2R60 None ENSG00000185899 338398 protein_coding T2R60 taste 2 receptor member 60 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:35.767510+00:00 1
! record with similar symbol exists! did you mean to load it?
uid symbol stable_id ensembl_gene_id ncbi_gene_ids biotype synonyms description source_id organism_id run_id created_at created_by_id
id
1415 217N4Hgazwqu JAZF1 None ENSG00000153814 221895 protein_coding TIP27|ZNF802|DKFZP761K2222 JAZF zinc finger 1 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:35.784770+00:00 1
! records with similar symbols exist! did you mean to load one of them?
uid symbol stable_id ensembl_gene_id ncbi_gene_ids biotype synonyms description source_id organism_id run_id created_at created_by_id
id
282 1dfhC6H3hRcR TRAF3IP3 None ENSG00000009790 80342 protein_coding T3JAM TRAF3 interacting protein 3 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:35.731315+00:00 1
410 27ggmkQCDtQ9 TRABD2B None ENSG00000269113 388630 protein_coding TIKI2 TraB domain containing 2B 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:35.737328+00:00 1
1637 2hSzcmjJmNim TRAM1 None ENSG00000067167 23471 protein_coding TRAM|TRAMP translocation associated membrane protein 1 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:35.796753+00:00 1
! records with similar symbols exist! did you mean to load one of them?
uid symbol stable_id ensembl_gene_id ncbi_gene_ids biotype synonyms description source_id organism_id run_id created_at created_by_id
id
10104 10LbfkUokHgx IGLC1 None ENSG00000211675 IG_C_gene IGLC immunoglobulin lambda constant 1 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:36.396594+00:00 1
10988 2qFUCnrrxPlc IGLC7 None ENSG00000211685 IG_C_gene immunoglobulin lambda constant 7 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:36.442661+00:00 1
16685 7TBpxi4zzmMB IGLC3 None ENSG00000211679 IG_C_gene IGLC immunoglobulin lambda constant 3 (Kern-Oz+ mar... 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:36.872946+00:00 1
! records with similar symbols exist! did you mean to load one of them?
uid symbol stable_id ensembl_gene_id ncbi_gene_ids biotype synonyms description source_id organism_id run_id created_at created_by_id
id
2707 TfqHfw8FjZxq CCL4 None ENSG00000275302 6351 protein_coding MIP-1-BETA|SCYA4|AT744.1|LAG1|ACT-2 C-C motif chemokine ligand 4 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:35.864598+00:00 1
2708 2MLaX8EEZ9sQ CCL4 None ENSG00000275824 6351 protein_coding MIP-1-BETA|SCYA4|AT744.1|LAG1|ACT-2 C-C motif chemokine ligand 4 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:35.864700+00:00 1
2709 7P74Aze5sMxb CCL4 None ENSG00000277943 6351 protein_coding MIP-1-BETA|SCYA4|AT744.1|LAG1|ACT-2 C-C motif chemokine ligand 4 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:35.864734+00:00 1
! records with similar symbols exist! did you mean to load one of them?
uid symbol stable_id ensembl_gene_id ncbi_gene_ids biotype synonyms description source_id organism_id run_id created_at created_by_id
id
16101 F36vWNagki41 CCL3 None ENSG00000274221 6348 protein_coding LD78|G0S19-1|SCYA3|LD78ALPHA|SCI|MIP-1-ALPHA C-C motif chemokine ligand 3 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:36.841656+00:00 1
16102 EBoWJxh70guC CCL3 None ENSG00000277632 6348 protein_coding LD78|G0S19-1|SCYA3|LD78ALPHA|SCI|MIP-1-ALPHA C-C motif chemokine ligand 3 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:36.841679+00:00 1
16103 6XmKAksx3Nn4 CCL3 None ENSG00000278567 6348 protein_coding LD78|G0S19-1|SCYA3|LD78ALPHA|SCI|MIP-1-ALPHA C-C motif chemokine ligand 3 11 1 None 2024-12-03 08:31:36.841702+00:00 1