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  • PBMS
    Junior Member
    • Dec 2018
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    Read mapped in proper pair (0x2) flag in SMALT aligner

    Hi,

    I used SMALT to align MiSeq PE reads to a single-strand, unsegmented viral reference genome. When I looked into the results, I found some pairs were not flagged as "read mapped in proper pair (0x2)," but it seemed to me that they should be proper pairs.

    I listed two pairs that I think should be proper pairs but did not get the 0x2 flag as below. Reads were adapter-trimmed and quality-trimmed by Trimmomatic before aligned by SMALT, so the length was different between reads.

    SMALT commands:
    smalt map -x -y 0.7 -j 0 -i 2000 -o sample_X.sam ref_index read_1.fastq read_2.fastq

    First one:
    MISEQ:1:1101:2325:10343 81 ref 5130 29 2S210M = 5130 210
    GCAGCCAAGCACAAAACCACGTCCAAAAAATCCACCAAAAAAAGATGATTACCATTTTGAAGTGTTCA
    ACTTTGTTCCCTGTAGTATATGTGGCAACAATCAACTCTGCAAATCCATTTGCAAAACAATACCAAGC
    AACAAACCAAAAAAAAAACCAACTACAAAACCCACAAACAAACCACCCACCAAAACCACAAACAAAAG
    AGACCCCA

    5GE6>99C9C=,8@BCGGFB6:>EECFCF:F7FFCF<:9FGFFDGD@FECEC,FCCECFB9GFCCFDC
    <=FFD<EFGGGGEAFFF<?,B,<EFFGCFFD@ADFGFEEA9GGFAGFFCE<@GFF9EFF<C5,FC,9E
    C<EE7GGGEGGGGGGFD,GFF6EFFGGFCCGGFEFFCEGEGGGGFGFDCGFF@GFGGGGGGFFDDGGF
    9GFCCCCC
    NM:i:1 AS:i:207

    MISEQ:1:1101:2325:10343 161 ref 5130 29 3S159M = 5130 -210
    GGCAGCCAAGCACAAAACCACGTCCAAAAAATCCACCAAAAAAAGATGATTACCATTTTGAAGTGTTC
    AACTTTGTTCCCTGTAGTATATGTGGCAACAATCAACTCTGCAAATCCATTTGCAAAACAATACCAAG
    CAACAAACCAAAAAAAAAACCAACTA

    CCCCCGGGGG<FGGGGGGDGGGCCFGGGGGGFGFGDFGGGGGGGGGECFE,EDCFFFAECEGFCFACF
    GGDEF,@FFDEFFCFGGGGGGF9F<A=EFCFGF8FFFCFCCDFGGG=FGGCFGGCEFCGEFDFF8FG<
    FFG:FFF<FEGGGGGGGGGC8EG8,>
    NM:i:1 AS:i:15


    Second one:
    MISEQ:1:1101:2472:14296 81 ref 4225 29 4S260M = 4225 -260
    GCGGGGGGTAAATAGATATCAGTTAGAGTTTAACCAATCTTAACAACCATCTATACCGCCAATCCAAT
    ACATACATTGCAAATCTTAAAATGGGAAACACATCCATCACAATAGAATTCACAAGCAAATTTTGGCC
    CTATTTTACACTAATATATATGATCCTAACTCTAATCTCTTTACTAATTATAATCACCATTATGATTG
    CAATACTAAATAAGCTAAGTGAACATAAAATATTCTGCAACAAGACTCTTGAACAAGGAC

    >9970F7FGGGGGGGGGGGFGEGGDFGED8GGFGFCGGFAGF8EEF?GGGGFFEGE=??GGFGGGGGE
    EGGGGGDFGGDGFGFFEGGGGGGECFFFCGGGGFGFFGGF9GFGGGFGFFGGFGFAAF8GF<@FB<CF
    FGGGGGFGGFDFGGGGGGGF@FC<CGGGGFADGGFCGFAAEDGGGGGGGGGGGDGGGGGGGGGGGFGG
    GFDGGFAGGGGF@DGGGFGFCFFFEFDFAFAFEAGGGGGGGGEECGFF<AGGGGGCCCCC
    NM:i:1 AS:i:257

    MISEQ:1:1101:2472:14296 161 ref 4225 29 4S260M = 4225 260
    GCGGGGGGTAAATAGATATCAGTTAGAGTTTAACCAATCTTAACAACCATCTATACCGCCAATCCAAT
    ACATACATTGCAAATCTTAAAATGGGAAACACATCCATCACAATAGAATTCACAAGCAAATTTTGGCC
    CTATTTTACACTAATATATATGATCCTAACTCTAATCTCTTTACTAATTATAATCACCATTATGATTG
    CAATACTAAATAAGCTAAGTGAACATAAAATATTCTGCAACAAGACTCTTGAACAAGGAC

    CCCCCGGGGFGFGFGFFG,CFGGFGGGGDFFFFE?FGGGFGAFBFGFGGGGGGGGF9FFGGGGGCGGF
    GGGGGGGGF9FFGFGGGGGGGCFGG8FFFGGGGGGCFFGGGF9=FEGGGGFGFFGCBCFGFGB,@FFG
    FGGGGGEF?@FFFGEGGFCFGG9ECCFGGG;9;FFGGGGG9F9CFG?C9CFGFFGCF??9CGE?GGCE
    FFGGGGGGGGGGCFCEFF9C*0:FGC7CFBGGGGFFFFFCD555CFFFFF*=?FFFF>?F
    NM:i:1 AS:i:257


    Flag 81: read paired (0x1), read reverse strand (0x10), first in pair (0x40)
    Flag 161: read paired (0x1), mate reverse strand (0x20), second in pair (0x80)

    Does anyone have any idea why they were not flagged as proper flags? I have not managed to figure it out, so any thought would be greatly helpful.

    Best,
    Michael
    Last edited by PBMS; 12-31-2018, 05:51 AM.

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