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  • Questions about Bismark and bisulfite-seq

    Hello everyone,

    I am new to bis-seq data analysis and really feel confused about the 'directional' mapping.

    In my paired-end sequencing data, I noticed there were very few 'C's in the first read file while very few 'G's in the second. (about 2%)

    Is this the 'directional libraries'? When Bismark maps the reads, will it (or Bowtie) first turn the reads in the second read file into reverse complements?

    I think in my data, there are only 'C' to 'T' in the first read file and 'G' to 'A' in the second, but I am not sure how to use this information in Bismark.

    Thank you.

  • #2
    Hi Sero,

    By the sounds of it you do indeed have directional libraries. Bismark will C-to-T convert read 1 and G-to-A convert read 2 before starting the alignments. So you don't need to worry about anything, it should all be taken care of.

    If you are just beginning to understand BS-Seq may I suggest you read the following protocol.

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    • #3
      Thank you for your reply and the link!

      I just felt unsure whether I was doing the right thing ...

      Because Bismark says the directional mapping will only try the OT and OB strands ... so I worried whether I needed to reverse complement the Read 2 ...

      Thanks a lot!

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      • #4
        For paired-end alignments this only means that read 1 of the pair will only align to the OT or OB strands. By definition, read 2 has to be the reverse complement or read 1, and if you would align read 2 in single-end mode they would indeed align to the CTOT and CTOB strands only. But again, don't worry, Bismark will handle it just fine.

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        • #5
          Thank you!

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