Dbcan Installation

dbCAN is the standalone version of the dbCAN3 annotation tool for automated CAZyme annotation. This tool, known as run_dbcan, incorporates HMMER, Diamond, and dbCAN_sub for annotating CAZyme families, and integrates Cazyme Gene Clusters (CGCs) and substrate predictions.

Note: With thanks to Becky Durr, using https://dbcan.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html)

Create and activate a conda environment for dbcan

First log in to Rocket. Start in your home directory.

conda create -n dbcan python=3.8
conda activate dbcan

Install dbcan package

conda install -c bioconda dbcan

Verify installation

run_dbcan -h

Install BLAST+ and verify installation

(still inside dbcan environment)

conda install -c bioconda blast
blastp -version

Set up the database

In home directory, install the databases you wish to work with

cd ~
test -d db || mkdir db
cd db \
   && wget http://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Databases/fam-substrate-mapping-08012023.tsv && mv fam-substrate-mapping-08012023.tsv fam-substrate-mapping.tsv \
   && wget http://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Databases/PUL.faa && makeblastdb -in PUL.faa -dbtype prot \
   && wget http://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Databases/dbCAN-PUL_12-12-2023.xlsx && mv dbCAN-PUL_12-12-2023.xlsx dbCAN-PUL.xlsx \
   && wget http://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Databases/dbCAN-PUL.tar.gz && tar xvf dbCAN-PUL.tar.gz && rm dbCAN-PUL.tar.gz \
   && wget https://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Databases/dbCAN_sub.hmm && hmmpress dbCAN_sub.hmm \
   && wget https://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Databases/V12/CAZyDB.07262023.fa && mv CAZyDB.07262023.fa CAZyDB.fa && diamond makedb --in CAZyDB.fa -d CAZy \
   && wget https://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Databases/V12/dbCAN-HMMdb-V12.txt && mv dbCAN-HMMdb-V12.txt dbCAN.txt && hmmpress dbCAN.txt \
   && wget https://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Databases/V12/tcdb.fa && diamond makedb --in tcdb.fa -d tcdb \
   && wget http://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Databases/V12/tf-1.hmm && hmmpress tf-1.hmm \
   && wget http://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Databases/V12/tf-2.hmm && hmmpress tf-2.hmm \
   && wget https://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Databases/V12/stp.hmm && hmmpress stp.hmm \
   && cd ../ && wget http://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Samples/EscheriaColiK12MG1655.fna \
   && wget http://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Samples/EscheriaColiK12MG1655.faa \
   && wget http://bcb.unl.edu/dbCAN2/download/Samples/EscheriaColiK12MG1655.gff

NB The example databases above are being downloaded from the web with wget. Regularly required data should be stored on and copied from Research data warehouse (mounted under /rdw), which has a fast connection to Rocket, saving time you and freeing Rocket resources for other users.

Run dbcan

run_dbcan  [arguments like filename]