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Logo2PWM: a tool to convert sequence logo to position weight matrix.

Zhen Gao¹, Lu Liu², Jianhua Ruan²

¹Department of Computer Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, 78249, TX, USA. zhen.gao@utsa.edu.

|October 7, 2017

Summary

We developed logo2PWM to convert sequence logos back into position weight matrices (PWMs). This tool accurately reconstructs PWMs from diverse logo formats, aiding transcription factor binding site analysis.

Keywords:

Binding site Convert Motif finding Position weight matrix Sequence logo Transcription

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Background:

Position weight matrices (PWMs) and sequence logos are key representations for transcription factor binding sites (TFBS).
Sequence logos offer visual clarity for publications, while PWMs provide precise digital data for motif analysis software.
Existing tools can generate sequence logos from PWMs, but a method to reverse this process is lacking.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a tool, logo2PWM, capable of reconstructing PWMs from various sequence logo image formats.
To address the need for converting visual TFBS representations (sequence logos) into quantitative data (PWMs) when original PWMs are unavailable.

Main Methods:

The logo2PWM tool was designed to handle the diversity of sequence logo image formats.
The method focuses on accurately extracting information from sequence logos to generate corresponding PWMs.

Main Results:

logo2PWM successfully reconstructs PWMs from a wide array of sequence logo images.
Evaluations using over a thousand logos demonstrated high correlation (median > 0.97) between reconstructed and original PWMs across different logo formats.

Conclusions:

logo2PWM offers high recognition accuracy and ease of use for converting sequence logos to PWMs.
Available as both a web service and standalone application, logo2PWM bridges the gap between sequence logos and PWMs, benefiting transcription studies.