Journal
PEERJ
Volume 5, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PEERJ INC
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3657
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Deep mutational scanning; Phylogenetics; ExpCM; Codon substitution model; Diversifying selection; Positive selection; dN/dS; Hemagglutinin; Beta lactamase; Amino acid preferences
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- NIAID
- NIGMS of the NIH [R01A1127893, R01GM102198]
- Faculty Scholars grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Simons Foundation
- Young Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases grant from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund
- NIAID of the National Institutes of Health [T32A1083203]
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It has recently become possible to experimentally measure the effects of all amino acid point mutations to proteins using deep mutational scanning. These experimental measurements can inform site-specific phylogenetic substitution models of gene evolution in nature. Here we describe software that efficiently performs analyses with such substitution models. This software, phydms, can be used to compare the results of deep mutational scanning experiments to the selection on genes in nature. Given a phylogenetic tree topology inferred with another program, phydms enables rigorous comparison of how well different experiments on the same gene capture actual natural selection. It also enables re-scaling of deep mutational scanning data to account for differences in the stringency of selection in the lab and nature. Finally, phydms can identify sites that are evolving differently in nature than expected from experiments in the lab. As data from deep mutational scanning experiments become increasingly widespread, phydms will facilitate quantitative comparison of the experimental results to the actual selection pressures shaping evolution in nature.
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