Is it possible to ask a basic question re:Workflow?

I have just started using UGene and the pre-prepared Sanger workflow to a reference.
It works well.

Manually - I then open the alignment and remove a section (ATG to TAG) [1], save, remove another section (between 2 fixed 24 base pair sequences) [2], save and then translate that section and save.
The manually pop the 3 saved files into one manually.

Please can I ask if I can do all of that as an automated workflow without manual intervention?

Also - the ABIF which I use contains Quality information which can be extracted eg in BioPython here:
{link removed biostars.org/p/309727/#416388}

I would quite like to reject the sequence labelled [2] above based on quality score. Can I ask if that is possible in a UGene Workflow ?

Thanks! Will delve much deeper into workflow if my basic workflow is possible.

Many thanks for the response.
I would love to know if the following is possible in an automated workflow.

[1]
Import 600 bp Sanger Sequence ABIF.
[2]
Align to a 450bp reference which starts with ATG and ends with TAG with 2 9 amino acid loops inside.
The sequence is completely conserved apart from the 2 x 9 amino acid loops which are variable.
[3]
Ideally I want to cut out the 450bp DNA sequence,
[3b]
cut out the 2 x 27 base pair loops and
[4]
translate the 2 loops to s x 9 amino acids.

I've done it using your pre-prepared Sanger workflow and then performed all of the extractions and translations manually. It works well - just trying to work out if it can be fully automated.

If so - the only other part I need is to exclude sequence based on quality of either complete 450 bp or 2 x 27bp loops.

Quality information is available in the ABIF (I believe) - but I haven't been able to do this manually in UGene.
I'm more familiar with Quality score in NGS data - and have just found out they're in Sanger ABIF files too.

So the question is in two parts - can we perform the first part (fully automatic extraction/translation/compilation of sections of a sequence) in an automated workflow ?

And is it possible to generate an automated workflow which excludes sequences based on the quality score of the extracted sequence (from an ABIF)?

I really appreciate the help and will work out how to do it myself if I get confirmation that it's possible.

Hi!
So - the files are generated by a Sequencing company and they give us standard .AB1F files. I've opened it in a text editor and it makes no sense, so I'm not really sure what an AB1F file contains but I think it has quality information and chromatograms.

I want to bring AB1F (a 600 bp sequence) into UGene and align to reference (this I do using your pre-written workflow).

All i then want to do is to automatically extract sections of this 600 bp - which I can do manually in UGene but am not sure if it can be automated. Just to know the mechanism of automatic extraction is what I'm after in the first place.

I believe CLC Workbench (which seems similar to UGene) allows align to reference but not extract subsection in a workflow - and so that's the reason for asking. I'm not sure if it's possible to extract a section (any section) from an imported sequence which has been aligned to an annotated reference in UGene.

So - what I'm after is:

1. Standard AB1F brought into UGene covering 600bp.
2. Alignment of AB1F to annotated 450bp reference with ATG start, TAG stop and 2 x 27bp loops within.
3. Extract a subsection of my sequence based on annotation (ATG to TAG) and then Extract based on Loop 1 annotation and Loop 2 annotation.
3. Translate Loop 1 and 2.
4. Compile extracted DNA and protein sequences in 1 file.

I can do all of this manually in UGene - it's just whether it can all be automated is the question. All that I'm after is knowing which bits can and can't - and then I'll work out how.

I have been using CLC Workbench and it can Align to Reference but can not Extract, can not compile report and can not assess sub-section quality (just does the ends of imported sequence) - and so I'm hoping that UGene will.

What I want is possible given BioPython and the pre-written code to convert AB1F to FastQ - but I'm slooooow at writing code and am more laboratory-based so don't have the time.

Love the workflows in UGene as they're quick to string together!! Anyway - just wanted to know if it's possible as I believe that an automated workflow of the type I'm after may not be possible in UGene. I really appreciate the offer of help - but I think I'll be wasting your time if UGene can't do what I'm after.

Excellent Thanks - What I'd love to know if the following can be automated using a Workflow - I'll use images.

1. Trim and Map Sanger Reads
2. See Image Left and Right.

The reference sequence is at the top - it is about 400 base pairs and is labelled 2016.1

The 2 Sanger sequences are below - they are about 600 base pairs in length and are labelled 66F02 and 67B07.

I want to cut out only the section of the Sanger sequence which aligns with the reference sequence.

The reference sequence only runs from the ATG shown in Left to the TAG shown in right.

The bottom pane shows that there's about 100 base pairs of excess Sanger sequence on the left and about the same amount on the right.

It's easy to extract this sequence manually - I'm trying to work out if the extraction can be automated based on eg the consensus sequence which it always begins with:
ATG->ATCCCGCGTGGCCTG etc... ...
and the consensus sequence which it always ends with:
CATCATCACCAC<-TAG

That's probably the most important part of the question.

Thanks!!

Thanks for your time ... ... ... into python then I suppose.