Module: Bio::SignalP::Common

Included in:
Version3::Result, Version4::Result
Defined in:
lib/bio/appl/common.rb

Overview

A module for methods common to different SignalP version Result classes.

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#cleave(sequence) ⇒ Object

Given an amino acid sequence (as a string), chop it off and return the remnants. Requires that the cleavage_site method be implemented



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# File 'lib/bio/appl/common.rb', line 72

def cleave(sequence)
  if signal?
    return sequence[cleavage_site-1..sequence.length-1]
  else
    return sequence
  end
end

#to_bool(string) ⇒ Object

Simple method: ‘Y’ => true, ‘N’ => false, else nil



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# File 'lib/bio/appl/common.rb', line 81

def to_bool(string)
  if string === 'Y'
    return true
  elsif string === 'N'
    return false
  else
    return nil
  end
end