MicroRNA.pm

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=head1 NAME
 
Bio::EnsEMBL::MicroRNA - A class representing a microRNA product
of a transcript
 
=head1 DESCRIPTION
 
A specialisation of Bio::EnsEMBL::RNAProduct describing
MicroRNAs. Mostly takes care of wrapping miRNA-specific RNAProduct
attributes in methods which make them look like ordinary class
members.
 
=head1 SYNOPSIS
 
  my $miR = Bio::EnsEMBL::MicroRNA->new(
    -SEQ_START => 36,
    -SEQ_END   => 58
  );
 
  # Stable-ID setter
  $miR->stable_id('ENSS00090210');
 
  # Get start and end position in the precursor transcript
  my $start = $miR->start();
  my $end = $miR->end();
 
=cut
 
 
package Bio::EnsEMBL::MicroRNA;
 
use vars qw($AUTOLOAD);
use strict;
use warnings;
 
use Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Exception qw( throw warning );
use Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Argument qw( rearrange );
use Bio::EnsEMBL::Utils::Scalar qw( assert_ref wrap_array );
use Scalar::Util qw(weaken);
 
use Bio::EnsEMBL::RNAProduct;
 
use parent qw(Bio::EnsEMBL::RNAProduct);
 
 
=head2 new
 
  Arg: [-ARM]         : which arm of the hairpin precursor this miRNA comes
                        from. Returns 3 and 5 for 3' and 5', respectively.
  Arg [...]           : Named arguments to superclass constructor
                        (see Bio::EnsEMBL::RNAProduct)
  Example    : my $miR = Bio::EnsEMBL::MicroRNA->new(
                 -SEQ_START => 36,
                 -SEQ_END   => 58,
                 -ARM       => 3
               );
  Description: Constructor.  Creates a new MicroRNA object
  Returntype : Bio::EnsEMBL::MicroRNA
  Exceptions : throw if ARM value is out of bounds
  Caller     : general
  Status     : In Development
 
=cut
 
# perlcritic doesn't know about rearrange(), silence it
sub new { ## no critic (Subroutines::RequireArgUnpacking)
  my $caller = shift;
 
  my $class = ref($caller) || $caller;
 
  my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@_);
 
  my ($arm) = rearrange(["ARM"], @_);
  if (defined($arm)) {
    _validate_arm_value($arm);
  }
  $self->{'arm'} = $arm;
 
  return $self;
}
 
 
=head2 arm
 
    Arg [1]     : (optional) int $arm which arm of the hairpin precursor
                  this miRNA comes from
    Example     : $mirna_arm = $mirna->arm();
                  $mirna->arm(3);
    Description : Sets or returns the arm of the hairpin this miRNA comes
                  from. Accepted values are 3 and 5 for 3' and 5',
                  respectively.
    Return type : Integer
    Exceptions  : throw if setter is passed an incorrect value
                  or if multiple 'mirna_arm' attributes exist.
    Caller      : General
    Status      : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub arm {
  my ($self, $arm) = @_;
 
  if (defined $arm) {
    _validate_arm_value($arm);
    $self->{'arm'} = $arm;
  } elsif (!defined($self->{'arm'})) {
    my $arm_attrs = $self->get_all_Attributes('mirna_arm');
    my $n_arms = scalar @{$arm_attrs};
    if ($n_arms > 0) {
      if ($n_arms > 1) {
        throw("MicroRNA " . $self->display_id() .
              " has multiple arm attributes");
      }
      $self->{'arm'} = $arm_attrs->[0]->value();
    }
  }
 
  return $self->{'arm'};
}
 
 
=head2 summary_as_hash
 
  Example       : $mirna_summary = $mirna->summary_as_hash();
  Description   : Retrieves a textual summary of this MicroRNA.
                  Built on top of generic implementation in RNAProduct.
  Returns       : hashref of arrays of descriptive strings
  Status        : Intended for internal use
 
=cut
 
sub summary_as_hash {
  my $self = shift;
 
  my $summary = SUPER::summary_as_hash();
  $summary->{'arm'} = $self->arm();
 
  return $summary;
}
 
 
=head2 _validate_arm_value
  Arg [1]    : int $arm which arm of the hairpin precursor this miRNA
               comes from
  Description: PRIVATE validates if its argument has one of the accepted
               values for specifying the miRNA hairpin arm.
  Returntype : none
  Exceptions : throw if the argument is out of bounds
  Caller     : internal
  Status     : Stable
 
=cut
 
sub _validate_arm_value {
  my ($arm) = @_;
 
  if (($arm != 3) && ($arm != 5)) {
    throw("'$arm' is not a valid miRNA hairpin-arm specification");
  }
 
  return;
}
 
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