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Analyze mass spectrometry proteomics data including protein quantification, differential expression, post-translational modifications (PTMs), and protein-protein interactions. Processes MaxQuant, Spectronaut, DIA-NN, and other MS platform outputs. Performs normalization, statistical analysis, pathway enrichment, and integration with transcriptomics. Use when analyzing proteomics data, comparing protein abundance between conditions, identifying PTM changes, studying protein complexes, integrating protein and RNA data, discovering protein biomarkers, or conducting quantitative proteomics experiments.

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SKILL.md

Proteomics Analysis

Comprehensive analysis of mass spectrometry-based proteomics data from protein identification through quantification, differential expression, post-translational modifications, and systems-level interpretation.

When to Use This Skill

Triggers:

  • User has proteomics data (MS output files)
  • Questions about protein abundance or expression
  • Differential protein expression analysis requests
  • PTM analysis (phosphorylation, acetylation, ubiquitination)
  • Protein-RNA correlation analysis
  • Multi-omics integration involving proteomics
  • Protein complex or interaction analysis
  • Proteomics biomarker discovery

Example Questions This Skill Solves:

  1. "Analyze this MaxQuant output for differential protein expression"
  2. "Which proteins are significantly upregulated in disease vs control?"
  3. "Correlate protein abundance with mRNA expression"
  4. "What post-translational modifications change between conditions?"
  5. "Identify protein complexes in my co-IP MS data"
  6. "Which pathways are enriched in differentially expressed proteins?"
  7. "Find protein biomarkers for disease classification"
  8. "Compare protein and RNA levels to identify translation-regulated genes"

Core Capabilities

CapabilityDescription
Data ImportMaxQuant, Spectronaut, DIA-NN, Proteome Discoverer, FragPipe outputs
Quality ControlMissing value analysis, intensity distributions, sample clustering
NormalizationMedian, quantile, TMM, VSN normalization methods
ImputationMinProb, KNN, QRILC for missing values
Differential ExpressionLimma, DEP, MSstats for statistical testing
PTM AnalysisPhospho-site localization, PTM enrichment, kinase prediction
Protein-RNA IntegrationCorrelation analysis, translation efficiency
Pathway EnrichmentOver-representation and GSEA for protein sets
PPI AnalysisProtein complex detection, interaction networks via STRING/IntAct
ReportingComprehensive reports with volcano plots, heatmaps, pathway diagrams

Workflow Overview

Input: MS Proteomics Data
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Phase 1: Data Import & QC
|-- Load MaxQuant/Spectronaut/DIA-NN output
|-- Parse protein groups, intensities, modifications
|-- Quality control plots (missing values, intensity distributions)
|-- Sample correlation and PCA
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Phase 2: Preprocessing
|-- Filter low-confidence proteins
|-- Handle missing values (imputation or filtering)
|-- Log-transform intensities
|-- Normalize across samples
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Phase 3: Differential Expression Analysis
|-- Statistical testing (limma, t-test, ANOVA)
|-- Multiple testing correction (BH, Bonferroni)
|-- Fold change calculation
|-- Significance thresholds (p < 0.05, |log2FC| > 1)
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Phase 4: PTM Analysis (if applicable)
|-- Identify modified peptides
|-- Localization probability filtering
|-- PTM site quantification
|-- Kinase-substrate prediction
|-- PTM enrichment analysis
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Phase 5: Functional Enrichment
|-- Gene Ontology enrichment
|-- KEGG/Reactome pathway enrichment
|-- Protein complex enrichment (CORUM)
|-- Tissue-specific enrichment
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Phase 6: Protein-Protein Interactions
|-- Query STRING for interaction networks
|-- Identify protein complexes
|-- Network clustering and modules
|-- Hub protein identification
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Phase 7: Multi-Omics Integration (optional)
|-- Correlate with RNA-seq data
|-- Identify translation-regulated proteins
|-- Compare with variant/CNV data
|-- Integrate with metabolomics
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Phase 8: Generate Report
|-- Summary statistics
|-- Volcano plots and heatmaps
|-- Pathway diagrams
|-- Protein network visualizations
|-- Multi-omics integration plots

Phase Details

Phase 1: Data Import & Quality Control

Objective: Load proteomics data and assess data quality.

Supported input formats:

MaxQuant (most common):

  • proteinGroups.txt - Protein-level quantification
  • evidence.txt - Peptide-level data
  • Phospho (STY)Sites.txt - Phosphorylation sites
  • modificationSpecificPeptides.txt - Other PTMs

Spectronaut:

  • *_Report.tsv - Protein/peptide quantification
  • DIA-based quantification

DIA-NN:

  • report.tsv - Protein groups
  • report.pr_matrix.tsv - Protein matrix

Proteome Discoverer:

  • *_Proteins.txt
  • *_PSMs.txt

Data loading:

python
def load_maxquant_proteins(protein_groups_file):
"""
Load MaxQuant proteinGroups.txt file.
Returns:
- DataFrame with proteins as rows, samples as columns
- Metadata (protein names, gene names, sequence coverage)
"""
import pandas as pd
# Read file
df = pd.read_csv(protein_groups_file, sep='\t')
# Extract intensity columns (LFQ or raw)
intensity_cols = [col for col in df.columns if 'LFQ intensity' in col or 'Intensity ' in col]
# Create intensity matrix
intensity_matrix = df[intensity_cols].copy()
intensity_matrix.columns = [col.replace('LFQ intensity ', '').replace('Intensity ', '')
for col in intensity_cols]
# Add protein metadata
metadata = df[['Protein IDs', 'Gene names', 'Fasta headers',
'Peptides', 'Sequence coverage [%]']].copy()
return intensity_matrix, metadata

Quality Control:

  1. Missing value assessment:
python
def assess_missing_values(intensity_matrix):
"""
Calculate percentage of missing values per protein and sample.
"""
# Per protein
missing_per_protein = (intensity_matrix == 0).sum(axis=1) / intensity_matrix.shape[1]
# Per sample
missing_per_sample = (intensity_matrix == 0).sum(axis=0) / intensity_matrix.shape[0]
# Visualize
plot_missing_value_heatmap(intensity_matrix)
return missing_per_protein, missing_per_sample
  1. Intensity distribution:
python
def plot_intensity_distributions(intensity_matrix):
"""
Plot log10 intensity distributions per sample.
Check for consistent distributions across samples.
"""
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
log_intensities = np.log10(intensity_matrix.replace(0, np.nan))
# Boxplot per sample
log_intensities.plot(kind='box')
plt.ylabel('log10 Intensity')
plt.title('Intensity Distribution per Sample')
# Should see similar median and spread across samples
  1. Sample correlation:
python
def plot_sample_correlation(intensity_matrix):
"""
Calculate and visualize sample-sample correlation.
Expect: High correlation within replicates, lower between conditions.
"""
# Log-transform and remove zeros
log_data = np.log2(intensity_matrix.replace(0, np.nan))
# Correlation matrix
corr_matrix = log_data.corr(method='pearson')
# Heatmap
import seaborn as sns
sns.heatmap(corr_matrix, annot=True, cmap='RdYlBu_r', vmin=0.8, vmax=1.0)
  1. PCA:
python
def perform_pca(intensity_matrix, sample_groups):
"""
Principal component analysis for sample clustering.
"""
from sklearn.decomposition import PCA
# Prepare data (log, impute, scale)
log_data = np.log2(intensity_matrix.replace(0, np.nan))
# Simple imputation with minimum value
imputed = log_data.fillna(log_data.min().min())
# PCA
pca = PCA(n_components=2)
pca_result = pca.fit_transform(imputed.T)
# Plot with group colors
plt.scatter(pca_result[:, 0], pca_result[:, 1], c=sample_groups)
plt.xlabel(f'PC1 ({pca.explained_variance_ratio_[0]:.1%})')
plt.ylabel(f'PC2 ({pca.explained_variance_ratio_[1]:.1%})')
Phase 2: Preprocessing & Normalization

Objective: Clean data and normalize across samples for fair comparison.

Filtering:

python
def filter_proteins(intensity_matrix, metadata, min_valid=3):
"""
Filter out low-confidence proteins.
Criteria:
- At least 2 unique peptides (from metadata)
- At least min_valid samples with detected intensity
- Remove contaminants and reverse sequences
"""
# Filter by peptide count
valid_proteins = metadata['Peptides'] >= 2
# Filter by detection in samples
n_detected = (intensity_matrix > 0).sum(axis=1)
valid_detection = n_detected >= min_valid
# Remove contaminants (from MaxQuant)
is_contaminant = metadata['Protein IDs'].str.contains('CON__', na=False)
is_reverse = metadata['Protein IDs'].str.contains('REV__', na=False)
# Combined filter
keep = valid_proteins & valid_detection & ~is_contaminant & ~is_reverse
return intensity_matrix[keep], metadata[keep]

Missing value imputation:

python
def impute_missing_values(intensity_matrix, method='MinProb'):
"""
Impute missing protein intensities.
Methods:
- MinProb: Random from minimum observed + normal noise (for MNAR)
- KNN: K-nearest neighbors imputation
- QRILC: Quantile regression-based imputation
"""
if method == 'MinProb':
# Assume missing = low abundance (MNAR assumption)
min_val = intensity_matrix[intensity_matrix > 0].min().min()
width = 0.3 # Standard deviation of noise
shift = 1.8 # Downshift from minimum
# Replace zeros with random low values
imputed = intensity_matrix.copy()
missing_mask = imputed == 0
n_missing = missing_mask.sum().sum()
random_vals = np.random.normal(
loc=min_val - shift,
scale=width,
size=n_missing
)
imputed.values[missing_mask.values] = random_vals
return imputed
elif method == 'KNN':
from sklearn.impute import KNNImputer
imputer = KNNImputer(n_neighbors=5)
imputed = pd.DataFrame(
imputer.fit_transform(intensity_matrix.replace(0, np.nan)),
index=intensity_matrix.index,
columns=intensity_matrix.columns
)
return imputed

Normalization:

python
def normalize_intensities(intensity_matrix, method='median'):
"""
Normalize protein intensities across samples.
Methods:
- median: Divide by median intensity per sample
- quantile: Quantile normalization (same distribution)
- TMM: Trimmed mean of M-values (from edgeR)
- VSN: Variance-stabilizing normalization
"""
if method == 'median':
# Median normalization
medians = intensity_matrix.median(axis=0)
global_median = medians.median()
norm_factors = global_median / medians
normalized = intensity_matrix * norm_factors
return normalized
elif method == 'quantile':
# Quantile normalization
from sklearn.preprocessing import quantile_transform
normalized = pd.DataFrame(
quantile_transform(intensity_matrix, axis=1),
index=intensity_matrix.index,
columns=intensity_matrix.columns
)
return normalized
Phase 3: Differential Expression Analysis

Objective: Identify proteins with significant abundance changes between conditions.

Statistical testing with limma:

python
def differential_expression_limma(log2_intensities, group1_samples, group2_samples):
"""
Perform differential expression using limma-like approach.
Returns:
- log2 fold changes
- p-values
- adjusted p-values (BH)
"""
from scipy import stats
results = []
for protein in log2_intensities.index:
# Extract intensities for each group
group1 = log2_intensities.loc[protein, group1_samples]
group2 = log2_intensities.loc[protein, group2_samples]
# Calculate statistics
mean1 = group1.mean()
mean2 = group2.mean()
log2fc = mean2 - mean1
# t-test
t_stat, p_value = stats.ttest_ind(group1, group2, equal_var=False)

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