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Motivation: The annotation of small open reading frames (smORFs) of <100 codons (<300 nucleotides) is challenging due to the large number of such sequences in the genome. Results: In this study, we developed a computational pipeline, which we have named ORFLine, that stringently identifies smORFs and classifies them according to their position within transcripts. We identified a total of 5744 unique smORFs in datasets from mouse B and T lymphocytes and systematically characterized them using ORFLine. We further searched smORFs for the presence of a signal peptide, which predicted known secreted chemokines as well as novel micropeptides. Four novel micropeptides show evidence of secretion and are therefore candidate mediators of immunoregulatory functions.

Original publication

DOI

10.1093/bioinformatics/btab339

Type

Journal article

Journal

Bioinformatics

Publication Date

01/10/2021

Volume

37

Pages

3152 - 3159