NAME

       Bio::Tools::Run::Coil - wrapper for ncoils program

SYNOPSIS

         # Build a Coil factory
         my $factory = Bio::Tools::Run::Coil->new($params);

         # Pass the factory a Bio::Seq object
         # @feats is an array of Bio::SeqFeature::Generic objects
         my @feats = $factory->run($seq);

DESCRIPTION

       This module is a wrapper for the ncoils program available via
       <http://www.russell.embl-heidelberg.de/coils/coils.tar.gz> for predicting coiled coils in
       protein sequences.

       By default it looks for an executable called ncoils and data/parameter files in the
       directory specified by the COILSDIR environmental variable.

REFERENCES

       Lupas, van Dyke & Stock, Predicting coiled coils from protein sequences, Science
       252:1162-1164, 1991.

       Lupas, A., Prediction and Analysis of Coiled-Coil Structures, Meth. Enzymology
       266:513-525, 1996.

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AUTHORS

        Based on the EnsEMBL module Bio::EnsEMBL::Pipeline::Runnable::Protein::Coil
        originally written by Marc Sohrmann (ms2@sanger.ac.uk)

        Written in BioPipe by Balamurugan Kumarasamy <savikalpa@fugu-sg.org>

       # Please direct questions and support issues to <bioperl-l@bioperl.org> #
        Cared for by the Fugu Informatics team (fuguteam@fugu-sg.org)

APPENDIX

       The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are
       usually preceded with a _

   program_name
        Title   : program_name
        Usage   : $factory>program_name()
        Function: holds the program name
        Returns:  string
        Args    : None

   program_dir
        Title   : program_dir
        Usage   : $factory->program_dir(@params)
        Function: returns the program directory, obtained from ENV variable.
        Returns:  string
        Args    :

   new
        Title   : new
        Usage   : $coil->new(@params)
        Function: creates a new Coil factory
        Returns:  Bio::Tools::Run::Coil
        Args    :

   predict_protein_features
        Title   :   predict_protein_features()
        Usage   :   DEPRECATED. Use $obj->run instead.
        Function:   Runs Coil and creates an array of featrues
        Returns :   An array of Bio::SeqFeature::Generic objects
        Args    :   A Bio::PrimarySeqI

   run
        Title   :   run
        Usage   :   $obj->run($seq)
        Function:   Runs Coil and creates an array of featrues
        Returns :   An array of Bio::SeqFeature::Generic objects
        Args    :   A Bio::PrimarySeqI, or a Fasta filename.

   _input
        Title   :   _input
        Usage   :   obj->_input($seqFile)
        Function:   Internal(not to be used directly)
        Returns :
        Args    :

   _run
        Title   :   _run
        Usage   :   $obj->_run()
        Function:   Internal(not to be used directly)
        Returns :   An array of Bio::SeqFeature::Generic objects
        Args    :

   _writeSeqFile
        Title   :   _writeSeqFile
        Usage   :   obj->_writeSeqFile($seq)
        Function:   Internal(not to be used directly)
        Returns :
        Args    :