Complete mass spectrometry analysis platform. Use for proteomics and metabolomics workflows—feature detection, peptide/protein identification, label-free and isobaric quantification, adduct/accurate-mass annotation, and complex LC-MS/MS pipelines. Supports extensive file formats and algorithms. For

PyOpenMS Overview PyOpenMS provides Python bindings to the OpenMS library for computational mass spectrometry, enabling analysis of proteomics and metabolomics data. Use it to read/write MS file formats, process raw spectra, detect and quantify features, identify peptides and proteins, and run end to end LC MS/MS pipelines. This skill ships ready to run scripts in scripts/ covering the most common high level workflows. Prefer running a script over writing new code—each is a parameterized CLI tool that handles loading, processing, and export. Drop into the Python API (and the references/ ) only when no script fits. Installation Verify (note: version works, but the bundled binary prints a one line memory status notice on import that is harmless): Scripts (start here) Run with python scripts/<name .py help for full options. All accept standard MS file formats and write featureXML/consensusXML/CSV/mzTab/PNG as appropriate. Inspect & convert Script What it does inspect ms data.py Summarize any mzML/mzXML/featureXML/consensusXML/idXML (counts, RT/m/z ranges, TIC, metadata); optional per spectrum CSV. convert format.py Convert between mzML/mzXML/MGF with optional MS level, RT, and intensity filtering. process spectra.py Configurable signal processing chain: smoothing (Gauss/SGolay), centroiding (PeakPickerHiRes), normalization, S/N and intensity thresholds. Feature detection & quantification Script What it does detect features metabo.py Untargeted metabolomics feature finding: MassTraceDetection → ElutionPeakDetection → FeatureFindingMetabo. detect features centroided.py Peptide/centroided feature detection via FeatureFinderAlgorithmPicked. align link quantify.py Multi sample pipeline: detect (or load) features → RT alignment → consensus linking → quant matrix CSV. consensus to matrix.py consensusXML → wide intensity matrix + metadata, with optional median/quantile normalization and long format. Annotation Script What it does detect adducts.py Group adducts/charge variants of the same neutral mass (MetaboliteFeatureDeconvolution). accurate mass search.py Annotate features against HMDB by accurate mass (AccurateMassSearchEngine → mzTab/CSV). export gnps sirius.py Export GNPS FBMN inputs (MGF + quant table) or a SIRIUS .ms file. Identification Script What it does process identifications.py Re index against FASTA, estimate FDR/q values, filter (FDR/length/best per spectrum), export idXML + CSV. Chemistry Script What it does mass calculator.py Monoisotopic/average mass, charged m/z, formula, and isotope pattern for peptides or empirical formulas. digest protein.py In silico protease digestion of FASTA/sequence → theoretical peptides with masses and m/z. theoretical spectrum.py Generate annotated theoretical fragment spectra (b/y/a/c/x/z, losses) for a peptide. Targeted & visualization Script What it does extract chromatograms.py Build TIC/BPC and XIC traces for target m/z (CSV + optional plot). plot ms data.py Quick plots: single spectrum, TIC, 2D feature map, MS1 signal map. Common script recipes Key 3.5.0 API notes These changed from older OpenMS releases—older tutorials and code will break: Feature finding : FeatureFinder("centroided") was removed . Use FeatureFinderAlgorithmPicked (proteomics/centroided) or the MassTraceDetection → ElutionPeakDetection → FeatureFindingMetabo pipeline (metabolomics). See detect features .py . idXML I/O : IdXMLFile().load/store require a ms.PeptideIdentificationList() for peptide IDs (a plain Python list raises "can not handle type"). Protein IDs remain a plain list. Adduct decharging : the class is MetaboliteFeatureDeconvolution , and adducts use Elements:Charge:Probability syntax (e.g. H:+:0.4 , H 2O 1:0:0.05 )—not bracket notation like [M+H]+ . DataFrame columns : FeatureMap.get df() uses lowercase rt / mz (not RT ). ConsensusMap provides get intensity df() and get metadata df() . Bundled data caveat : the pip wheel ships HMDBMappingFile.tsv but not HMDB2StructMapping.tsv ; accurate mass search.py detects this and explains how to supply it. Core data structures MSExperiment – collection of spectra and chromatograms MSSpectrum / MSChromatogram – a single spectrum / chromatographic trace Feature / FeatureMap – a detected LC MS peak / collection of features ConsensusMap – features linked across samples (the quant table) PeptideIdentification / ProteinIdentification – search results AASequence / EmpiricalFormula – sequence and formula chemistry For details : see references/data structures.md . Parameter management Most algorithms expose an OpenMS Param object: Export to pandas Integration with other tools Pandas (DataFrames), NumPy (peak arrays), scikit learn (ML), Matplotlib/Seaborn (plots), and downstream tools via export: GNPS (FBMN), SIRIUS, and mzTab. Resources Official docs (3.5.0): https://pyopenms.readthedocs.io/en/release 3.5.0/ OpenMS: https://www.openms.org GitHub: https://github.com/OpenMS/OpenMS References references/file io.md – file format handling references/signal processing.md – signal processing algorithms references/feature detection.md – feature detection and linking references/identification.md – peptide and protein identification references/metabolomics.md – metabolomics specific workflows references/data structures.md – core objects and data structures Citing Scientific Agent Skills This skill is part of Scientific Agent Skills by K Dense. 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