Custom Biopython record translator

from dna_features_viewer import BiopythonTranslator

class MyCustomTranslator(BiopythonTranslator):
    """Custom translator implementing the following theme:

    - Color terminators in green, CDS in blue, all other features in gold.
    - Do not display features that are restriction sites unless they are BamHI
    - Do not display labels for restriction sites.
    - For CDS labels just write "CDS here" instead of the name of the gene.

    """

    def compute_feature_color(self, feature):
        if feature.type == "CDS":
            return "blue"
        elif feature.type == "terminator":
            return "green"
        else:
            return "gold"

    def compute_feature_label(self, feature):
        if feature.type == 'restriction_site':
            return None
        elif feature.type == "CDS":
            return "CDS here"
        else:
            return BiopythonTranslator.compute_feature_label(self, feature)

    def compute_filtered_features(self, features):
        """Do not display promoters. Just because."""
        return [
            feature for feature in features
            if (feature.type != "restriction_site")
            or ("BamHI" in str(feature.qualifiers.get("label", '')))
        ]


graphic_record = MyCustomTranslator().translate_record("example_sequence.gb")
ax, _ = graphic_record.plot(figure_width=10)
ax.figure.tight_layout()
ax.figure.savefig("custom_biopython_translator.png")
../_images/custom_biopython_translator1.png