How can I demultiplex IsoSeq data?

Even if you only want to remove IsoSeq primers, lima is the tool of choice.

1. Remove all duplicate sequences.
2. Annotate sequence names with a 5p or 3p suffix. Example:

    >primer_5p
    AAGCAGTGGTATCAACGCAGAGTACATGGGG
    >sample_brain_3p
    AAGCAGTGGTATCAACGCAGAGTACCACATATCAGAGTGCG
    >sample_liver_3p
    AAGCAGTGGTATCAACGCAGAGTACACACACAGACTGTGAG
   

3. Use the --isoseq mode. Run in combination with --peek-guess to remove spurious false positive.
4. Output will be only different pairs with a 5p and 3p combination:

    demux.primer_5p--sample_brain_3p.bam
    demux.primer_5p--sample_liver_3p.bam
   

Those options are very conservative to remove any spurious and ambiguous calls, in order to guarantee that only proper asymmetric (barcoded) primer are used in downstream analyses. Good libraries reach >75% CCS reads passing lima filters.

Demultiplexing cDNA barcoded adapters after SMRTbell adapter-level demultiplexing

Iso-Seq supports pooled cDNA barcoded analysis. If using barcoded cDNA primers after adapter-level demultiplexing, add --overwrite-biosample-names to replace the bio sample names assigned during the first round of demultiplexing.