07 Benchmarking
Jupyter notebook from the Pan-bacterial Fitness Modules via Independent Component Analysis project.
NB 07: Benchmarking Module-Based Predictions¶
Evaluate module-based function predictions against baselines:
- Cofitness voting: top-N cofit partners → majority vote
- Ortholog transfer: BBH annotation transfer
- Domain-only: TIGRFam/PFam classification
Two evaluation levels:
- Strict: predict exact KEGG KO group → measure precision/coverage/F1
- Neighborhood: check if gene's true KO appears anywhere in the method's predicted functional neighborhood
Additional validation:
- Within-module cofitness density (per-module Mann-Whitney U test)
- Genomic adjacency (operon proximity enrichment)
Run locally — no Spark needed (uses extracted data).
Note: The full benchmark is implemented in src/run_benchmark.py for reproducibility.
Results are loaded from the saved output files below.
In [1]:
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from pathlib import Path
from collections import Counter
DATA_DIR = Path('../data')
MODULE_DIR = DATA_DIR / 'modules'
ANNOT_DIR = DATA_DIR / 'annotations'
ORTHO_DIR = DATA_DIR / 'orthologs'
PRED_DIR = DATA_DIR / 'predictions'
FIG_DIR = Path('../figures')
pilots = pd.read_csv(DATA_DIR / 'pilot_organisms.csv')
org_ids = pilots['orgId'].tolist()
print(f"{len(org_ids)} organisms")
32 organisms
1. Held-Out Benchmark Results¶
The benchmark was run via src/run_benchmark.py across all 32 organisms.
Each method predicts KEGG KO groups for 20% held-out annotated genes.
Methods:
- Module-ICA: assign the most common KO from the gene's module (train genes only)
- Cofitness: top-6 cofit partners → majority vote (vectorized correlation matrix)
- Ortholog: transfer KO from BBH ortholog in another organism
- Domain: TIGRFam/PFam → KO mapping from training genes
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# Load precomputed benchmark results
results_df = pd.read_csv(PRED_DIR / 'benchmark_results.csv')
methods_order = ['Module-ICA', 'Cofitness', 'Ortholog', 'Domain']
colors = ['#2196F3', '#FF9800', '#4CAF50', '#9C27B0']
for level in ['strict', 'neighborhood']:
level_df = results_df[results_df['eval_level'] == level]
agg = level_df.groupby('method').agg(
mean_precision=('precision', 'mean'),
std_precision=('precision', 'std'),
mean_coverage=('coverage', 'mean'),
std_coverage=('coverage', 'std'),
mean_f1=('f1', 'mean'),
std_f1=('f1', 'std'),
total_correct=('n_correct', 'sum'),
total_predicted=('n_predicted', 'sum'),
).reindex(methods_order)
print(f"\n{'='*60}")
print(f"{level.upper()} evaluation (mean ± std across 32 organisms):")
print(f"{'='*60}")
for method in methods_order:
row = agg.loc[method]
print(f" {method:12s}: prec={row['mean_precision']:.3f}±{row['std_precision']:.3f} "
f"cov={row['mean_coverage']:.3f}±{row['std_coverage']:.3f} "
f"F1={row['mean_f1']:.3f}±{row['std_f1']:.3f}")
============================================================ STRICT evaluation (mean ± std across 32 organisms): ============================================================ Module-ICA : prec=0.003±0.006 cov=0.233±0.058 F1=0.005±0.011 Cofitness : prec=0.002±0.004 cov=0.730±0.070 F1=0.003±0.007 Ortholog : prec=0.958±0.021 cov=0.912±0.058 F1=0.934±0.039 Domain : prec=0.291±0.066 cov=0.666±0.064 F1=0.401±0.073 ============================================================ NEIGHBORHOOD evaluation (mean ± std across 32 organisms): ============================================================ Module-ICA : prec=0.032±0.022 cov=0.233±0.058 F1=0.053±0.031 Cofitness : prec=0.015±0.008 cov=0.730±0.070 F1=0.029±0.015 Ortholog : prec=0.992±0.010 cov=0.912±0.058 F1=0.949±0.036 Domain : prec=0.414±0.092 cov=0.666±0.064 F1=0.507±0.087
2. Benchmark Visualization¶
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fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 3, figsize=(15, 5))
fig.suptitle('KEGG Prediction Benchmark — Strict (Exact KO Match)', fontsize=14, fontweight='bold')
strict_df = results_df[results_df['eval_level'] == 'strict']
agg = strict_df.groupby('method').agg(
mean_precision=('precision', 'mean'), std_precision=('precision', 'std'),
mean_coverage=('coverage', 'mean'), std_coverage=('coverage', 'std'),
mean_f1=('f1', 'mean'), std_f1=('f1', 'std'),
).reindex(methods_order)
for ax, (metric, label) in zip(axes, [('precision', 'Precision'), ('coverage', 'Coverage'), ('f1', 'F1 Score')]):
vals = agg[f'mean_{metric}'].values
errs = agg[f'std_{metric}'].values
ax.bar(range(4), vals, color=colors, yerr=errs, capsize=5)
ax.set_xticks(range(4))
ax.set_xticklabels(methods_order, rotation=30, ha='right')
ax.set_ylabel(label)
ax.set_title(label)
ax.set_ylim(0, 1)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
3. Interpretation: Why Module-ICA Has Low KO Precision¶
Module-ICA and Cofitness show near-zero precision at the strict KO level. This is expected, not a failure — it reflects a fundamental granularity mismatch:
- KEGG KO groups are gene-level assignments (~1.2 genes per unique KO)
- A module with 20 annotated members typically has 20 different KOs
- The most common KO has ~1 gene, so P(match) ≈ 1/20 = 5%
- Modules capture biological process co-regulation, not specific molecular function
Ortholog transfer excels here because orthologs share the same KO by definition.
The neighborhood evaluation (is the gene's KO anywhere in the module?) also shows low precision (3.2%) because even functionally coherent modules rarely share exact KOs (e.g., an ABC transporter module has distinct KOs for binding, permease, ATPase subunits).
The right validation for modules is cofitness density and genomic adjacency (below).
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# KO diversity within modules — illustrates the granularity mismatch
org_id = 'DvH'
kegg = pd.read_csv(ANNOT_DIR / f'{org_id}_kegg.csv')
kegg['locusId'] = kegg['locusId'].astype(str)
membership = pd.read_csv(MODULE_DIR / f'{org_id}_gene_membership.csv', index_col=0)
membership.index = membership.index.astype(str)
gene_kegg = kegg.groupby('locusId')['kgroup'].apply(set).to_dict()
n_unique_kos = kegg['kgroup'].nunique()
print(f"DvH: {n_unique_kos} unique KO groups for {len(gene_kegg)} annotated genes")
print(f"Average genes per KO: {len(gene_kegg)/n_unique_kos:.1f}\n")
print(f"{'Module':8s} {'Members':>7s} {'Annotated':>9s} {'Unique KOs':>10s} {'P(match)':>8s}")
for mod in list(membership.columns)[:10]:
mod_genes = membership.index[membership[mod] == 1].tolist()
mod_kos = Counter()
for g in mod_genes:
if g in gene_kegg:
for ko in gene_kegg[g]:
mod_kos[ko] += 1
n_ann = sum(1 for g in mod_genes if g in gene_kegg)
if n_ann > 0:
top_count = mod_kos.most_common(1)[0][1]
print(f"{mod:8s} {len(mod_genes):7d} {n_ann:9d} {len(mod_kos):10d} {top_count/n_ann:8.2f}")
DvH: 1256 unique KO groups for 1549 annotated genes Average genes per KO: 1.2 Module Members Annotated Unique KOs P(match) M000 8 8 8 0.12 M001 3 3 3 0.33 M002 19 15 15 0.07 M003 9 6 6 0.17 M004 9 7 7 0.14 M005 12 8 8 0.12 M006 15 12 12 0.17 M007 17 3 3 0.33 M008 7 5 5 0.20 M009 4 4 4 0.25
4. Within-Module Cofitness Validation¶
For each module, compute mean pairwise |correlation| among members using the full gene × gene correlation matrix (vectorized). Compare to genome-wide background via Mann-Whitney U test. A module is "enriched" if within-module |r| is significantly greater than random pairs (p < 0.05).
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# Load precomputed cofitness validation results
cofit_val = pd.read_csv(PRED_DIR / 'cofitness_validation.csv')
cofit_summary = pd.read_csv(PRED_DIR / 'cofitness_validation_summary.csv')
# Per-organism summary
tested = cofit_val[cofit_val['n_pairs'] > 0]
per_org = tested.groupby('orgId').agg(
n_modules=('module', 'count'),
n_enriched=('enriched', 'sum'),
mean_corr=('mean_abs_corr', 'mean'),
bg_corr=('bg_mean_abs_corr', 'first'),
).reset_index()
per_org['pct_enriched'] = 100 * per_org['n_enriched'] / per_org['n_modules']
print(f"{'Organism':25s} {'Modules':>7s} {'Enriched':>8s} {'%':>6s} {'Mean |r|':>8s} {'BG |r|':>8s}")
for _, row in per_org.iterrows():
print(f"{row['orgId']:25s} {row['n_modules']:7.0f} {row['n_enriched']:8.0f} "
f"{row['pct_enriched']:5.1f}% {row['mean_corr']:8.4f} {row['bg_corr']:8.4f}")
print(f"\nOVERALL: {cofit_summary['total_modules_enriched'].values[0]}/"
f"{cofit_summary['total_modules_tested'].values[0]} modules enriched "
f"({cofit_summary['pct_enriched'].values[0]}%)")
print(f"Mean within-module |r|: {cofit_summary['mean_within_abs_corr'].values[0]}")
print(f"Mean background |r|: {cofit_summary['mean_bg_abs_corr'].values[0]}")
print(f"Mean enrichment ratio: {cofit_summary['mean_enrichment_ratio'].values[0]}x")
Organism Modules Enriched % Mean |r| BG |r| ANA3 38 23 60.5% 0.2998 0.2025 BFirm 31 31 100.0% 0.2709 0.1112 Btheta 36 36 100.0% 0.3409 0.0996 Caulo 40 30 75.0% 0.3259 0.2304 Cola 37 37 100.0% 0.3535 0.0979 Cup4G11 31 31 100.0% 0.2891 0.1112 Dino 29 28 96.6% 0.3263 0.1366 DvH 51 46 90.2% 0.4662 0.1088 Kang 28 27 96.4% 0.2953 0.1575 Keio 38 36 94.7% 0.3261 0.1282 Korea 29 28 96.6% 0.3367 0.1251 Koxy 44 43 97.7% 0.2796 0.0870 MR1 45 44 97.8% 0.3534 0.1176 Marino 39 35 89.7% 0.3647 0.1892 Methanococcus_JJ 17 9 52.9% 0.2930 0.2108 Methanococcus_S2 27 21 77.8% 0.5074 0.1823 Miya 27 27 100.0% 0.3970 0.1103 PV4 32 32 100.0% 0.2982 0.1232 Pedo557 35 35 100.0% 0.3396 0.1235 Phaeo 37 37 100.0% 0.3854 0.0879 Ponti 33 28 84.8% 0.3149 0.1477 Putida 38 38 100.0% 0.4030 0.0739 SB2B 42 40 95.2% 0.3368 0.1051 SynE 19 16 84.2% 0.2885 0.2054 WCS417 35 35 100.0% 0.3588 0.0885 acidovorax_3H11 33 33 100.0% 0.3018 0.1002 psRCH2 41 41 100.0% 0.3559 0.0864 pseudo13_GW456_L13 35 35 100.0% 0.2466 0.1069 pseudo1_N1B4 18 18 100.0% 0.2929 0.1068 pseudo3_N2E3 40 40 100.0% 0.3138 0.0808 pseudo5_N2C3_1 46 46 100.0% 0.3348 0.0867 pseudo6_N2E2 43 43 100.0% 0.3353 0.0899 OVERALL: 1049/1114 modules enriched (94.2%) Mean within-module |r|: 0.3385 Mean background |r|: 0.1217 Mean enrichment ratio: 3.0x
5. Genomic Adjacency Validation¶
Module members should show elevated genomic proximity (operon co-localization). For each module, count gene pairs within ±3 positions on the same scaffold and compare to chance expectation.
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# Load precomputed adjacency validation
adj_val = pd.read_csv(PRED_DIR / 'adjacency_validation.csv')
print(f"{'Organism':25s} {'Adj Pairs':>9s} {'Total Pairs':>11s} {'Enrichment':>10s}")
for _, row in adj_val.iterrows():
print(f"{row['orgId']:25s} {row['n_adjacent_pairs']:9.0f} {row['n_total_pairs']:11.0f} "
f"{row['enrichment']:9.1f}x")
print(f"\nMean adjacency enrichment: {adj_val['enrichment'].mean():.1f}x")
print(f"Range: {adj_val['enrichment'].min():.1f}x - {adj_val['enrichment'].max():.1f}x")
Organism Adj Pairs Total Pairs Enrichment DvH 500 7752 39.4x Btheta 442 5404 66.8x Methanococcus_S2 127 1601 23.7x psRCH2 648 15932 29.4x Putida 732 17198 40.2x Phaeo 684 14524 31.0x Marino 611 15733 28.9x pseudo3_N2E3 683 26125 25.5x Koxy 574 27112 19.7x Cola 640 21874 22.8x WCS417 767 26586 26.8x Caulo 393 11594 22.3x SB2B 630 24050 16.5x pseudo6_N2E2 921 30008 31.6x Dino 609 14136 32.8x pseudo5_N2C3_1 1029 33652 31.0x Miya 485 17188 16.9x Pedo557 470 20301 19.6x MR1 813 27320 23.5x Keio 588 27958 16.2x Korea 333 11286 20.9x PV4 400 22401 11.9x pseudo1_N1B4 311 14077 22.3x acidovorax_3H11 589 26660 18.5x SynE 82 9074 4.1x Methanococcus_JJ 105 6254 5.2x BFirm 412 28801 17.3x Kang 337 19239 7.3x ANA3 426 33066 9.8x Cup4G11 559 35385 19.6x pseudo13_GW456_L13 496 37034 11.7x Ponti 520 30130 12.5x Mean adjacency enrichment: 22.7x Range: 4.1x - 66.8x
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# Validation visualizations
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize=(14, 5))
# Left: Within-module cofitness — per-organism enrichment ratio
ax = axes[0]
per_org_sorted = per_org.sort_values('mean_corr', ascending=True)
bar_colors = ['#4CAF50' if pct == 100 else '#FF9800' if pct >= 80 else '#F44336'
for pct in per_org_sorted['pct_enriched']]
ax.barh(range(len(per_org_sorted)), per_org_sorted['mean_corr'], color=bar_colors)
# Overlay background as markers
ax.scatter(per_org_sorted['bg_corr'].values, range(len(per_org_sorted)),
color='black', marker='|', s=100, zorder=3, label='Background |r|')
ax.set_yticks(range(len(per_org_sorted)))
ax.set_yticklabels(per_org_sorted['orgId'], fontsize=7)
ax.set_xlabel('Mean |correlation|')
ax.set_title('Within-Module vs Background Cofitness')
ax.legend(fontsize=8, loc='lower right')
# Right: Adjacency enrichment per organism
ax = axes[1]
adj_sorted = adj_val.sort_values('enrichment', ascending=True)
ax.barh(range(len(adj_sorted)), adj_sorted['enrichment'], color='#2196F3')
ax.set_yticks(range(len(adj_sorted)))
ax.set_yticklabels(adj_sorted['orgId'], fontsize=7)
ax.set_xlabel('Adjacency enrichment (fold over random)')
ax.set_title(f'Genomic Adjacency Enrichment (mean={adj_val["enrichment"].mean():.1f}x)')
ax.axvline(1, color='gray', linestyle='--', alpha=0.5)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.savefig(FIG_DIR / 'validation_summary.png', dpi=150, bbox_inches='tight')
plt.show()
print(f"Saved: figures/validation_summary.png")
Saved: figures/validation_summary.png
6. Summary¶
Held-out KO prediction (strict):
- Ortholog transfer dominates (95.8% precision, 91.2% coverage)
- Domain-based is moderate (29.1% precision, 66.6% coverage)
- Module-ICA and Cofitness show near-zero strict KO precision — this is expected because KO groups are gene-level assignments (1.2 genes/KO), while modules capture process-level co-regulation
Module validation (the right metrics for ICA modules):
- 94.2% of modules show significantly elevated within-module cofitness (p < 0.05)
- Within-module |r| = 0.34 vs background |r| = 0.12 (2.8x enrichment)
- 22.7x genomic adjacency enrichment (operon co-localization)
Conclusion: Module-ICA is complementary to sequence-based methods. It excels at grouping co-regulated genes into biological process modules (validated by cofitness and adjacency) but should not be used for specific KO assignment. The 6,691 function predictions should be interpreted as process-level context (e.g., "involved in flagellar assembly") rather than specific molecular function (e.g., "is KO K02400").
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print("="*60)
print("BENCHMARKING COMPLETE")
print("="*60)
print(f"Benchmark results: {PRED_DIR / 'benchmark_results.csv'}")
print(f"Cofitness validation: {PRED_DIR / 'cofitness_validation.csv'}")
print(f"Adjacency validation: {PRED_DIR / 'adjacency_validation.csv'}")
print(f"Figures: {FIG_DIR / 'benchmark_strict.png'}, {FIG_DIR / 'benchmark_neighborhood.png'}")
============================================================ BENCHMARKING COMPLETE ============================================================ Benchmark results: ../data/predictions/benchmark_results.csv Cofitness validation: ../data/predictions/cofitness_validation.csv Adjacency validation: ../data/predictions/adjacency_validation.csv Figures: ../figures/benchmark_strict.png, ../figures/benchmark_neighborhood.png