Pairwise alignment. Algorithms.

		

Comparison of local and global alignment's parameters:

		
		
Matrix EBLOSSUM62 is used by default, it is specified by the attribute -datafile
Penalty for indel's opening -10.0. For needle it is set by -endopen, for water by -gapopen
Penalty for indel's elongation -0.5. For needle it is set by -endextend, for water by -gapextend
Penalty for the last gap is absent by default. For needle it is set by -endweight
		
		
Global alignment:
		

		
Local alignment:
		

		
There are no terminal gaps in local alignment so that allows to reach biggest percentage of conservatism and smallest percentage of gaps.
		

		
Comparative properties of both alignments are presented in the following table:
		
Characteristic Global alignment Local alignnment
Lenth 652 649
Totally conservative p. 450 450
Percentage 69% 69,3%
Functionally conservative p. 539 539
Percentage 82,7% 83,1%
Number of columns with gaps 17 15
Percentage of columns with gaps 2,6% 2,3%

		

Comparison of local alignment's parameters for pair homologous and five nonhomologous proteins:

		
Proteins Alignment's lenth Totally conservative % Functionally conservative % Gaps %
A0A0X8D5E1 and E8YVR4 52 10 19,2% 26 50% 6 11,5%
E8YVR4 and A0A109QDP9 24 8 33,3% 12 50% 6 25%
A0A109QDP9 and A0A1B0VIM1 159 41 25,8% 57 35,8% 57 35,8%
A0A1B0VIM1 and A0A0B5QAX8 64 15 23,4% 28 43,8% 14 21,9%
A0A0B5QAX8 and A0A0X8D5E1 31 11 35,5% 13 41,9% 4 12,9%

		
A local alignment of nonhomologous proteins is much shorter than orignal sequences's lenth, so that means that there are a lot of terminal gaps, which were deleted by a program. Also you can see that the percentage of conservative positions is more than twice smaller and number of gaps is larger.
		

		

Comparison of alignments built by a different programs:

		

		
  • Local alignment is shorter because of cutted down terminal parts of alignment. This is the only difference between local and global alignments
  • On position 603 of plural alignment metionine corresponds to alanine when in case of global and local alignments alanine corresponds to alanine.
  • On position 602 of plural alignment phenylalanine corresponds to lysine, while in global and local alignments phenylalanine corresponds to tyrosine.
  • On position 617 of plural alignment glycine corresponds to alanine, while in global and local alignments it corresponds to glycine.
		

		
I guess that the most plausible alignment is a plural one. Residues homology is more probable because compliance is being established between few sequences.
		

© Popov Nikita 2016