Inputsection-asequenceseqset-bsequenceseqall-datafilematrixf
This is the scoring matrix file used when comparing sequences. By default it is the file 'EBLOSUM62'
(for proteins) or the file 'EDNAFULL' (for nucleic sequences). These files are found in the 'data'
directory of the EMBOSS installation.
Requiredsection-gapopenfloat
The gap open penalty is the score taken away when a gap is created. The best value depends on the
choice of comparison matrix. The default value assumes you are using the EBLOSUM62 matrix for protein
sequences, and the EDNAFULL matrix for nucleotide sequences. Default value: @($(acdprotein)? 10.0 :
10.0 )
-gapextendfloat
The gap extension, penalty is added to the standard gap penalty for each base or residue in the gap.
This is how long gaps are penalized. Usually you will expect a few long gaps rather than many short
gaps, so the gap extension penalty should be lower than the gap penalty. An exception is where one or
both sequences are single reads with possible sequencing errors in which case you would expect many
single base gaps. You can get this result by setting the gap open penalty to zero (or very low) and
using the gap extension penalty to control gap scoring. Default value: @($(acdprotein)? 0.5 : 0.5 )
Additionalsection-endweightboolean
Default value: N
-endopenfloat
The end gap open penalty is the score taken away when an end gap is created. The best value depends
on the choice of comparison matrix. The default value assumes you are using the EBLOSUM62 matrix for
protein sequences, and the EDNAFULL matrix for nucleotide sequences. Default value: @($(acdprotein)?
10.0 : 10.0 )
-endextendfloat
The end gap extension, penalty is added to the end gap penalty for each base or residue in the end
gap. Default value: @($(acdprotein)? 0.5 : 0.5 )
-minscorefloat
Minimum alignment score to report an alignment.
Outputsection-briefboolean
Brief identity and similarity Default value: Y
-outfilealign-errorfileoutfile
Error file to be written to Default value: needleall.error