matcher |
matcher is based on Bill Pearson's 'lalign' application, version 2.0u4 Feb. 1996
Lalign uses code developed by X. Huang and W. Miller (Adv. Appl. Math. (1991) 12:337-357) for the "sim" program, which is a linear-space version of an algorithm described by M. S. Waterman and M. Eggert (J. Mol. Biol. 197:723-728).
Like water, matcher is rigorous, but also very slow. The advantage of matcher is that it uses far less memory than water, so you are much less likely to run out of memory when aligning large sequences.
matcher will also report a specified number of alignments between the two sequences showing the actual local alignments. (water will only report the single best match.) The default number of alignments output is 1, but can be increased to (for example) the 10 best alignments by using the '-alternatives 10' command-line qualifier. In some cases, for example multidomain proteins or cDNA and genomic DNA comparisons, there may be many interesting and significant alignments.
% matcher tsw:hba_human tsw:hbb_human Finds the best local alignments between two sequences Output alignment [hba_human.matcher]: |
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Example 2
To find the 10 best alignments:
% matcher tsw:hba_human tsw:hbb_human -alt 10 Finds the best local alignments between two sequences Output alignment [hba_human.matcher]: |
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Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers: [-asequence] sequence Sequence USA [-bsequence] sequence Sequence USA [-outfile] align Output alignment file name Additional (Optional) qualifiers: -datafile matrix 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. -alternatives integer This sets the number of alternative matches output. By default only the highest scoring alignment is shown. A value of 2 gves you other reasonable alignments. In some cases, for example multidomain proteins of cDNA and gemomic DNA comparisons, there may be other interesting and significant alignments. -gapopen integer The gap penalty is the score taken away when a gap is created. The best value depends on the choice of comparison matrix. The default value of 14 assumes you are using the EBLOSUM62 matrix for protein sequences, or a value of 16 and the EDNAFULL matrix for nucleotide sequences. -gapextend integer The gap length, or 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 penalty to zero (or very low) and using the gap extension penalty to control gap scoring. Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers: (none) Associated qualifiers: "-asequence" associated qualifiers -sbegin1 integer Start of the sequence to be used -send1 integer End of the sequence to be used -sreverse1 boolean Reverse (if DNA) -sask1 boolean Ask for begin/end/reverse -snucleotide1 boolean Sequence is nucleotide -sprotein1 boolean Sequence is protein -slower1 boolean Make lower case -supper1 boolean Make upper case -sformat1 string Input sequence format -sdbname1 string Database name -sid1 string Entryname -ufo1 string UFO features -fformat1 string Features format -fopenfile1 string Features file name "-bsequence" associated qualifiers -sbegin2 integer Start of the sequence to be used -send2 integer End of the sequence to be used -sreverse2 boolean Reverse (if DNA) -sask2 boolean Ask for begin/end/reverse -snucleotide2 boolean Sequence is nucleotide -sprotein2 boolean Sequence is protein -slower2 boolean Make lower case -supper2 boolean Make upper case -sformat2 string Input sequence format -sdbname2 string Database name -sid2 string Entryname -ufo2 string UFO features -fformat2 string Features format -fopenfile2 string Features file name "-outfile" associated qualifiers -aformat3 string Alignment format -aextension3 string File name extension -adirectory3 string Output directory -aname3 string Base file name -awidth3 integer Alignment width -aaccshow3 boolean Show accession number in the header -adesshow3 boolean Show description in the header -ausashow3 boolean Show the full USA in the alignment -aglobal3 boolean Show the full sequence in alignment General qualifiers: -auto boolean Turn off prompts -stdout boolean Write standard output -filter boolean Read standard input, write standard output -options boolean Prompt for standard and additional values -debug boolean Write debug output to program.dbg -verbose boolean Report some/full command line options -help boolean Report command line options. More information on associated and general qualifiers can be found with -help -verbose -warning boolean Report warnings -error boolean Report errors -fatal boolean Report fatal errors -die boolean Report deaths |
Standard (Mandatory) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default | |
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[-asequence] (Parameter 1) |
Sequence USA | Readable sequence | Required |
[-bsequence] (Parameter 2) |
Sequence USA | Readable sequence | Required |
[-outfile] (Parameter 3) |
Output alignment file name | Alignment output file | |
Additional (Optional) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default | |
-datafile | 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. | Comparison matrix file in EMBOSS data path | EBLOSUM62 for protein EDNAFULL for DNA |
-alternatives | This sets the number of alternative matches output. By default only the highest scoring alignment is shown. A value of 2 gves you other reasonable alignments. In some cases, for example multidomain proteins of cDNA and gemomic DNA comparisons, there may be other interesting and significant alignments. | Integer 1 or more | 1 |
-gapopen | The gap penalty is the score taken away when a gap is created. The best value depends on the choice of comparison matrix. The default value of 14 assumes you are using the EBLOSUM62 matrix for protein sequences, or a value of 16 and the EDNAFULL matrix for nucleotide sequences. | Positive integer | 14 for protein, 16 for nucleic |
-gapextend | The gap length, or 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 penalty to zero (or very low) and using the gap extension penalty to control gap scoring. | Positive integer | 4 for any sequence |
Advanced (Unprompted) qualifiers | Allowed values | Default | |
(none) |
ID HBA_HUMAN STANDARD; PRT; 141 AA. AC P01922; DT 21-JUL-1986 (Rel. 01, Created) DT 21-JUL-1986 (Rel. 01, Last sequence update) DT 15-JUL-1999 (Rel. 38, Last annotation update) DE HEMOGLOBIN ALPHA CHAIN. GN HBA1 AND HBA2. OS Homo sapiens (Human), Pan troglodytes (Chimpanzee), and OS Pan paniscus (Pygmy chimpanzee) (Bonobo). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; OC Eutheria; Primates; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo. RN [1] RP SEQUENCE FROM N.A. (ALPHA-1). RX MEDLINE; 81088339. RA MICHELSON A.M., ORKIN S.H.; RT "The 3' untranslated regions of the duplicated human alpha-globin RT genes are unexpectedly divergent."; RL Cell 22:371-377(1980). RN [2] RP SEQUENCE FROM N.A. (ALPHA-2). RX MEDLINE; 81175088. RA LIEBHABER S.A., GOOSSENS M.J., KAN Y.W.; RT "Cloning and complete nucleotide sequence of human 5'-alpha-globin RT gene."; RL Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 77:7054-7058(1980). RN [3] RP SEQUENCE FROM N.A. (ALPHA-2). RX MEDLINE; 80137531. RA WILSON J.T., WILSON L.B., REDDY V.B., CAVALLESCO C., GHOSH P.K., RA DERIEL J.K., FORGET B.G., WEISSMAN S.M.; RT "Nucleotide sequence of the coding portion of human alpha globin RT messenger RNA."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 255:2807-2815(1980). RN [4] RP SEQUENCE FROM N.A. (ALPHA-1 AND ALPHA-2). RA FLINT J., HIGGS D.R.; RL Submitted (JAN-1997) to the EMBL/GenBank/DDBJ databases. RN [5] RP SEQUENCE. RA BRAUNITZER G., GEHRING-MULLER R., HILSCHMANN N., HILSE K., HOBOM G., RA RUDLOFF V., WITTMANN-LIEBOLD B.; RT "The constitution of normal adult human haemoglobin."; RL Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem. 325:283-286(1961). RN [6] RP SEQUENCE. RA HILL R.J., KONIGSBERG W.; RT "The structure of human hemoglobin: IV. The chymotryptic digestion of RT the alpha chain of human hemoglobin."; RL J. Biol. Chem. 237:3151-3156(1962). RN [7] [Part of this file has been deleted for brevity] FT /FTId=VAR_002841. FT VARIANT 130 130 A -> D (IN YUDA; O2 AFFINITY DOWN). FT /FTId=VAR_002842. FT VARIANT 131 131 S -> P (IN QUESTEMBERT; HIGHLY UNSTABLE; FT CAUSES ALPHA-THALASSEMIA). FT /FTId=VAR_002843. FT VARIANT 133 133 S -> R (IN VAL DE MARNE; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_002844. FT VARIANT 135 135 V -> E (IN PAVIE). FT /FTId=VAR_002845. FT VARIANT 136 136 L -> M (IN CHICAGO). FT /FTId=VAR_002846. FT VARIANT 136 136 L -> P (IN BIBBA; UNSTABLE; FT CAUSES ALPHA-THALASSEMIA). FT /FTId=VAR_002847. FT VARIANT 138 138 S -> P (IN ATTLEBORO; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_002848. FT VARIANT 139 139 K -> E (IN HANAKAMI; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_002849. FT VARIANT 139 139 K -> T (IN TOKONAME; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_002850. FT VARIANT 140 140 Y -> H (IN ROUEN; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_002851. FT VARIANT 141 141 R -> C (IN NUNOBIKI; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_002852. FT VARIANT 141 141 R -> L (IN LEGNANO; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_002853. FT VARIANT 141 141 R -> H (IN SURESNES; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_002854. FT VARIANT 141 141 R -> P (IN SINGAPORE). FT /FTId=VAR_002855. FT HELIX 4 35 FT HELIX 37 42 FT TURN 44 45 FT TURN 50 51 FT HELIX 53 71 FT TURN 72 74 FT HELIX 76 79 FT TURN 80 80 FT HELIX 81 89 FT TURN 90 91 FT TURN 95 95 FT HELIX 96 112 FT TURN 114 116 FT HELIX 119 136 FT TURN 137 139 SQ SEQUENCE 141 AA; 15126 MW; 5EC7DB1E CRC32; VLSPADKTNV KAAWGKVGAH AGEYGAEALE RMFLSFPTTK TYFPHFDLSH GSAQVKGHGK KVADALTNAV AHVDDMPNAL SALSDLHAHK LRVDPVNFKL LSHCLLVTLA AHLPAEFTPA VHASLDKFLA SVSTVLTSKY R // |
ID HBB_HUMAN STANDARD; PRT; 146 AA. AC P02023; DT 21-JUL-1986 (Rel. 01, Created) DT 21-JUL-1986 (Rel. 01, Last sequence update) DT 15-JUL-1999 (Rel. 38, Last annotation update) DE HEMOGLOBIN BETA CHAIN. GN HBB. OS Homo sapiens (Human), Pan troglodytes (Chimpanzee), and OS Pan paniscus (Pygmy chimpanzee) (Bonobo). OC Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; OC Eutheria; Primates; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo. RN [1] RP SEQUENCE. RC SPECIES=HUMAN; RA BRAUNITZER G., GEHRING-MULLER R., HILSCHMANN N., HILSE K., HOBOM G., RA RUDLOFF V., WITTMANN-LIEBOLD B.; RT "The constitution of normal adult human haemoglobin."; RL Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem. 325:283-286(1961). RN [2] RP SEQUENCE FROM N.A. RC SPECIES=HUMAN; RX MEDLINE; 81064667. RA LAWN R.M., EFSTRATIADIS A., O'CONNELL C., MANIATIS T.; RT "The nucleotide sequence of the human beta-globin gene."; RL Cell 21:647-651(1980). RN [3] RP SEQUENCE OF 121-146 FROM N.A. RC SPECIES=HUMAN; RX MEDLINE; 85205333. RA LANG K.M., SPRITZ R.A.; RT "Cloning specific complete polyadenylylated 3'-terminal cDNA RT segments."; RL Gene 33:191-196(1985). RN [4] RP X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY (2.5 ANGSTROMS) OF DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN. RC SPECIES=HUMAN; RX MEDLINE; 76027820. RA FERMI G.; RT "Three-dimensional fourier synthesis of human deoxyhaemoglobin at RT 2.5-A resolution: refinement of the atomic model."; RL J. Mol. Biol. 97:237-256(1975). RN [5] RP SEQUENCE. RC SPECIES=P.TROGLODYTES; RX MEDLINE; 66071496. RA RIFKIN D.B., KONIGSBERG W.; RT "The characterization of the tryptic peptides from the hemoglobin of RT the chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)."; RL Biochim. Biophys. Acta 104:457-461(1965). RN [6] [Part of this file has been deleted for brevity] FT VARIANT 140 140 A -> T (IN ST JACQUES: O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_003081. FT VARIANT 140 140 A -> V (IN PUTTELANGE; POLYCYTHEMIA; FT O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_003082. FT VARIANT 141 141 L -> R (IN OLMSTED; UNSTABLE). FT /FTId=VAR_003083. FT VARIANT 142 142 A -> D (IN OHIO; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_003084. FT VARIANT 143 143 H -> D (IN RANCHO MIRAGE). FT /FTId=VAR_003085. FT VARIANT 143 143 H -> Q (IN LITTLE ROCK; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_003086. FT VARIANT 143 143 H -> P (IN SYRACUSE; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_003087. FT VARIANT 143 143 H -> R (IN ABRUZZO; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_003088. FT VARIANT 144 144 K -> E (IN MITO; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_003089. FT VARIANT 145 145 Y -> C (IN RAINIER; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_003090. FT VARIANT 145 145 Y -> H (IN BETHESDA; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_003091. FT VARIANT 146 146 H -> D (IN HIROSHIMA; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_003092. FT VARIANT 146 146 H -> L (IN COWTOWN; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_003093. FT VARIANT 146 146 H -> P (IN YORK; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_003094. FT VARIANT 146 146 H -> Q (IN KODAIRA; O2 AFFINITY UP). FT /FTId=VAR_003095. FT HELIX 5 15 FT TURN 16 17 FT HELIX 20 34 FT HELIX 36 41 FT HELIX 43 45 FT HELIX 51 55 FT TURN 56 56 FT HELIX 58 75 FT TURN 76 77 FT HELIX 78 94 FT TURN 95 96 FT TURN 100 100 FT HELIX 101 121 FT HELIX 124 142 FT TURN 143 144 SQ SEQUENCE 146 AA; 15867 MW; EC9744C9 CRC32; VHLTPEEKSA VTALWGKVNV DEVGGEALGR LLVVYPWTQR FFESFGDLST PDAVMGNPKV KAHGKKVLGA FSDGLAHLDN LKGTFATLSE LHCDKLHVDP ENFRLLGNVL VCVLAHHFGK EFTPPVQAAY QKVVAGVANA LAHKYH // |
The output is a standard EMBOSS alignment file.
The results can be output in one of several styles by using the command-line qualifier -aformat xxx, where 'xxx' is replaced by the name of the required format. Some of the alignment formats can cope with an unlimited number of sequences, while others are only for pairs of sequences.
The available multiple alignment format names are: unknown, multiple, simple, fasta, msf, trace, srs
The available pairwise alignment format names are: pair, markx0, markx1, markx2, markx3, markx10, srspair, score
See: http://emboss.sf.net/docs/themes/AlignFormats.html for further information on alignment formats.
######################################## # Program: matcher # Rundate: Fri Jul 15 2005 12:00:00 # Align_format: markx0 # Report_file: hba_human.matcher ######################################## #======================================= # # Aligned_sequences: 2 # 1: HBA_HUMAN # 2: HBB_HUMAN # Matrix: EBLOSUM62 # Gap_penalty: 14 # Extend_penalty: 4 # # Length: 145 # Identity: 63/145 (43.4%) # Similarity: 88/145 (60.7%) # Gaps: 8/145 ( 5.5%) # Score: 264 # # #======================================= 10 20 30 40 50 HBA_HU LSPADKTNVKAAWGKVGAHAGEYGAEALERMFLSFPTTKTYFPHF-DLSH :.: .:. : : :::: . : : ::: :. . .: :. .: : ::: HBB_HU LTPEEKSAVTALWGKV--NVDEVGGEALGRLLVVYPWTQRFFESFGDLST 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 HBA_HU -----GSAQVKGHGKKVADALTNAVAHVDDMPNALSALSDLHAHKLRVDP :. .:: ::::: : .. .::.:.. . ::.:: :: ::: HBB_HU PDAVMGNPKVKAHGKKVLGAFSDGLAHLDNLKGTFATLSELHCDKLHVDP 60 70 80 90 100 100 110 120 130 140 HBA_HU VNFKLLSHCLLVTLAAHLPAEFTPAVHASLDKFLASVSTVLTSKY ::.:: . :. :: : :::: : :. : .: :. : :: HBB_HU ENFRLLGNVLVCVLAHHFGKEFTPPVQAAYQKVVAGVANALAHKY 110 120 130 140 #--------------------------------------- #--------------------------------------- |
######################################## # Program: matcher # Rundate: Fri Jul 15 2005 12:00:00 # Align_format: markx0 # Report_file: hba_human.matcher ######################################## #======================================= # # Aligned_sequences: 2 # 1: HBA_HUMAN # 2: HBB_HUMAN # Matrix: EBLOSUM62 # Gap_penalty: 14 # Extend_penalty: 4 # # Length: 145 # Identity: 63/145 (43.4%) # Similarity: 88/145 (60.7%) # Gaps: 8/145 ( 5.5%) # Score: 264 # # #======================================= 10 20 30 40 50 HBA_HU LSPADKTNVKAAWGKVGAHAGEYGAEALERMFLSFPTTKTYFPHF-DLSH :.: .:. : : :::: . : : ::: :. . .: :. .: : ::: HBB_HU LTPEEKSAVTALWGKV--NVDEVGGEALGRLLVVYPWTQRFFESFGDLST 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 HBA_HU -----GSAQVKGHGKKVADALTNAVAHVDDMPNALSALSDLHAHKLRVDP :. .:: ::::: : .. .::.:.. . ::.:: :: ::: HBB_HU PDAVMGNPKVKAHGKKVLGAFSDGLAHLDNLKGTFATLSELHCDKLHVDP 60 70 80 90 100 100 110 120 130 140 HBA_HU VNFKLLSHCLLVTLAAHLPAEFTPAVHASLDKFLASVSTVLTSKY ::.:: . :. :: : :::: : :. : .: :. : :: HBB_HU ENFRLLGNVLVCVLAHHFGKEFTPPVQAAYQKVVAGVANALAHKY 110 120 130 140 #======================================= # # Aligned_sequences: 2 # 1: HBA_HUMAN # 2: HBB_HUMAN # Matrix: EBLOSUM62 [Part of this file has been deleted for brevity] # # Aligned_sequences: 2 # 1: HBA_HUMAN # 2: HBB_HUMAN # Matrix: EBLOSUM62 # Gap_penalty: 14 # Extend_penalty: 4 # # Length: 12 # Identity: 6/12 (50.0%) # Similarity: 6/12 (50.0%) # Gaps: 0/12 ( 0.0%) # Score: 20 # # #======================================= 120 HBA_HU HLPAEFTPAVHA :: : :: : HBB_HU HLTPEEKSAVTA 10 #======================================= # # Aligned_sequences: 2 # 1: HBA_HUMAN # 2: HBB_HUMAN # Matrix: EBLOSUM62 # Gap_penalty: 14 # Extend_penalty: 4 # # Length: 21 # Identity: 6/21 (28.6%) # Similarity: 7/21 (33.3%) # Gaps: 0/21 ( 0.0%) # Score: 19 # # #======================================= 10 20 HBA_HU PADKTNVKAAWGKVGAHAGEY : : : : : .: HBB_HU PVQAAYQKVVAGVANALAHKY 130 140 #--------------------------------------- #--------------------------------------- |
EMBOSS data files are distributed with the application and stored in the standard EMBOSS data directory, which is defined by EMBOSS environment variable EMBOSS_DATA.
Users can provide their own data files in their own directories. Project specific files can be put in the current directory, or for tidier directory listings in a subdirectory called ".embossdata". Files for all EMBOSS runs can be put in the user's home directory, or again in a subdirectory called ".embossdata".
The directories are searched in the following order:
Program name | Description |
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seqmatchall | All-against-all comparison of a set of sequences |
supermatcher | Match large sequences against one or more other sequences |
water | Smith-Waterman local alignment |
wordmatch | Finds all exact matches of a given size between 2 sequences |
water will give a single best rigorous local alignment. It will use memory of the order of the product of the lengths of the sequences to be aligned. If you wish the 'best' local alignment you should use water. If you run out of memory or want several possible good alignments, use matcher.
This application was modified for inclusion in EMBOSS by
Ian Longden (il © sanger.ac.uk)
Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton,
Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK.