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Table 1 Overview of the matrices assessed in this study and their respective clustering values, relative entropies and corresponding scale in bits per unit

From: Addressing inaccuracies in BLOSUM computation improves homology search performance

Matrix

Clust. value

Rel. entropy

Bit units

BLOSUM50 5.0

50

0.4808

1/3

RBLOSUM52 5.0

52

0.4918

1/3

CorBLOSUM49 5.0

49

0.4849

1/3

BLOSUM62 5.0

62

0.6979

1/2

RBLOSUM64 5.0

64

0.7003

1/2

CorBLOSUM61 5.0

61

0.6939

1/2

BLOSUM50 13+

50

0.2430

1/4

RBLOSUM59 13+

59

0.2410

1/4

CorBLOSUM57 13+

57

0.2479

1/4

BLOSUM62 13+

62

0.3672

1/3

RBLOSUM69 13+

69

0.3601

1/3

CorBLOSUM66 13+

66

0.3653

1/3

BLOSUM50 14.3

50

0.1509

1/5

RBLOSUM59 14.3

59

0.1477

1/5

CorBLOSUM57 14.3

57

0.1515

1/5

BLOSUM62 14.3

62

0.2685

1/4

RBLOSUM69 14.3

69

0.2662

1/4

CorBLOSUM67 14.3

67

0.2636

1/4