[Biojava-l] unwanted gap in alignments

[Andreas Prlic]

looks a bit like an end-gap issue to me. I think the global alignment
algorithm does not penalize end gaps. Try a local alignment (smith
waterman) instead.

Andreas



On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 2:32 AM, Khalil El Mazouari
<khalil.elmazouari at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am testing the PSA and MSA examples from Cookbook3.
>
> Sometimes, gaps were introduced in "unwanted" places in the alignments. Ex. below:
>
> EVQLQQSGAELVKPGASVKLSCTASGFNIKDTYMHWVKQRPEKGLEWIGRIDPASGNTKYDPKFQDKATITADTSSNTAYLQLSSLTSEDTAVYYCAGYDYGNFDYWGQGTTLTVSS
> EVQLQQSGAELVKPGASVKLSCTASGFNIKDTYMHWVKQRPEQGLEWIGRIDPANGNTKYDPKFQGKATITADTSSNTAYLQLSSLTSEDTAVYYCA-------------------R
>
> expected PSA was:
> EVQLQQSGAELVKPGASVKLSCTASGFNIKDTYMHWVKQRPEKGLEWIGRIDPASGNTKYDPKFQDKATITADTSSNTAYLQLSSLTSEDTAVYYCAGYDYGNFDYWGQGTTLTVSS
> EVQLQQSGAELVKPGASVKLSCTASGFNIKDTYMHWVKQRPEQGLEWIGRIDPANGNTKYDPKFQGKATITADTSSNTAYLQLSSLTSEDTAVYYCAR-------------------
>
>
> the same for MSA
> DVQLVESGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSTAWMKWVRQAPGKGLEWVVWRVEQVVEKAFANSVNGRFTISRNDSKNTLYLQMISVTPZBTAVYYCARVVVSTSMDVWGQGTPVT
> EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFS-----WVRQASGKGLEWV-----------------GRFTISRDDSKNTAYLQMNSLKTEDTAVYYCTR-----------------
> EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFS-----WVRQAPGKGLEWV-----------------GRFTISRDDSKNSLYLQMNSLKTEDTAVYYCAR-----------------
> QVQLVESGGGVVQPGRSLRLSCAASGFTFS-----WVRQAPGKGLEWVA-----------------RFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCAR-----------------
> QVQLVESGGGVVQPGRSLRLSCAASGFTFS-----WVRQAPGKGLEWVA-----------------RFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCAR-----------------
>
> expected MSA
> DVQLVESGGGLVKPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFSTAWMKWVRQAPGKGLEWVVWRVEQVVEKAFANSVNGRFTISRNDSKNTLYLQMISVTPZBTAVYYCARVVVSTSMDVWGQGTPVT
> EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLKLSCAASGFTFS-----WVRQASGKGLEWVG-----------------RFTISRDDSKNTAYLQMNSLKTEDTAVYYCTR-----------------
> EVQLVESGGGLVQPGGSLRLSCAASGFTFS-----WVRQAPGKGLEWVG-----------------RFTISRDDSKNSLYLQMNSLKTEDTAVYYCAR-----------------
> QVQLVESGGGVVQPGRSLRLSCAASGFTFS-----WVRQAPGKGLEWVA-----------------RFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCAR-----------------
> QVQLVESGGGVVQPGRSLRLSCAASGFTFS-----WVRQAPGKGLEWVA-----------------RFTISRDNSKNTLYLQMNSLRAEDTAVYYCAR-----------------
>
>
> I have tested different gop/gep and LOCAL/GLOBAL PSA . No success!
>
> How can I force or avoid the gap creation at specific positions?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Khalil
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