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Table 2 Description of test case notations used in the current study

From: Alignment behaviors of short peptides provide a roadmap for functional profiling of metagenomic data

Test case type

Description

Type1_11–81aa

Peptides were derived from well characterized proteins. In eight independent test cases lengths of peptides ranged between 11 to 81 amino-acids.

Type2.1–2.3

Peptides were derived from uncharacterized proteins and test cases were classified on the basis of the degree of sequence similarity of proteins with well-annotated proteins.

2.1: Coverage <70 % & identity < 70 %

2.2: Coverage <70 % & identity <50 %

2.3: Coverage <70 % & identity <35 %

Type3

Simulated data to test the “Frequency weighted method”