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Table 1 Matrices with respective entropy values (i) reported by Hess et al., (ii) present study

From: RBLOSUM performs better than CorBLOSUM with lesser error per query

Matrix

(i) Hess et al.

(ii) Present study

Entropy

Bit units

Entropy

Bit units

BLOSUM505.0

0.4808

1/3

0.4808

1/3

RBLOSUM525.0

0.4918

1/3

0.4918

1/3

BLOSUM62 5.0

0.6979

1/2

0.6979

1/2

RBLOSUM645.0

0.7003

1/2

0.7003

1/2

BLOSUM5013+

0.2430

1/4

0.1922

1/5

RBLOSUM5913+

0.2410

1/4

0.2411

1/4

BLOSUM6213+

0.3672

1/3

0.3173

1/3

RBLOSUM6913+

0.3601

1/3

0.3601

1/3

BLOSUM5014.3

0.1509

1/5

0.1198

1/6

RBLOSUM5914.3

0.1477

1/5

0.1537

1/5

BLOSUM6214.3

0.2685

1/4

0.2360

1/4

RBLOSUM6914.3

0.2662

1/4

0.2773

1/4