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Sequence similarity calculation

The percentage SIMILARITIES and IDENTITIES, respectively, between the two peptide sequences given below will be ______% and _____%. Peptide I : Ala-Ala-Arg-Arg-Gln-Trp-Leu-Thr-Phe-Thr-Lys-Ile-Met-Ser-Glu Peptide II: Ala-Ala-Arg-Glu-Gln-Tyr-Ile-Ser-Phe-Thr-Lys-Ile-Met-Arg-Asp (A) 80, 80 (B) 80, 60 (C) 60, 60 (D) 90, 60

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written 9.6 years ago by shruti.pagare •

This looks like homework assignment. We won't do this for you. If there is something you don't understand, ask a question and someone may answer but we won't do your homework for you

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written 9.6 years ago by Jean-Karim Heriche

@ Jean-Karim Heriche well I know how to what % identity and its calculations. I am not able to get the formula for percentage similarity calculation. Can anyone help me with it?

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written 9.6 years ago by shruti.pagare •

Similarity between amino-acids is typically defined by the substitution matrix used to produce the alignment.

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written 9.6 years ago by Jean-Karim Heriche

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