Kalign version 2.04, Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Timo Lassmann
Kalign is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation.
Usage: kalign2 [INFILE] [OUTFILE] [OPTIONS]
Options:
-s, -gapopen Gap open penalty
-gap_open
-gpo
-e, -gapextension Gap extension penalty
-gap_ext
-gpe
-t, -terminal_gap_extension_penalty Terminal gap penalties
-tgpe
-m, -matrix_bonus A constant added to the substitution matrix.
-bonus
-c, -sort The order in which the sequences appear in the output alignment.
-g, -feature Selects feature mode and specifies which features are to be used:
e.g. all, maxplp, STRUCT, PFAM-A....
-same_feature_score Score for aligning same features
-diff_feature_score Penalty for aligning different features
-d, -distance Distance method.
-b, -guide-tree Guide tree method.
-tree
-z, -zcutoff Parameter used in the wu-manber based distance calculation
-i, -input The input file.
-infile
-in
-o, -output The output file.
-outfile
-out
-a, -gap_inc Parameter increases gap penalties depending on the number of existing gaps
-f, -format The output format:
-q, -quiet Print nothing to STDERR.
Read nothing from STDIN
Examples:
Using pipes:
kalign2 [OPTIONS] < [INFILE] > [OUTFILE]
more [INFILE] | kalign2 [OPTIONS] > [OUTFILE]
Relaxed gap penalties:
kalign2 -gpo 60 -gpe 9 -tgpe 0 -bonus 0 < [INFILE] > [OUTFILE]
Feature alignment with pairwise alignment based distance method and NJ guide tree:
kalign2 -in test.xml -distance pair -tree nj -sort gaps -feature STRUCT -format macsim -out test.macsim