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LAMBDA2_SEARCHP(1) LAMBDA2_SEARCHP(1)

NAME

lambda2_searchp - the Local Aligner for Massive Biological DatA

SYNOPSIS

lambda2 searchp [OPTIONS] -q QUERY.fasta -i INDEX.lambda [-o output.m8]

DESCRIPTION

Lambda is a local aligner optimized for many query sequences and searches in protein space. It is compatible to BLAST, but much faster than BLAST and many other comparable tools.

Detailed information is available in the wiki: <https://github.com/seqan/lambda/wiki>

OPTIONS

Display the help message.
Display the help message with advanced options.
Display version information.
Display long copyright information.
Display more/less diagnostic output during operation: 0 [only errors]; 1 [default]; 2 [+run-time, options and statistics]. In range [0..2]. Default: 1.

Input Options:

Query sequences. Valid filetypes are: .sam[.*], .raw[.*], .gbk[.*], .frn[.*], .fq[.*], .fna[.*], .ffn[.*], .fastq[.*], .fasta[.*], .faa[.*], .fa[.*], .embl[.*], and .bam, where * is any of the following extensions: gz, bz2, and bgzf for transparent (de)compression.
Alphabet of the query sequences (specify to override auto-detection). Dna sequences will be translated. One of auto, dna5, and aminoacid. Default: auto.
The translation table to use if input is Dna. See https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Utils/wprintgc.cgi?mode=c for ids. Default is to use the same table that was used for the index or 1/CANONICAL if the index was not translated. Default: 0.
The database index (created by the 'lambda mkindexp' command). Valid filetype is: .lambda.

Output Options:

File to hold reports on hits (.m* are blastall -m* formats; .m8 is tab-seperated, .m9 is tab-seperated with with comments, .m0 is pairwise format). Valid filetypes are: .sam[.*], .m9[.*], .m8[.*], .m0[.*], and .bam, where * is any of the following extensions: gz, bz2, and bgzf for transparent (de)compression. Default: output.m8.
Print specified column combination and/or order (.m8 and .m9 outputs only); call -oc help for more details. Default: std.
Output only matches above this threshold (checked before e-value check). In range [0..100]. Default: 0.
Output only matches that score below this threshold. In range [0..100]. Default: 1e-04.
Print at most this number of matches per query. In range [1..10000]. Default: 256.
BAM files require all subject names to be written to the header. For SAM this is not required, so Lambda does not automatically do it to save space (especially for protein database this is a lot!). If you still want them with SAM, e.g. for better BAM compatibility, use this option. One of 1, ON, TRUE, T, YES, 0, OFF, FALSE, F, and NO. Default: off.
For BLASTX and TBLASTX the matching protein sequence is "untranslated" and positions retransformed to the original sequence. For BLASTP and TBLASTN there is no DNA sequence so a "*" is written to the SEQ column. The matching protein sequence can be written as an optional tag, see --sam-bam-tags. If set to uniq than the sequence is omitted iff it is identical to the previous match's subsequence. One of always, uniq, and never. Default: uniq.
Write the specified optional columns to the SAM/BAM file. Call --sam-bam-tags help for more details. Default: AS NM ae ai qf.
Whether to hard-clip or soft-clip the regions beyond the local match. Soft-clipping retains the full sequence in the output file, but obviously uses more space. One of hard and soft. Default: hard.

General Options:

number of threads to run concurrently. Default: autodetected.

Seeding / Filtration:

Grow the seed if it has too many hits (low complexity filter). One of 1, ON, TRUE, T, YES, 0, OFF, FALSE, F, and NO. Default: on.
Length of the seeds. In range [3..50]. Default: 10.
Offset for seeding (if unset = seed-length/2). In range [1..50]. Default: 5.
maximum seed distance. In range [0..1]. Default: 1.
Seed delta increases the min. seed length (for affected seeds). One of 1, ON, TRUE, T, YES, 0, OFF, FALSE, F, and NO. Default: off.
Allow errors only in second half of seed. One of 1, ON, TRUE, T, YES, 0, OFF, FALSE, F, and NO. Default: on.

Miscellaneous Heuristics:

evaluate score of a region NUM times the size of the seed before extension (0 -> no pre-scoring, 1 -> evaluate seed, n-> area around seed, as well; default = 1 if no reduction is used). In range [1..10]. Default: 2.
minimum average score per position in pre-scoring region. In range [0..20]. Default: 2.
filter hits that will likely duplicate a match already found. One of 1, ON, TRUE, T, YES, 0, OFF, FALSE, F, and NO. Default: on.
If the maximum number of matches per query are found already, stop searching if the remaining realm looks unfeasible. One of 1, ON, TRUE, T, YES, 0, OFF, FALSE, F, and NO. Default: on.
Merge seed from one region, stop searching if the remaining realm looks unfeasable. One of 1, ON, TRUE, T, YES, 0, OFF, FALSE, F, and NO. Default: on.

Scoring:

use '45' for Blosum45; '62' for Blosum62 (default); '80' for Blosum80. Default: 62.
Score per gap character. In range [-1000..1000]. Default: -1.
Additional cost for opening gap. In range [-1000..1000]. Default: -11.

Extension:

Stop Banded extension if score x below the maximum seen (-1 means no xdrop). In range [-1..1000]. Default: 30.
Size of the DP-band used in extension (-3 means log2 of query length; -2 means sqrt of query length; -1 means full dp; n means band of size 2n+1) In range [-3..1000]. Default: -3.
Choice of extension algorithms. One of auto, xdrop, and fullSerial. Default: auto.

TUNING

Tuning the seeding parameters and (de)activating alphabet reduction has a strong influence on both speed and sensitivity. We recommend the following alternative profiles for protein searches:

fast (high similarity): --seed-delta-increases-length on

sensitive (lower similarity): --seed-offset 3

For further information see the wiki: <https://github.com/seqan/lambda/wiki>

LEGAL

lambda2 searchp Copyright: 2013-2019 Hannes Hauswedell, released under the GNU AGPL v3 (or later); 2016-2019 Knut Reinert and Freie Universität Berlin, released under the 3-clause-BSDL
SeqAn Copyright: 2006-2015 Knut Reinert, FU-Berlin; released under the 3-clause BSDL.
In your academic works please cite: Hauswedell et al (2014); doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu439
For full copyright and/or warranty information see --copyright.

Dec 7 2020 lambda2 searchp 2.0.0