Here is an example of an excellent BLAST match (E-value 0) between gene 0189 in C. pneumoniae and gene 131 in C. trachomatis.
Query: CPn0189 Score E- (bits) Value Aligned with CT131 hypothetical protein 1240 0.0 Query: 1 MKRRSWLKILGICLGSSIVLGFLIFLPQLLSTESRKYLVFSLIHKESGLSCSAEELKISW 60 MKR W KI G L + L L LP+ S+ES KYL S+++KE+GL E+L +SW Sbjct: 1 MKRSPWYKIFGYYLLVGVPLALLALLPKFFSSESGKYLFLSVLNKETGLQFEIEQLHLSW 60 Query: 61 FGRQTARKIKLTG-EAKDEVFSAEKFELDGSLLRLLIYKKPKGITLSGWSLKINEPASID 119 FG QTA+KI++ G ++ E+F+AEK + GSL RLL+Y+ PK +TL+GWSL+I+E S++ Sbjct: 61 FGSQTAKKIRIRGIDSDSEIFAAEKIIVKGSLPRLLLYRFPKALTLTGWSLQIDESLSMN 120 . . . etc. . . Query: 1019 ICKRLDALIDRRIRLALWGKTDIAHDRLFMTLGIDPEVIKKYFHNTSLKTKNFFLIKIRG 1078 ICKR DALID RIRLALWGKTDI +RL MTLGIDPE+IKK F NT LKTKNFFLIKIRG Sbjct: 1020 ICKRFDALIDGRIRLALWGKTDIVRERLAMTLGIDPELIKKLFRNTMLKTKNFFLIKIRG 1079 Query: 1079 SISSPEVDWSSAYARIALLKSYSLGNPFSSLADKLFSSLGDSTPPPTVHPFPWEKS 1134 ISSPE+DWSSAYARIALLKSY++ P +SLADKLFSSLG+ TP TV P PWE S Sbjct: 1080 PISSPEIDWSSAYARIALLKSYTIAGPLNSLADKLFSSLGEPTPTQTVSPLPWEVS 1135
A marginal E-value of 4e-05 is illustrated by the BLAST alignment between gene 0211 in C. pneumoniae and gene 228 in C. trachomatis. BLAST queries yielding marginal E-values were not reanalyzed using Psi-BLAST in this study.
Query= CPn0211 Score E (bits) Value Aligned with CT228 hypothetical protein (acidic) 39 4e-05 Query: 5 DISNVQASSIQSALLHKTSDQIQQKRCFKQSTFVILAVSLVIIGSLFLLAGVAILTVFSH 64 D S++ + + TS + C K IL ++L I+G+L ++AGV L + + Sbjct: 8 DASSLPLPTASCVEIKSTSSSTKGNTCSK-----ILDIALAIVGALVVVAGVLALVLCAS 62 Query: 65 GVLSLVFGVLGIVLGLLLLAGGVGLLV 91 V+ G+ +++G + G+ L+ Sbjct: 63 NVIFTAIGIAALIIGSACVGAGISRLM 89