Some parameters of the PSI-BLAST search were modified to yield high-scoring segment pairs of maximum possible length: Option Parameter Name Default Value Our Value ------ -------------- ------------- --------- -G gap costs 11 9 -f threshold for extending hits 11 9 -X X dropoff value for gapped alignments 15 20 -Z X dropoff for final gapped alignments 25 30 -y X dropoff for BLAST extensions in bits 7 15