Figure 2

Matrix Sorting & Filtering for AChE. A workflow using the software package decomposed into sequential steps a)-d). The sorting and filtering algorithms are the important steps to extract evolutionary signals. (a) shows the mutual information matrix in its generic order; (b) shows the matrix sorted with our quadratic sorting algorithm. Rows and columns are reordered, so that similar ones are next to each other; (c) shows a screenshot of the filtered and sorted data, revealing an interesting portion of residues in the molecule (small box), which are known to form the peripheral anionic site. Filtering was done by setting ranges to be displayed to appropriate values (in the two histograms on the left); (d) the residues found in step (c) to be significantly and highly co-evolving.