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Table 5 Sensitivity and specificity of protein prediction methods

From: ProClaT, a new bioinformatics tool for in silico protein reclassification: case study of DraB, a protein coded from the draTGB operon in Azospirillum brasilense

Method

TPa

TNb

FPc

FNd

Calculated sensitivity (%)

Calculated specificity (%)

1. Cut-off score (>30 % local identity and > 50 % positive)

229

2704

0

67

77.36

100

2. Conserved domain

231

2704

10

55

80.77

99.63

3. Conserved domain with cutoff score

219

2704

0

77

73.99

100

4. ProClaT

289

2704

0

7

97.64

100

  1. a TP true positive
  2. b TN true negative
  3. c FP false positive
  4. d FN false negative