Part B - Identify categories of hit sequences
Scroll back to the Graphic Summary. The thick red bar directly underneath the color key for alignment scores represents the query sequence. The numbers below this line represent the positions of amino acids in the query sequence beginning at the N-terminal end (1) and ending at the C-terminal end (in this case, 235).
The colored bars below the red query sequence bar show the hit sequences with their regions of similarity to the query sequence. In this search, only a few of the hits show similarity to the query sequence over its entire length. Most are similar to only parts of the query sequence.
[Screenshot from BLAST]
Notice that most of the hits in your search can be organized into three general categories based on the region of the query sequence that statistically aligns with the hit sequences.
Identify the three main categories of hits in terms of similarity to the query sequence. (For help approaching this question, see Hint 1.)
Identify the three main categories of hits in terms of similarity to the query sequence. (For help approaching this question, see Hint 1.)
sequences that are similar to the last 170 amino acids of the query sequence
sequences that are similar to the first 170 amino acids of the query sequence
sequences that are similar to the entire length of the query sequence
sequences that are similar to the first 75 amino acids of the query sequence
sequences that are similar to the last 75 amino acids of the query sequence
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