Figure 4

Summary performance on PROSITE true positives (TP), false positives (FP), and false negative (FN) test sites. We summarize total numbers of predicted true positives, false negatives, and false positives for PROSITE and SeqFEATURE at 100%, 99%, and 95% specificity cutoffs. SeqFEATURE (at the default 99% specificity cutoff) misses about 18% of the PROSITE true positives on average, but it also predicts 60% fewer false positives and 78% fewer false negatives than PROSITE. The three different specificity cutoffs also show tradeoffs in the numbers of true positives and false predictions made by SeqFEATURE, demonstrating that one can adjust the cutoff to fit desired performance. For example, one can attain a very high positive predictive value by using SeqFEATURE's 100% specificity cutoffs - although sensitivity decreases to about 50%, almost no false positive predictions are made.