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Table 2 Comparison of different probability thresholds that were applied to the MS results

From: Integration with the human genome of peptide sequences obtained by high-throughput mass spectrometry

Probability

≥ 0.70

≥ 0.90

≥ 0.95

≥ 0.99

Total number of passing spectra

245724

224793

211674

179410

Peptides

31290

26840

25022

21598

Distinct peptides with protein sequence matches

29393

25754

24172

21030

Number of mapped proteins

11612

9747

9016

8134

Number of simple reduced proteins

7097

5826

5383

4845

False-positive estimate MS/MS spectra

2.4%

0.9%

0.05%

0.01%

False-positive estimate with protein sequence matches

<16%

<6%

<3%

<0.8%