Research Article

TnpPred: A Web Service for the Robust Prediction of Prokaryotic Transposases

Table 1

A comparison of the selectivities, sensitivities, and cutoff -values derived from TnpPred versus the corresponding Pfam HMM profiles for 19 IS families.

IS familyPfamTnpPred
HMMSelectivitySensitivityCutoff1HMMSelectivitySensitivityCutoff1

Transposase_2796.4%83.2% Combined*100.0%95.4%
1IS1ORF1*99.9%100.0%
ORF2*99.4%100.0%

2IS110Transposase_995.3%94.2% ORF1*100.0%100.0%
Transposase_20100.0%99.1%

3IS1380ORF1*100.0%100.0%

4IS200/IS605Transposase_17100.0%100.0% ORF1*100.0%100.0%

Combined*93.9%96.0%
5IS21ORF1*100.0%93.7%
IstB_N72.8%79.3% ORF2*100.0%100.0%
IstB76.6%79.5% 100.0%100.0%

6IS256Transposase_mut*100.0%100.0% ORF199.4%98.8%

Combined*99.5%81.8%
IS3_IS150ORF1*90.3%69.7%
ORF2100.0%100.0%
Transposase_880.1%78.8% Combined*100.0%100.0%
IS3_IS2ORF1*100.0%90.0%
ORF2*100.0%100.0%
Combined*98.6%89.6%
7IS3_IS3ORF1*93.6%76.5%
ORF2*100.0%100.0%
Combined*99.9%100.0%
IS3_IS407ORF1*99.7%95.8%
ORF2*100.0%100.0%
Combined*100.0%91.4%
IS3_IS51ORF1*87.4%74.3%
ORF2100.0%100.0%

8IS30ORF1*100.0%100.0%

9IS4Transposase_1199.0%96.0% ORF1*100.0%96.1%
Transposase_Tn551.8%58.9%

10IS481Mu-transpos_C67.7%54.0% ORF1*99.9%100.0%

IS5_IS1031ORF1*100.0%100.0%
IS5_IS427Combined*99.7%97.7%
11IS5_IS5Transposase_3354.6%60.4% ORF1*100.0%100.0%
IS5_IS903ORF1*100.0%100.0%
IS5_ISH1ORF1*100.0%100.0%
IS5_ISL2ORF1*100.0%100.0%

12IS6ORF1*100.0%100.0%

13IS630Transposase_1452.8%68.2% ORF1*98.4%97.7%

Transposase_3489.9%73.1% Combined85.6%79.0%
14IS66ORF1*97.8%82.6%
ORF2*94.0%88.4%
ORF3*100.0%88.8%

15IS91Transposase_32100.0%100.0% ORF1*100.0%100.0%

16IS982ORF1*99.3%99.2%

17ISAs1ORF1*100.0%100.0%

18ISL3Transposase_12100.0%99.0% ORF1*100.0%99.0%

19Tn3Transposase_7*100.0%63.3% ORF1*94.8%68.3%

1Cutoff -values are derived from ROC charts for each model (Supplementary File 1); *indicates the HMM that was selected for incorporation into the TnpPred web service.