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FdrCategory Comment (#2402)
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trishorts authored Aug 30, 2024
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namespace EngineLayer
{
/// <summary>
/// This enum is used to categorize the FDR of a peptide based on its cleavage specificity.
/// FullySpecific: The peptide is cleaved only at protease-specified cleavage sites.
/// SemiSpecific: The peptide is cleaved on one terminus at protease-specified cleavage sites and at non-specific site on the other terminus.
/// NonSpecific: The peptide is cleaved at non-specific sites on both termini.
///
/// In the Speedy Non-Specific Search use case, all three categories are used with modern search. For each spectrum, the lowest q-value peptide is chosen
/// rather than the highest scoring peptide.
///
/// In a classic NonSpecific search, I believe that only the NonSpecific category is used. Further, I believe that it includes peptides that are cleaved
/// at one or more protease-specified cleavage sites, but also at non-specific sites.
///
/// The Single-N or Single-C protease is a special case. The modern search table is populated only with peptide fragments including the specified terminus.
/// Fragments from the other terminus are not included.
///
/// This is not the same as Semi-Trypsin, which is a classic search where the protein is digested into peptides and then the database is further updated
/// the full set of peptides that could be generated by terminal degradation.
///
/// </summary>
public enum FdrCategory
{
//Cleavage Specificity
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