Negative probabilities are output as place holders when there aren't enough
IDs to estimate a valid mixture model.   When PeptideProphet cannot compute
a probability but based on other models thinks the ID is correct it reports
it with a negative probability equal to the absolute charge. It would be
helpful to know your PeptideProphet parameters to help troubleshoot the
failure to report a mixture model probability.

-David

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Carolina <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
> I built a library with decoys with SpectraST, and then, performed the
> search of raw files also with SpectraST against that library. The results
> were analyzed with peptide prophet but the probabilities are all negative,
> from -2 to -7. My intention is to get a FDR on my results, and that
> probability can not be right. Would you know what it might be going on?
> Thanks, Carolina
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