A graphic view of the Blosum-62. This substitution matrix was derived by examining substitutions within aligned sequence blocks in related proteins. Amino acids are classified into four groups (charged, red; polar, green; large and hydrophobic, blue; other, black). Substitutions that require the change of only a single nucleotide are shaded. Identities are boxed. To find the score for a substitution of, for instance, a Y for an H, you find the Y in the column having H at the top and check the number at the left. In this case, the resulting score is 2.