When you see in NPS@ the sentence "Paste a profile HMM in HMMER format below", you must paste a profile HMM as indicated below.

PROFILE HMM IN HMMER FORMAT :

HMMER2.0  [2.2g]
NAME  20416
LENG  17
ALPH  Amino
RF    no
CS    no
MAP   yes
COM   /pbil/bin/hmmer/hmmbuild --wgsc --pbswitch 1000 /pbil/servers/npsa/www/tmp/20416.hmm /pbil/servers/npsa/www/tmp/20416.clustal
COM   /pbil/bin/hmmer/hmmcalibrate --mean 350 --num 5000 --sd 350 --cpu 2 /pbil/servers/npsa/www/tmp/20416.hmm
NSEQ  6
DATE  Mon Feb  3 16:50:56 2003
CKSUM 4635
XT      -8455     -4  -1000  -1000  -8455     -4  -8455     -4 
NULT      -4  -8455
NULE     595  -1558     85    338   -294    453  -1158    197    249    902  -1085   -142    -21   -313     45    531    201    384  -1998   -644 
EVD   -10.794779   0.395599
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         m->m   m->i   m->d   i->m   i->i   d->m   d->d   b->m   m->e
         -507      *  -1754
     1   -476  -1145   1421    -20  -1092  -1337   -343   -583   -229   -738   3360   -253  -1588    -91   -638   -558   -480   -487  -1523   -975     4
     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -27  -6312  -7354   -894  -1115   -701  -1378   -507      * 
     2   -349  -1556    898    289  -1795  -1311    -21  -1478   1350  -1542   2455     -1  -1431    392   -117    554   -295  -1138  -1811  -1194     5
     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -19  -6808  -7850   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
     3   -601  -1821   -314     91  -2254  -1440   -152  -1929   2135  -1910  -1069   1795  -1604    268    117   -511    858  -1541  -2075  -1504     6
     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -19  -6808  -7850   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
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     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -16  -7108  -8150   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
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     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -16  -7108  -8150   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
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     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -16  -7108  -8150   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
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     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -16  -7108  -8150   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
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     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -16  -7108  -8150   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
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     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -16  -7108  -8150   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
    10   3438  -1472  -2846  -3040  -3287  -1726  -2735  -2840  -3028  -3257  -2662  -2236  -2447  -2798  -2944  -1216  -1387  -2183  -3405  -3320    13
     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -16  -7108  -8150   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
    11  -1470  -2528  -1412   1151  -3129  -2169   -408  -2639   1671  -2415  -1653   -820  -2204     21   2944  -1342  -1287  -2320  -2377  -2060    14
     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -16  -7108  -8150   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
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     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -16  -7108  -8150   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
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     -    -16  -7108  -8150   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
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     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -16  -7108  -8150   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
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     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -16  -7108  -8150   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
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     -   -149   -500    233     43   -381    399    106   -626    210   -466   -720    275    394     45     96    359    117   -369   -294   -249 
     -    -16  -7108  -8150   -894  -1115   -701  -1378      *      * 
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     -      *      *      *      *      *      *      *      *      0 
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