Title
Rna Bricks-A Database Of Rna 3d Motifs And Their Interactions
Abstract
The RNA Bricks database (http://iimcb.genesilico.pl/rnabricks), stores information about recurrent RNA 3D motifs and their interactions, found in experimentally determined RNA structures and in RNA-protein complexes. In contrast to other similar tools (RNA 3D Motif Atlas, RNA Frabase, Rloom) RNA motifs, i.e. 'RNA bricks' are presented in the molecular environment, in which they were determined, including RNA, protein, metal ions, water molecules and ligands. All nucleotide residues in RNA bricks are annotated with structural quality scores that describe real-space correlation coefficients with the electron density data (if available), backbone geometry and possible steric conflicts, which can be used to identify poorly modeled residues. The database is also equipped with an algorithm for 3D motif search and comparison. The algorithm compares spatial positions of backbone atoms of the user-provided query structure and of stored RNA motifs, without relying on sequence or secondary structure information. This enables the identification of local structural similarities among evolutionarily related and unrelated RNA molecules. Besides, the search utility enables searching 'RNA bricks' according to sequence similarity, and makes it possible to identify motifs with modified ribonucleotide residues at specific positions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1093/nar/gkt1084
NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
Field
DocType
Volume
RNA,Biology,Riboswitch,Ribonucleotide,RNA-binding protein,Nucleotide,RNA Motifs,Genetics,Molecular biology,Nucleic acid tertiary structure,Protein secondary structure,Database
Journal
42
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
D1
0305-1048
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.50
17
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Grzegorz Chojnowski170.84
Tomasz Waleń270639.62
Janusz M. Bujnicki335233.92