Title
Prediction of Non-coding RNA and Their Targets in Spirulina platensis Genome
Abstract
Non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), transcripts that have function without being translated to protein, have a number of roles in the cell including important regulatory roles. Efforts to identify the whole set of ncRNAs and then to elucidate their functions would gain better biological understanding. Although ncRNA is another type of genome constituent, most of the genes for ncRNA are overlooked by standard genome annotation of genome sequencing projects. This also happens in Spirulina platensis genome sequencing project. It is because gene finding tools generally are able to identify only protein-coding genes but not non-protein-coding ones. In this study, S. platensis ncRNAs were detected by comparative genomics approach using computational tools, together with RNA secondary structure prediction. It was found that more than 100 predicted ncRNA loci matched with known ncRNAs for example cobalamin riboswitch, RNaseP, Signal Recognition Particle RNA, Group II intron RNA and Yfr1. It has been reported that Yfr1 has been found in most cyanobacterial genomes sequenced. The result showed that more than 70 putative loci were similar to Group II intron RNAs. In addition, approximately 100 predicted ncRNA loci were not matched with any known ncRNAs. The predicted targets for some putative ncRNAs are also proposed.
Year
DOI
Venue
2010
10.1007/978-3-642-16750-8_10
Communications in Computer and Information Science
Keywords
DocType
Volume
non-coding RNA prediction,non-coding RNA target prediction
Conference
115
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1865-0929
0
0.34
References 
Authors
5
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
tanawut srisuk100.34
Natapol Pornputtapong2343.70
Supapon Cheevadhanarak3366.15
Chinae Thammarongtham4273.56