Title
Theoretical Search for RNA Folding Nuclei
Abstract
The functions of RNA molecules are defined by their spatial structure, whose folding is regulated by numerous factors making RNA very similar to proteins. Prediction of RNA folding nuclei gives the possibility to take a fresh look at the problems of the multiple folding pathways of RNA molecules and RNA stability. The algorithm previously developed for prediction of protein folding nuclei has been successfully applied to similar to 150 various RNA structures: hairpins, tRNAs, structures with pseudoknots, and the large structured P4-P6 domain of the Tetrahymena group I intron RNA. The calculated phi-values for tRNA structures agree with the experimental data obtained earlier. According to the experiment the nucleotides of the D and T hairpin loops are the last to be involved in the tRNA tertiary structure. Such agreement allowed us to do a prediction for an example of large structured RNA, the P4-P6 RNA domain. One of the advantages of our method is that it allows us to make predictions about the folding nucleus for nontrivial RNA motifs: pseudoknots and tRNA.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.3390/e17117827
ENTROPY
Keywords
Field
DocType
RNA domain,phi value,RNA folding,mutant,pseudoknot,hairpin,stability
RNA,Mathematical optimization,Ribozyme,RNA Stability,Transfer RNA,Intron,Computational biology,Bioinformatics,Nucleic acid tertiary structure,Nucleic acid secondary structure,Stem-loop,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
17
11
1099-4300
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Leonid B. Pereyaslavets121.46
Oxana V. Galzitskaya212520.15