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ArticleNature communications2022

Pytheas: a software package for the automated analysis of RNA sequences and modifications via tandem mass spectrometry.

Luigi D'Ascenzo, Anna M Popova, Scott Abernathy, Kai Sheng, Patrick A Limbach, James R Williamson

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luigi D'Ascenzo *Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. dascenzo.luigi@gene.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9780-9134
Anna M Popova *Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. popova@scripps.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6955-1877
Scott AbernathyRieveschl Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 210172, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Kai ShengDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Patrick A LimbachRieveschl Laboratories for Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, PO Box 210172, Cincinnati, OH, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1526-4546
James R WilliamsonDepartment of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. jrwill@scripps.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-8772-468X
Scripps Research Institute · USUniversity of Cincinnati · US

Funding

UPLC for Enhanced Mass Spectrometry of Modified RNAsR01GM058843 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI LIMBACH, PATRICK A · 1999 to 2025
$5.1M
Assembly of E. coli ribosomes in vitro and in cellsR37GM053757 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI WILLIAMSON, JAMES R · 2008 to 2017
$5.1M
STRUCTURE AND ASSEMBLY OF 30 S CENTRAL DOMAIN RNPSR01GM053757 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI WILLIAMSON, JAMES R · 1996 to 2020
$5.0M
Dynamics of the Bacterial Ribosome and Proteome (Equipment Supplement)R35GM136412 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI James R Williamson · 2020 to 2026
$4.9M
Mass Spectrometry of Ribosomal RNA:Protein InteractionsR56GM058843 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI LIMBACH, PATRICK A · 2009 to 2009
$330k
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM053757NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM058843NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM136412NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM053757NIGMS NIH HHS R56 GM058843
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mass spectrometry is an important method for analysis of modified nucleosides ubiquitously present in cellular RNAs, in particular for ribosomal and transfer RNAs that play crucial roles in mRNA translation and decoding. Furthermore, modifications have effect on the lifetimes of nucleic acids in plasma and cells and are consequently incorporated into RNA therapeutics. To provide an analytical tool for sequence characterization of modified RNAs, we developed Pytheas, an open-source software package for automated analysis of tandem MS data for RNA. The main features of Pytheas are flexible handling of isotope labeling and RNA modifications, with false discovery rate statistical validation based on sequence decoys. We demonstrate bottom-up mass spectrometry characterization of diverse RNA sequences, with broad applications in the biology of stable RNAs, and quality control of RNA therapeutics and mRNA vaccines.

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RNATandem Mass SpectrometryBase SequenceRNA, TransferSoftwareRNARNA, Transfer

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PMID35505047
PMCPMC9065004
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