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ArticleCurrent protocols2024

Using the RNAstructure Software Package to Predict Conserved RNA Structures.

Abhinav Mittal, Sara E Ali, David H Mathews

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Abhinav MittalDepartment of Biochemistry & Biophysics and Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
Sara E AliDepartment of Biochemistry & Biophysics and Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
David H MathewsDepartment of Biochemistry & Biophysics and Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2907-6557

Funding

RNA Structure Modeling Using Physics and Sequence ComparisonR35GM145283 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI DAVID H. MATHEWS · 2022 to 2026
$2.7M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM145283NIH HHS R35 GM145283
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The structures of many non-coding RNAs (ncRNA) are conserved by evolution to a greater extent than their sequences. By predicting the conserved structure of two or more homologous sequences, the accuracy of secondary structure prediction can be improved as compared to structure prediction for a single sequence. Here, we provide protocols for the use of four programs in the RNAstructure suite to predict conserved structures: Multilign, TurboFold, Dynalign, and PARTS. TurboFold iteratively aligns multiple homologous sequences and estimates the pairing probabilities for the conserved structure. Dynalign, PARTS, and Multilign are dynamic programming algorithms that simultaneously align sequences and identify the common secondary structure. Dynalign uses a pair of homologs and finds the lowest free energy common structure. PARTS uses a pair of homologs and estimates pairing probabilities from the base pairing probabilities estimated for each sequence. Multilign uses two or more homologs and finds the lowest free energy common structure using multiple pairwise calculations with Dynalign. It scales linearly with the number of sequences. We outline the strengths of each program. These programs can be run through web servers, on the command line, or with graphical user interfaces. © 2024 Wiley Periodicals LLC. Basic Protocol 1: Predicting a structure conserved in three or more sequences with the RNAstructure web server Basic Protocol 2: Predicting a structure conserved in two sequences with the RNAstructure web server Alternative Protocol 1: Predicting a structure conserved in multiple sequences in the RNAstructure graphical user interface Alternative Protocol 2: Predicting a structure conserved in two sequences with Dynalign in the RNAstructure graphical user interface Alternative Protocol 3: Running TurboFold on the command line.

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AlgorithmsNucleic Acid ConformationRNASoftwareComputational BiologyConserved SequenceSequence AlignmentRNAinformaticsRNA folding thermodynamicsRNA structure and foldingRNA structure conservation

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PMID39540715
PMCPMC13103888

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