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ArticleNature communications2024

RNA language models predict mutations that improve RNA function.

Yekaterina Shulgina, Marena I Trinidad, Conner J Langeberg, Hunter Nisonoff, Seyone Chithrananda, Petr Skopintsev, Amos J Nissley, Jaymin Patel, Ron S Boger, Honglue Shi and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. De novo design of RNA pseudoknots with deep learning.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Yekaterina Shulgina *Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7658-9294
Marena I Trinidad *Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7839-4642
Conner J Langeberg *Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5609-3758
Hunter Nisonoff *Center for Computational Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1357-8111
Seyone Chithrananda *Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3671-9135
Petr Skopintsev *Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6043-157X
Amos J Nissley *Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4829-5373
Jaymin PatelInnovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4380-4805
Ron S BogerInnovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4467-271X
Honglue ShiInnovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3847-1652
Peter H YoonInnovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9156-1393
Erin E DohertyInnovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1555-4124
Tara PandeDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9440-4492
Aditya M IyerDepartment of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Jennifer A DoudnaInnovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9161-999X
Jamie H D Cate *Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. j-h-doudna-cate@berkeley.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5965-7902

Funding

Targeting Viroporins and Coronavirus M ProteinU19AI171110 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Nevan J Krogan · 2022 to 2026
$103.4M
Project 3U54AI170792 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Nevan J Krogan · 2022 to 2026
$35.7M
RESEARCH PROJECT 2U19AI135990 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI Nevan J Krogan · 2018 to 2026
$21.4M
Resource Core II: In Vivo CoreU19NS132303 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI NIREN MURTHY · 2023 to 2026
$19.7M
Expanding CRISPR-Cas editing technology through exploration of novel Cas proteins and DNA repair systemsU01AI142817 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI BANFIELD, JILLIAN, DOUDNA, JENNIFER A · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
Cas9 RNP delivery to immune cells in vivo via molecular targetingUH3AI150552 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI DOUDNA, JENNIFER A, WILSON, ROSS C · 2022 to 2022
$1.3M
National Science Foundation (NSF) CHE-2002182NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI142817NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI135990NIAID NIH HHS U54 AI170792NIAID NIH HHS UH3 AI150552NINDS NIH HHS U19 NS132303
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Structured RNA lies at the heart of many central biological processes, from gene expression to catalysis. RNA structure prediction is not yet possible due to a lack of high-quality reference data associated with organismal phenotypes that could inform RNA function. We present GARNET (Gtdb Acquired RNa with Environmental Temperatures), a new database for RNA structural and functional analysis anchored to the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB). GARNET links RNA sequences to experimental and predicted optimal growth temperatures of GTDB reference organisms. Using GARNET, we develop sequence- and structure-aware RNA generative models, with overlapping triplet tokenization providing optimal encoding for a GPT-like model. Leveraging hyperthermophilic RNAs in GARNET and these RNA generative models, we identify mutations in ribosomal RNA that confer increased thermostability to the Escherichia coli ribosome. The GTDB-derived data and deep learning models presented here provide a foundation for understanding the connections between RNA sequence, structure, and function.

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Escherichia coliMutationNucleic Acid ConformationRNADeep LearningRibosomesRNA, RibosomalRNARNA, Ribosomal

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