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ArticleNucleic acids research2025

Analysis of RNA translation with a deep learning architecture provides new insight into translation control.

Xiaojuan Fan, Tiangen Chang, Chuyun Chen, Markus Hafner, Zefeng Wang

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Xiaojuan FanShanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9255-1544
Tiangen ChangLaboratory of Cancer Data Science, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1485-1992
Chuyun ChenShanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.
Markus HafnerRNA Molecular Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Disease, Bethesda, MD 20814, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4336-6518
Zefeng WangShanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200031, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6605-3637

Funding

Chinese Academy of Sciences XDB38040100 to Z.W.National Key Research and Development Program of China 2021YFA1300503National Natural Science Foundation of China 32030064National Natural Science Foundation of China 32100430
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurate annotation of coding regions in RNAs is essential for understanding gene translation. We developed a deep neural network to directly predict and analyze translation initiation and termination sites from RNA sequences. Trained with human transcripts, our model learned hidden rules of translation control and achieved a near perfect prediction of canonical translation sites across entire human transcriptome. Surprisingly, this model revealed a new role of codon usage in regulating translation termination, which was experimentally validated. We also identified thousands of new open reading frames in mRNAs or lncRNAs, some of which were confirmed experimentally. The model trained with human mRNAs achieved high prediction accuracy of canonical translation sites in all eukaryotes and good prediction in polycistronic transcripts from prokaryotes or RNA viruses, suggesting a high degree of conservation in translation control. Collectively, we present TranslationAI (https://www.biosino.org/TranslationAI/), a general and efficient deep learning model for RNA translation that generates new insights into the complexity of translation regulation.

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Deep LearningProtein BiosynthesisRNA, MessengerCodon UsageHumansNeural Networks, ComputerOpen Reading FramesPeptide Chain Initiation, TranslationalRNA, Long NoncodingTranscriptomeRNA, Long NoncodingRNA, Messenger

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PMID40219965
PMCPMC11992669

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