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ArticleBriefings in bioinformatics2025

Design of function-regulating RNA via deep learning and AlphaFold 3.

Yan Xia, Zeyu Liang, Xiaowen Du, Dengtian Cao, Jing Li, Lichao Sun, Yi-Xin Huo, Shuyuan Guo

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Article in Briefings in bioinformatics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yan XiaDepartment of Gastroenterology, Aerospace Center Hospital, College of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, No. 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100081, China.
Zeyu LiangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Aerospace Center Hospital, College of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, No. 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100081, China.
Xiaowen DuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Aerospace Center Hospital, College of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, No. 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100081, China.
Dengtian CaoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Aerospace Center Hospital, College of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, No. 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100081, China.
Jing LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Aerospace Center Hospital, College of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, No. 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100081, China.
Lichao SunDepartment of Gastroenterology, Aerospace Center Hospital, College of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, No. 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100081, China.
Yi-Xin HuoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Aerospace Center Hospital, College of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, No. 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100081, China.
Shuyuan GuoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Aerospace Center Hospital, College of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, No. 5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100081, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7801-2528

Funding

National Key Research and Development Program of China 2024YFA0917501National Natural Science Foundation of China 32370095National Natural Science Foundation of China 32371489
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNAs are programmable macromolecules that play diverse regulatory roles in living organisms. However, the intricate structure-function relationships underlying their regulatory activities pose significant challenges for RNA design. Here, we introduce a computational framework that integrates deep learning and energy-based methods to enhance the sequence diversity of sgRNAs designs. Our approach demonstrates high editing efficiencies of up to 75% for gene knockouts, 100% for large fragment deletions, and 62.5% for multiplex gene editing using the designed sgRNAs. Molecular dynamic simulations suggested the stability of DNA-RNA-protein complex is essential to the functionality of designed RNAs. Moreover, we reveal that the confidence metrics of AlphaFold 3 can effectively distinguish functional sequences, enabling one-shot design of crRNAs. This work presents an efficient strategy for designing regulatory RNAs with complex interactions and establishes the potential of AlphaFold 3 in advancing RNA design.

Indexed as

Deep LearningRNARNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsComputational BiologyGene EditingHumansMolecular Dynamics SimulationRNARNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsAlphaFold3CRISPRdeep learninggene editingRNA design

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PMID40817912
PMCPMC12357492

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