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ArticleNucleic acids research2026

GlycoRNAdb: a database of glycoRNA sequences, structures, abundance, and glycan information across tissues and cell lines.

Chuxin Zheng, Ying Ao, Zhen Zhang, Shiqiang Mei, Abdul Hafeez, Wenkai Teng, Bin Li, Lianghu Qu, Zhichao Miao, Lingling Zheng

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Chuxin ZhengMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Innovation Center for Evolutionary Synthetic Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.ORCID 0009-0002-4940-5159
Ying AoGMU-GIBH Joint School of Life Sciences, The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Joint Laboratory for Cell Fate Regulation and Diseases, Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510005, China.
Zhen ZhangMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Innovation Center for Evolutionary Synthetic Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Shiqiang MeiMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Innovation Center for Evolutionary Synthetic Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Abdul HafeezMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Innovation Center for Evolutionary Synthetic Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Wenkai TengMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Innovation Center for Evolutionary Synthetic Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Bin LiMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Innovation Center for Evolutionary Synthetic Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Lianghu QuMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Innovation Center for Evolutionary Synthetic Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3657-2863
Zhichao MiaoShanghai Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Brain Functional Modulation, Clinical Research Center for Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Translational Research Institute of Brain and Brain-Like Intelligence, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Shanghai Fourth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai 200434, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5777-9815
Lingling ZhengMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory for Biocontrol, Innovation Center for Evolutionary Synthetic Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology, School of Agriculture and Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7152-1095

Funding

Guangdong Province 2021A1515010542Guangdong Province 2022A1515011321Guangzhou Laboratory GZNL2023A01006Guangzhou Laboratory GZNL2024A01002Guangzhou Laboratory HWYQ23-003Guangzhou Laboratory YW-YFYJ0102National Key R&D Program of China 2022YFC3400401National Key R&D Program of China 2023YFF1204700National Key R&D Program of China 2024YFF1206600National Key R&D Program of China 2025YFE0200600National Natural Science Foundation of China 32270604National Natural Science Foundation of China 32470599Natural Science Foundation of China 32270707Shenzhen Natural Science Foundation in Basic Research Fund JCYJ20250604175316022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glycosylated RNAs (glycoRNAs), recently discovered as cell surface molecules modified by complex N-glycans, represent a transformative frontier in RNA biology with emerging roles in immune regulation and intercellular communication. To address the lack of a dedicated resource, we developed GlycoRNAdb (http://www.glycornadb.com), the first comprehensive database integrating experimentally supported, specifically enriched glycoRNA sequences with associated glycosylation sites, secondary structures, expression profiles, and glycan composition from human and mouse tissues and cell lines. Data were curated from public datasets and processed via specialized pipelines to identify enriched glycoRNAs. The database contains 3379 curated entries, each annotated with sequence, structure (experimentally determined or R2DT-predicted), glycosylation sites, expression patterns, and detailed glycan information (composition, linkages, and tissue distribution). Built with a FAIR-compliant architecture, GlycoRNAdb offers advanced search, BLAST-based homology search, JBrowse-based genome browser, and interactive visualizations of structures, modification maps, heatmaps, and glycan chemistry. It enables exploration of cell-type-specific modification patterns, sequence-structure relationships, and modifications located proximal to glycosylation sites, such as acp³U, as demonstrated by case studies on snoRNAs and tRNAs. By unifying scattered glycoRNA data into a centralized, analytically rich platform, GlycoRNAdb serves as an indispensable resource to accelerate research into the biological functions and therapeutic potential of this novel class of RNA molecules.

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Databases, Nucleic AcidPolysaccharidesRNA, Small NucleolarAnimalsCell LineGlycosylationHumansInternetMiceNucleic Acid ConformationPolysaccharidesRNA, Small Nucleolar

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