AIMC Topic: Nucleic Acid Conformation

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Generative and predictive neural networks for the design of functional RNA molecules.

Nature communications
RNA is a remarkably versatile molecule that has been engineered for applications in therapeutics, diagnostics, and in vivo information-processing systems. However, the complex relationship between the sequence, structure, and function of RNA often ne...

GINClus: RNA structural motif clustering using graph isomorphism network.

NAR genomics and bioinformatics
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) structural motif identification is a crucial step for understanding RNA structure and functionality. Due to the complexity and variations of RNA 3D structures, identifying RNA structural motifs is challenging and time-consuming...

A divide-and-conquer approach based on deep learning for long RNA secondary structure prediction: Focus on pseudoknots identification.

PloS one
The accurate prediction of RNA secondary structure, and pseudoknots in particular, is of great importance in understanding the functions of RNAs since they give insights into their folding in three-dimensional space. However, existing approaches ofte...

Identification of potential riboswitch elements in Homo sapiens mRNA 5'UTR sequences using positive-unlabeled machine learning.

PloS one
Riboswitches are a class of noncoding RNA structures that interact with target ligands to cause a conformational change that can then execute some regulatory purpose within the cell. Riboswitches are ubiquitous and well characterized in bacteria and ...

The prediction of RNA-small molecule binding sites in RNA structures based on geometric deep learning.

International journal of biological macromolecules
Biological interactions between RNA and small-molecule ligands play a crucial role in determining the specific functions of RNA, such as catalysis and folding, and are essential for guiding drug design in the medical field. Accurately predicting the ...

Critical Assessment of RNA and DNA Structure Predictions via Artificial Intelligence: The Imitation Game.

Journal of chemical information and modeling
Computational predictions of biomolecular structure via artificial intelligence (AI) based approaches, as exemplified by AlphaFold software, have the potential to model of all life's biomolecules. We performed oligonucleotide structure prediction and...

RNAmigos2: accelerated structure-based RNA virtual screening with deep graph learning.

Nature communications
RNAs are a vast reservoir of untapped drug targets. Structure-based virtual screening (VS) identifies candidate molecules by leveraging binding site information, traditionally using molecular docking simulations. However, docking struggles to scale w...

RNA structure prediction using deep learning - A comprehensive review.

Computers in biology and medicine
In computational biology, accurate RNA structure prediction offers several benefits, including facilitating a better understanding of RNA functions and RNA-based drug design. Implementing deep learning techniques for RNA structure prediction has led ...

Identifying RNA-small Molecule Binding Sites Using Geometric Deep Learning with Language Models.

Journal of molecular biology
RNAs are emerging as promising therapeutic targets, yet identifying small molecules that bind to them remains a significant challenge in drug discovery. This underscores the crucial role of computational modeling in predicting RNA-small molecule bind...

Deep learning for RNA structure prediction.

Current opinion in structural biology
Predicting RNA structures from sequences with computational approaches is of vital importance in RNA biology considering the high costs of experimental determination. AI methods have revolutionized this field in recent years, enabling RNA structure p...