RNA Folding Based on 5 Beads Model and Multiscale Simulation.

Interdiscip Sci

Laboratory of Molecular Modeling and Design, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China.

Published: September 2023

AI Article Synopsis

Article Abstract

RNA folding prediction is very meaningful and challenging. The molecular dynamics simulation (MDS) of all atoms (AA) is limited to the folding of small RNA molecules. At present, most of the practical models are coarse grained (CG) model, and the coarse-grained force field (CGFF) parameters usually depend on known RNA structures. However, the limitation of the CGFF is obvious that it is difficult to study the modified RNA. Based on the 3 beads model (AIMS_RNA_B3), we proposed the AIMS_RNA_B5 model with three beads representing a base and two beads representing the main chain (sugar group and phosphate group). We first run the all atom molecular dynamic simulation (AAMDS), and fit the CGFF parameter with the AA trajectory. Then perform the coarse-grained molecular dynamic simulation (CGMDS). AAMDS is the foundation of CGMDS. CGMDS is mainly to carry out the conformation sampling based on the current AAMDS state and improve the folding speed. We simulated the folding of three RNAs, which belong to hairpin, pseudoknot and tRNA respectively. Compared to the AIMS_RNA_B3 model, the AIMS_RNA_B5 model is more reasonable and performs better.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12539-023-00561-3DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

rna folding
8
based beads
8
beads model
8
aims_rna_b5 model
8
beads representing
8
molecular dynamic
8
dynamic simulation
8
model
6
rna
5
folding based
4

Similar Publications

Simulating large molecular systems over long timescales requires force fields that are both accurate and efficient. In recent years, E(3) equivariant neural networks have lifted the tension between computational efficiency and accuracy of force fields, but they are still several orders of magnitude more expensive than established molecular mechanics (MM) force fields. Here, we propose Grappa, a machine learning framework to predict MM parameters from the molecular graph, employing a graph attentional neural network and a transformer with symmetry-preserving positional encoding.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Discovery of Novel RNA Demethylase FTO Inhibitors Featuring an Acylhydrazone Scaffold with Potent Antileukemia Activity.

J Med Chem

January 2025

State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 555 Zu Chong Zhi Road, Shanghai 201203, China.

Fat mass obesity-associated protein (FTO) has been emerging as a potential therapeutic target for drug discovery in RNA epigenetics. In this work, a series of novel FTO inhibitors featuring an acylhydrazone scaffold were identified, and the optimized compounds - showed potent FTO inhibitory activities with IC values ranging from 7.1 to 9.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Recent advances in recombinant production of soluble proteins in E. coli.

Microb Cell Fact

January 2025

Lab of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska cesta 13, Nova Gorica, 5000, Slovenia.

Background: E. coli still remains the most commonly used organism to produce recombinant proteins in research labs. This condition is mirrored by the attention that researchers dedicate to understanding the biology behind protein expression, which is then exploited to improve the effectiveness of the technology.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are an important and well-established tool for investigating RNA structural dynamics, but their accuracy relies heavily on the quality of the employed force field (). In this work, we present a comprehensive evaluation of widely used pair-additive and polarizable RNA s using the challenging UUCG tetraloop (TL) benchmark system. Extensive standard MD simulations, initiated from the NMR structure of the 14-mer UUCG TL, revealed that most s did not maintain the native state, instead favoring alternative loop conformations.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Chromosome-level reference genome and annotation of the Arctic fish Anisarchus medius.

Sci Data

January 2025

State Key Laboratory of Mariculture Breeding, Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology of Fujian Province, Institute of Oceanology, College of Marine Sciences, Haixia Institute of Science and Technology, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, 350002, China.

Anisarchus medius (Reinhardt, 1837) is a widely distributed Arctic fish, serving as an indicator of climate change impacts on coastal Arctic ecosystems. This study presents a chromosome-level genome assembly for A. medius using PacBio sequencing and Hi-C technology.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!