title: Sequence-based identification of 3D structural modules in RNA with RMDetect.
abstract: Structural RNA modules, sets of ordered non-Watson-Crick base pairs embedded between Watson-Crick pairs, have central roles as architectural organizers and sites of ligand binding in RNA molecules, and are recurrently observed in RNA families throughout the phylogeny. Here we describe a computational tool, RNA three-dimensional (3D) modules detection, or RMDetect, for identifying known 3D structural modules in single and multiple RNA sequences in the absence of any other information. Currently, four modules can be searched for: G-bulge loop, kink-turn, C-loop and tandem-GA loop. In control test sequences we found all of the known modules with a false discovery rate of 0.23. Scanning through 1,444 publicly available alignments, we identified 21 yet unreported modules and 141 known modules. RMDetect can be used to refine RNA 2D structure, assemble RNA 3D models, and search and annotate structured RNAs in genomic data.
authors.affiliation: Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: José Almeida
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Westhof
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D020029:Base Pairing; D001483:Base Sequence; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D003198:Computer Simulation; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007438:Introns; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D012313:RNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D022661:RNA, Untranslated / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D057386:Search Engine; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D022661:RNA, Untranslated; D012313:RNA