Predicting RNA structures and functions by artificial intelligence.
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RNA functions by interacting with its intended targets structurally. However, due to the dynamic nature of RNA molecules, RNA structures are difficult to determine experimentally or predict computationally. Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized many biomedical fields and has been progressively utilized to deduce RNA structures, target binding, and associated functionality. Integrating structural and target binding information could also help improve the robustness of AI-based RNA function prediction and RNA design. Given the rapid development of deep learning (DL) algorithms, AI will provide an unprecedented opportunity to elucidate the sequence-structure-function relation of RNAs.
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RNA structural complexity is amplified by six backbone torsion angles compared to two in proteins, increasing the range of possible structures.
“The structural complexity of RNA is amplified by its six backbone torsion angles - compared to only two in proteins increasing the range of possible structures [4].”
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- Authors
- Zhang, J., Lang, M., Zhou, Y., & Zhang, Y.
- Affiliations
- Shenzhen University (CN)
- Shenzhen Bay Laboratory (CN)
- Harbin Institute of Technology (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Zhou, Yaoqi
- Zhang, Yang
- Venue
- Trends in Genetics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2024-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 94-107
- ISSN
- 0168-9525 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4387951124
- Cited by
- 48
- References
- 96
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 15
- FWCI
- 1.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- hdl.handle.net
- Licence
- Locations
- Trends in Genetics (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA regulation and disease
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Research and Splicing
- Keywords
- RNA structure prediction, RNA function prediction, deep learning, RNA design, sequence-structure-function relationships, artificial intelligence in biology
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