GARNET (Gtdb Acquired RNa with Environmental Temperatures), a new database for RNA structural and functional analysis anchored to the Genome Taxonomy Database (GTDB) used to drive language models which predict mutations that improve RNA function. Paper by Shulgina et al https://lnkd.in/e_sYQeEA
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#RNA structure prediction is not possible at present due to a lack of abundant high-quality reference data. GARNET (Gtdb Acquired RNa with Environmental Temperatures) is a new database linking RNA sequences derived from GTDB genomes to experimental and predicted optimal growth temperatures of GTDB reference organisms, which is used to define the minimal requirements for a sequence- and structure-aware RNA generative model. #MachineLearning deployed to make connections between RNA sequence, structure, and function. https://lnkd.in/e_sYQeEA
RNA language models predict mutations that improve RNA function
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A new database for RNA structural and functional analysis anchored to the Genome Taxonomy Database in this paper from Shulgina et al https://lnkd.in/e_sYQeEA . They define the minimal requirements for a sequence-and-structure-aware RNA generative model, and develop a GPT-like language model for RNA which is used to identify mutations in ribosomal RNA that confer increased thermostability to the Escherichia coli ribosome.
RNA language models predict mutations that improve RNA function
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#DNA in all of it glory, seem to be the driver of what information a cell can express, when it is expressed, where it is expressed. But DNA is not doing it alone. Myriads of unnoticed, and incomprehensible bits going on in the background make the dance of this #lead character look most important. One such noteworthy player is messenger #RNA. It’s the transcript of DNA for the protein-making machinery to read information from. Protein (oligopeptides) making machinery, one of the largest ribonucleoprotein complexes, has lots of dedicated RNAs- transfer RNA and ribosomal RNA deployed to work. Various different classes of small RNA exist that knockdown the messenger RNA expression whenever there is a need, which makes them one of the important entities of post-transcription #gene silencing (PTGS). Apart from these tiny ones, where ~2% of DNA makes a functional protein, more than >90% of it is claimed to express RNA that we don’t know the exact role of. When the ambitious human genome project (HGP) was set to sequence all that #human #genome is, a whopping 3.2 gigabases, we hoped that most of human diseases would be resolved. But Is it really until how ~98 works and influences the functionality of the remaining 2%. How fascinating is to know that we and #yeast share roughly the same no. of genes tho the later have only ~2Mb genome size. What the unknown huge chunk of the human genome is doing is probably what makes us human? Paradoxically, the #similarity between the human and chimp genome is greater than 98%. So it is 1.2% difference only or may be the answer lies in the diverse types of RNA it makes, and what all of them do exactly. But RNA landscape in the cell is changing every second. And how much #exactness have to do with all the #accurate functions, be it no. of copies of RNA, which could be as high as 1 Lac+ for some genes and 10 or even less for other? Are there other factors that may add to fine-tuning and subtleties associated with role of these coding and #noncoding RNA molecules? More praise to RNA in the next one..
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How does LINE-1 propagate in the genome? 1- First, a LINE-1 locus is de-repressed and transcribed. The mRNA is transported to the cytoplasm (polyadenylated introneless RNA). 2-In the cytoplasm, LINE-1 RNA is translated into the corresponding proteins (ORF1p & ORF2p). ORF1p amount is much more compared to ORF2p. 3-ORF1p is a chaperone that helps L1 RNA fold properly, while ORF2p has endonuclease and reverse transcriptase activities. 4-The two proteins bind to the L1 RNA in cis (the translated proteins bind to the RNA that codes for them). LINE-1 RNA and the proteins form RiboNucleoProtein (RNP) complexes. 5- RNP complexes enter the nucleus. 6- ORF2p nicks the DNA in an AT-rich region(endonuclease) and the L1 RNA poly A tail anneals to the nicked DNA. ORF2p (reverse transcriptase) makes L1 cDNA (full-length L1 or a truncated copy). This step is called Target-Primed Reverse Transcription (TPRT). 7- The cell repairs the DNA damage and a new L1 copy is integrated into the genome. Photo credit: https://lnkd.in/e63X7esr #LINE_1 #L1 #transposable_elements #retroelements #dna
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Researchers have discovered a molecular oddity in bacteria that could lead to customizable genome redesign. The technique exploits the natural ability of mobile genetic sequences, called jumping genes, to insert themselves into genomes. The system, guided by an #RNA molecule called "bridge" RNA or "seekRNA," has been shown to edit genes in a bacterium and in test tube reactions. But it is still unclear whether it can be adapted to work in human cells. To find tools, the researchers screened a diverse class of enzymes that allow mobile DNA elements in bacteria to hop from one place to another. They found a family of transposable elements called IS110, which uses a complex and unusual RNA-based targeting system. By altering the sequences at either end of this bridge, the researchers were able to program IS110 enzymes to insert a cargo (up to 5kb) of their choice anywhere in the genome. The second group of researchers characterized the biochemistry of IS110 molecules and those of another family, IS1111, which use a similar mechanism and are also programmable. They call their RNA intermediaries 'seekRNA'. The IS110 and IS1111 systems require only a single protein, which is less than half the size of many of the Cas enzymes used in CRISPR genome editing systems. This size difference is important for medical applications: the viruses often used to deliver genome-editing components (#AAVs) into human cells have limited cargo capacity (4.7 kb). So far, members of the IS110 family do not appear to work well in mammalian cells, and the research team is now trying to engineer them to work better in mammalian cells. Regardless of their success, the IS110 mechanism stands out as a novel and elegant way for mobile DNA elements to hitchhike around the genome.
The Bridge Recombination Mechanism - Next Generation Genome Design
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ENCODE - A New "Book of Life" that redefined RNA as the master molecule 🧬ENCODE is the acronym for "Encyclopedia of DNA Elements" a project started in 2012 at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to put together a compendium of human DNA functions. 🧬The sequencing of human genome earlier deciphered that only 1% of the genome codes for proteins and the rest of the sequences are mostly non-coding introns and regulatory/control sequences dubbed the "Junk DNA". 🧬The findings of the ENCODE team surprisingly revealed that contrary to prior assumptions, "nearly 75% of the genome gets transcribed into RNA." This was rechristened as "non-coding RNA" or "ncRNA" and a whopping 37,600 non-coding genes were identified. 🧬The ncRNA is involved in gene regulation and it includes not simply turning the genes off or on but also fine-tuning their activity. This means that although some genes hold the blueprint for proteins, ncRNA can control the activity of those genes and thus ultimately determine whether their proteins are made. 🧬 This redefines the 70-year-old Watson-Crick DNA double helix discovery and the subsequent "central dogma of life as enunciated by Francis Crick that "DNA makes RNA makes Protein" - the equation of life. 🧬The current hypothetical count of ncRNAs is at 500,000 of which 2000 have been specifically assigned regulatory functions that have been clinically implicated and these are the microRNAs (miRNAs). 🧬As the new "master regulatory molecules", ncRNA can be references to develop drugs that target ncRNAs involved in disease onset or, conversely, we can now use ncRNAs themselves as drugs. The article: https://lnkd.in/eZ4_U3yN
The RNA Revolution Is Changing Our Understanding of Biology
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"Learning from the #Codon Table: Convergent #Recoding Provides Novel Understanding on the #Evolution of A-to-I RNA #Editing" J Mol Evol link: https://lnkd.in/erzQjEf2
Learning from the Codon Table: Convergent Recoding Provides Novel Understanding on the Evolution of A-to-I RNA Editing - Journal of Molecular Evolution
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Bridge RNAs direct programmable recombination of target and donor DNA:- Genomic rearrangements,encompassing mutational changes in the genome such as insertions, deletions or inversions, are essential for genetic diversity. These rearrangements are typically orchestrated by enzymes that are involved in fundamental DNA repair processes, such as homologous recombination, or in the transposition of foreign genetic material by viruses and mobile genetic elements1,2. Here we report that IS110 insertion sequences, a family of minimal and autonomous mobile genetic elements, express a structured non-coding RNA that binds specifically to their encoded recombinase. This bridge RNA contains two internal loops encoding nucleotide stretches that base-pair with the target DNA and the donor DNA, which is the IS110 element itself. We demonstrate that the target-binding and donor-binding loops can be independently reprogrammed to direct sequence-specific recombination between two DNA molecules. This modularity enables the insertion of DNA into genomic target sites, as well as programmable DNA excision and inversion. The IS110 bridge recombination system expands the diversity of nucleic-acid-guided systems beyond CRISPR and RNA interference, offering a unified mechanism for the three fundamental DNA rearrangements—insertion, excision and inversion—that are required for genome design.
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🔍Fantastic Plots and How to Read Them!🔍 Ever looked at a plot and had no idea what info to extract from it? We got you! In each post of this series we will present a common plot used for presenting DNA and RNA sequencing related results. We will then give some background on the plots' purpose and how to interpret it. Have fun and stay tuned! This week: 🍣 Sashimi Plots🍣 Most human genes are built to express more than one transcript isoform of a gene depending on a variety of inner- and extracellular factors like cell-state or temperature changes. If those alternatively spliced variants are of interest while conducting a bulk RNA-seq experiment, a fitting plot type to visualise the splice variants is essential. This is where Sashimi plots come into play! 🔍How do you read a Sashimi plot? 🧬Exons are represented by blocks in a Sashimi plot. Their length is dependent on the length of the exon they represent and their height shows the abundance of sequencing reads found for specific sequences in the exon. 🧬Introns are only represented passively as space between the exons (unless there are reads present due to intron retention). 🧬Splice junctions are shown as lines connecting the exon-blocks. They carry a number that stands for the count of sequencing reads, that were spanning this junction, which is an indicator of how often this specific splice variant was abundant in the cell. 🔍What can be extracted from a Sashimi plot? Sashimi plots are usually used to compare the splice isoforms of different conditions. Every row represents such a condition. Of course, for each condition multiple splice isoforms can occur. This is also visualised by the junction-spanning lines that hold information about every junction found in the reads and therefore about the different exon-combinations that might exist in a sample. In short, a Sashimi plot effectively conveys information about which splice forms are abundant in a sample and how that varies dependent on its state. We hope this post gave you some new insights! If you want to read more about bulk RNA-sequencing and its application in research on alternative splicing, our latest blogpost is perfect for you: https://lnkd.in/dD3BdAQ2 The plots below are from a publication by Alexander Neumann et al. (2020). They used bulk RNA-seq amongst other methods to investigate temperature-dependent alternative splicing and mRNA decay in primary mouse hepatocytes. Can you interpret their shown results? #OmiqaBioinformatics #Statistics #LifeScience #NextGenerationSequencing #bulkRNAseq
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Evaluation of deep learning-based feature selection for single-cell RNA sequencing data analysis
Evaluation of deep learning-based feature selection for single-cell RNA sequencing data analysis - Genome Biology
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