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RNA Structure Prediction. RNA Structure Basics The RNA ‘Rules’ Programs and Predictions. Assigned reading: Ch. 6 from Bioinformatics: A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins, 3rd Ed. by Baxevanis and Ouellette. BIO520 Bioinformatics Jim Lund. mRNA - messenger RNA.
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RNA Structure Prediction RNA Structure Basics The RNA ‘Rules’ Programs and Predictions Assigned reading: Ch. 6 from Bioinformatics: A Practical Guide to the Analysis of Genes and Proteins, 3rd Ed. by Baxevanis and Ouellette. BIO520 Bioinformatics Jim Lund
mRNA - messenger RNA. tRNA - transfer RNA, small (~80 bases) sequences which bring amino acids to the ribosome. rRNA - ribosomal RNA, RNA + proteins = ribosome. viral RNA (ssRNA, dsRNA virii) miRNA: translational/transcriptional gene silencing. snoRNA, snRNA: splicing, RNA bp modification Transfer-Messenger RNAs (tmRNA), Small cytosolic RNAs (scRNA), Guide RNAs (gRNA) and more… RNA classes
1° Sequence (and modifications) 2° Base pairing 3° Overall Structure, non Watson-Crick pairs Experimental structures: tRNA, ribosome RNA structures
RNA Tertiary Structure, tRNA 3’(aminoacyl) end CCA Anticodon Loop
Watson-Crick pairing -> helices Loop regions Hairpin loops Internal loops Bulge loops Multibranch loops 2° RNA structures
Covalent Modifications-especially tRNA rUrT, r, rD, rS4U rC 3-CH3-C, 5-CH3-C rA I, 6-CH3-A, 6-isopentenyl-A rG 7-CH3-G, Q, Y RNA Modifications Pairing Changes Critical to Wobble Anticodons Nucleosides Nucleotides 1999 Jun-Jul;18(6-7):1579-81
G-C triple hydrogen bond A -U double hydrogen bond G-U single hydrogen bond RNA Base pairing
The number of GC versus AU and GU base pairs. Higher energy bonds form more stable structures. Number of base pairs in a stem region. Longer stems result in more bonds. Number of base pairs in a hairpin loop region. Formation of loops with more than 10 or less than 5 bases requires more energy. Number of unpaired bases (interior loops or bulges). Unpaired bases decrease the stability of the structure. RNA structure energetics
2° Structure 5’3’ G--C G--C C--G A | U--A G--C A A A A A A Stem Bulge Hairpin Loop
Base Pairs -- Good G:C better than A:T -- And local sequence matters! Bulges, Loops -- Bad Many small interactions---Stable Structure Only predict “Canonical Interactions” “The Rules”
A U A U A=U A=U Basepair Basepair G = -1.2 kcal/mole A U U A A=U U=A G = -1.6 kcal/mole Base Pairs/Stacks Why 1.2 vs 1.6?
Base Pairing/Stacking Bloomfield, Crothers, Tinoco, Physical Chemistry of Nucleic Acids
Hairpin Loops(GC closure) • Tertiary Interactions!
Internal Loops 5’3’ G--C G--C C--G A G G A A C T--A G--C T--A G--C
Single-Strand Bulges 5’3’ G--C G--C C--G A | G | A | T--A G--C T--A G--C
Mfold (M. Zuker) 2° structure RNAstructure/OligoWalk 2° structure, oligo/RNA target interactions alifold 2° structure constrained by muliple alignment. Pfold 2° structure guided by rules derived from known tRNA/rRNA structures Prediction Programs
Mfold (GCG) M. Zuker Mfold input to Plotfold Non-graphic output -G option Graphics outputs SQUIGGLES mountains circles domes energy plots Prediction Programs Looks GREAT
Squiggles CCA-3’OH 1 60 20 40
Optimal & Suboptimal structures Can ask for multiple structures Energy increment and “window size” increment. View individually. How variable are the structures? Energy Plots MFOLDStructure Family
ENERGY PLOT Variability in Pairing Optimal&Suboptimal
P-Num Plot Most Variable
Complementary molecular surfaces Bridging cations Pseudoknotting “kinetic traps” in folding NOT always 2 first! Forces in RNA folds Annu Rev Biophys Biomol Struct 1999;28:57-73 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1998 Sep 29;95(20):11555-60
Physical methods X-ray diffraction, NMR Enzymatic methods S1, Rnases (find ss and ds regions). Chemical modification DMS… Mutagenesis G:C=>C:C=>C:G RNA Structure Probing
Naturally occurring RNAaseP Group I introns Group II introns snRNA in the splicosome Artifical Engineered/evolved in the lab from natural ribozymes to have new substrate RNA. Cleave mRNA, drug-like action miRNA/siRNA Translational/transcriptional gene silencing Ribozymes
Cross-replicating RNA enzymes Published by AAAS T. A. Lincoln et al., Science 323, 1229 -1232 (2009)