中国物理B ›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (7): 78701-078701.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/7/078701

所属专题: TOPICAL REVIEW — Statistical Physics and Complex Systems

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RNA structure prediction:Progress and perspective

时亚洲, 吴园燕, 王凤华, 谭志杰   

  1. Department of Physics and Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
  • 收稿日期:2014-02-17 修回日期:2014-04-15 出版日期:2014-07-15 发布日期:2014-07-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11074191, 11175132, and 11374234), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB933600), and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents of China (Grant No. NCET 08-0408).

RNA structure prediction:Progress and perspective

Shi Ya-Zhou (时亚洲), Wu Yuan-Yan (吴园燕), Wang Feng-Hua (王凤华), Tan Zhi-Jie (谭志杰)   

  1. Department of Physics and Key Laboratory of Artificial Micro- and Nano-structures of Ministry of Education, School of Physics and Technology, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
  • Received:2014-02-17 Revised:2014-04-15 Online:2014-07-15 Published:2014-07-15
  • Contact: Tan Zhi-Jie E-mail:zjtan@whu.edu.cn
  • About author:87.14.gn; 87.15.bd; 87.15.bg; 87.15.Cc
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11074191, 11175132, and 11374234), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2011CB933600), and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents of China (Grant No. NCET 08-0408).

摘要: Many recent exciting discoveries have revealed the versatility of RNAs and their importance in a variety of cellular functions which are strongly coupled to RNA structures. To understand the functions of RNAs, some structure prediction models have been developed in recent years. In this review, the progress in computational models for RNA structure prediction is introduced and the distinguishing features of many outstanding algorithms are discussed, emphasizing three-dimensional (3D) structure prediction. A promising coarse-grained model for predicting RNA 3D structure, stability and salt effect is also introduced briefly. Finally, we discuss the major challenges in the RNA 3D structure modeling.

关键词: RNA structure prediction, secondary structure, three-dimensional (3D) structure, coarse-grained model

Abstract: Many recent exciting discoveries have revealed the versatility of RNAs and their importance in a variety of cellular functions which are strongly coupled to RNA structures. To understand the functions of RNAs, some structure prediction models have been developed in recent years. In this review, the progress in computational models for RNA structure prediction is introduced and the distinguishing features of many outstanding algorithms are discussed, emphasizing three-dimensional (3D) structure prediction. A promising coarse-grained model for predicting RNA 3D structure, stability and salt effect is also introduced briefly. Finally, we discuss the major challenges in the RNA 3D structure modeling.

Key words: RNA structure prediction, secondary structure, three-dimensional (3D) structure, coarse-grained model

中图分类号:  (RNA)

  • 87.14.gn
87.15.bd (Secondary structure) 87.15.bg (Tertiary structure) 87.15.Cc (Folding: thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, models, and pathways)