Beyond Pango: The future of virus lineage classification
Keeping pace with ever-changing viruses is a challenge. This study unveils an automated system for classifying viral lineages based on genetics, offering a faster and more objective approach
Keeping pace with ever-changing viruses is a challenge. This study unveils an automated system for classifying viral lineages based on genetics, offering a faster and more objective approach
This study presents an efficient technique for refining protein-RNA complexes using artifilial intelligence (AI) based modeling and flexible docking. The method, utilizing parallel cascade selection molecular dynamics (PaCS-MD), accelerates conformational sampling of flexible RNA regions and produces high-quality complex models. Experimental validation demonstrates its superiority over template-based modeling, suggesting its potential for constructing complexes with non-canonical RNA-protein interactions
Riboswitches are RNA molecules that regulate gene expression by sensing metabolites, presenting an interesting target for synthetic biology applications. We present a computational approach based on ViennaRNA tools to dissect and model RNA-ligand interaction dynamics under kinetic control, enabling simulation of riboswitch folding
In the world of synthetic biology, the design of RNA switches holds immense promise for various applications, ranging from diagnostics to therapeutics. This paper presents a comprehensive workflow for designing RNA switches that can dynamically alter their structural conformations in response to specific ligands
The ViennaRNA Package 2.0 brings powerful dynamic programming algorithms to researchers studying nucleic acid folding. In this post, we explore three SHAPE-guided methods—Deigan, Zarringhalam, and Washietl—that have been integrated into our toolkit to improve predictions of base pair interactions and minimum free energy (MFE) structures for RNA molecules. By combining chemical probing data with in silico modeling, these approaches help capture real-world folding behaviors and enhance the accuracy of computational RNA structure predictions