Computational modeling of RNA 3D structures and interactions

Wayne K Dawson; Janusz M Bujnicki

doi:10.1016/j.sbi.2015.11.007

Computational modeling of RNA 3D structures and interactions

Curr Opin Struct Biol. 2016 Apr:37:22-8. doi: 10.1016/j.sbi.2015.11.007. Epub 2015 Dec 12.

Authors

Wayne K Dawson¹, Janusz M Bujnicki²

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, ul. Ks. Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland.
² Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, ul. Ks. Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland; Bioinformatics Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznan, Poland. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26689764
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2015.11.007

Abstract

RNA molecules have key functions in cellular processes beyond being carriers of protein-coding information. These functions are often dependent on the ability to form complex three-dimensional (3D) structures. However, experimental determination of RNA 3D structures is difficult, which has prompted the development of computational methods for structure prediction from sequence. Recent progress in 3D structure modeling of RNA and emerging approaches for predicting RNA interactions with ions, ligands and proteins have been stimulated by successes in protein 3D structure modeling.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Computer Simulation*
Ligands
Metals / chemistry
Nucleic Acid Conformation*
Proteins / chemistry
RNA / chemistry*

Substances

Ligands
Metals
Proteins
RNA