Structure alignment-based classification of RNA-binding pockets reveals regional RNA recognition motifs on protein surfaces

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• 作者：Zhi-Ping Liu ; Shutang Liu ; Ruitang Chen ; Xiaopeng Huang ; Ling-Yun Wu
• 关键词：RNA ; binding pocket ; Local structure classification ; Structural alignment ; Network clustering ; Structure motif
• 刊名：BMC Bioinformatics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：18
• 期：1
• 全文大小：2412KB
• 刊物主题：Bioinformatics; Microarrays; Computational Biology/Bioinformatics; Computer Appl. in Life Sciences; Algorithms;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1471-2105
• 卷排序：18

文摘

BackgroundMany critical biological processes are strongly related to protein-RNA interactions. Revealing the protein structure motifs for RNA-binding will provide valuable information for deciphering protein-RNA recognition mechanisms and benefit complementary structural design in bioengineering. RNA-binding events often take place at pockets on protein surfaces. The structural classification of local binding pockets determines the major patterns of RNA recognition.