Force-constant-decayed anisotropic network model:An improved method for predicting RNA flexibility  

作　　者：Wei-Bu Wang Xing-Yuan Li Ji-Guo Su 王韦卜;李兴元;苏计国(Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province,School of Science,Yanshan University,Qinhuangdao 066004,China;The Sixth Laboratory,National Vaccine and Serum Institute,Beijing 101111,China)

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory for Microstructural Material Physics of Hebei Province,School of Science,Yanshan University,Qinhuangdao 066004,China [2]The Sixth Laboratory,National Vaccine and Serum Institute,Beijing 101111,China

出　　处：《Chinese Physics B》2022年第6期765-771,共7页中国物理B（英文版）

摘　　要：RNA is an important biological macromolecule,which plays an irreplaceable role in many life activities.RNA functions are largely determined by its tertiary structure and the intrinsic dynamics encoded in the structure.Thus,how to effective extract structure-encoded dynamics is of great significance for understanding RNA functions.Anisotropic network model(ANM)is an efficient method to investigate macromolecular dynamical properties,which has been widely used in protein studies.However,the performance of the conventional ANM in describing RNA flexibility is not as good as that on proteins.In this study,we proposed a new approach,named force-constant-decayed anisotropic network model(fcdANM),to improve the performance in investigating the dynamical properties encoded in RNA structures.In fcd-ANM,nucleotide pairs in RNA structure were connected by springs and the force constant of springs was decayed exponentially based on the separation distance to describe the differences in the inter-nucleotide interaction strength.The performance of fcd-ANM in predicting RNA flexibility was evaluated using a non-redundant structure database composed of 51 RNAs.The results indicate that fcd-ANM significantly outperforms the conventional ANM in reproducing the experimental B-factors of nucleotides in RNA structures,and the Pearson correlation coefficient between the predicted and experimental nucleotide B-factors was distinctly improved by 21.05%compared to the conventional ANM.Fcd-ANM can serve as a more effective method for analysis of RNA dynamical properties.

关 键 词：anisotropic network model B-FACTOR RNA 

分 类 号：Q522[生物学—生物化学]