Pairing a high-resolution statistical potential with a nucleobase-centric sampling algorithm for improving RNA model refinement

Peng Xiong, Ruibo Wu, Jian Zhan () and Yaoqi Zhou ()
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Peng Xiong: Griffith University, Parklands Drive
Ruibo Wu: Sun Yat-Sen University
Jian Zhan: Griffith University, Parklands Drive
Yaoqi Zhou: Griffith University, Parklands Drive

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-11

Abstract: Abstract Refining modelled structures to approach experimental accuracy is one of the most challenging problems in molecular biology. Despite many years’ efforts, the progress in protein or RNA structure refinement has been slow because the global minimum given by the energy scores is not at the experimentally determined “native” structure. Here, we propose a fully knowledge-based energy function that captures the full orientation dependence of base–base, base–oxygen and oxygen–oxygen interactions with the RNA backbone modelled by rotameric states and internal energies. A total of 4000 quantum-mechanical calculations were performed to reweight base–base statistical potentials for minimizing possible effects of indirect interactions. The resulting BRiQ knowledge-based potential, equipped with a nucleobase-centric sampling algorithm, provides a robust improvement in refining near-native RNA models generated by a wide variety of modelling techniques.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23100-4

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