PremPRI: Predicting the Effects of Missense Mutations on Protein-RNA Interactions.

TitlePremPRI: Predicting the Effects of Missense Mutations on Protein-RNA Interactions.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2020
AuthorsZhang N, Lu H, Chen Y, Zhu Z, Yang Q, Wang S, Li M
JournalInt J Mol Sci
Volume21
Issue15
Date Published2020 Aug 03
ISSN1422-0067
Abstract

Protein-RNA interactions are crucial for many cellular processes, such as protein synthesis and regulation of gene expression. Missense mutations that alter protein-RNA interaction may contribute to the pathogenesis of many diseases. Here, we introduce a new computational method PremPRI, which predicts the effects of single mutations occurring in RNA binding proteins on the protein-RNA interactions by calculating the binding affinity changes quantitatively. The multiple linear regression scoring function of PremPRI is composed of three sequence- and eight structure-based features, and is parameterized on 248 mutations from 50 protein-RNA complexes. Our model shows a good agreement between calculated and experimental values of binding affinity changes with a Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.72 and the corresponding root-mean-square error of 0.76 kcalĀ·mol, outperforming three other available methods. PremPRI can be used for finding functionally important variants, understanding the molecular mechanisms, and designing new protein-RNA interaction inhibitors.

DOI10.3390/ijms21155560
Alternate JournalInt J Mol Sci
PubMed ID32756481
PubMed Central IDPMC7432928
Grant List31701136 / / National Natural Science Foundation of China /
BK20170335 / / Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China /