Title:m1A-pred: Prediction of Modified 1-methyladenosine Sites in RNA
Sequences through Artificial Intelligence
Volume: 25
Issue: 14
Author(s): Muhammad Taseer Suleman*Yaser Daanial Khan
Affiliation:
- Department of Computer Science, School of Systems and Technology, University of Management and Technology,
Lahore, Pakistan
Keywords:
1-methyladenosine, PTMs, statistical moments, RMBase, XGB, tRNA.
Abstract:
Background: The process of nucleotides modification or methyl groups addition to nucleotides
is known as post-transcriptional modification (PTM). 1-methyladenosine (m1A) is a type of PTM
formed by adding a methyl group to the nitrogen at the 1st position of the adenosine base. Many human
disorders are associated with m1A, which is widely found in ribosomal RNA and transfer RNA.
Objective: The conventional methods such as mass spectrometry and site-directed mutagenesis
proved to be laborious and burdensome. Systematic identification of modified sites from RNA
sequences is gaining much attention nowadays. Consequently, an extreme gradient boost predictor,
m1A-Pred, is developed in this study for the prediction of modified m1A sites.
Methods: The current study involves the extraction of position and composition-based properties
within nucleotide sequences. The extraction of features helps in the development of the features
vector. Statistical moments were endorsed for dimensionality reduction in the obtained features.
Results: Through a series of experiments using different computational models and evaluation
methods, it was revealed that the proposed predictor, m1A-pred, proved to be the most robust and
accurate model for the identification of modified sites.
Availability and Implementation: To enhance the research on m1A sites, a friendly server was also
developed, which was the final phase of this research.