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RsiteDB has two modes of operation.
Analysis and classification of protein-RNA interactions: Given a protein-RNA complex RsiteDB analyzes its nucleotide and dinucleotide binding sites. It details the properties of the protein binding pockets that accommodate these extruded nucleotides and presents a list of proteins with similar binding pockets. These proteins may have a totally different overall sequences and structural folds. RsiteDB details and visualizes the features shared by all the binding sites classified to the same cluster. Prediction of RNA dinucleotide binding sites: Given a target, potentially unbound, protein structure we search its surface for regions similar to the created 3-D consensus binding patterns of RNA dinucleotides. The recognized regions are predicted to serve as binding sites. Using leave-one-out tests, the success rate of these predictions was estimated to be about 80%. It must be noted that currently we do not aim to predict whether a protein can bind RNA; rather, given an unbound RNA binding protein, our goal is to predict its binding sites and their modes of interaction. In addition, due to a low number of singlenucleotide clusters, currently, we do not use them for the prediction. |
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