m7GPredictor: An improved machine learning-based model for predicting internal m7G modifications using sequence properties

As one of the most important post-transcriptional modifications, the N7-methylguanosine (m7G) plays a key role in many RNA processing events. The accurate identification of m7G is crucial for elucidating its biological significance and future application in the medical field. In this study, a machin...

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Published in:Analytical biochemistry 2020-11, Vol.609, p.113905-113905, Article 113905
Main Authors: Liu, Xudong, Liu, Ze, Mao, Xiuli, Li, Quanwu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Area Under Curve
Cross-validation
Databases, Genetic
Feature ranking
Guanosine - analogs & derivatives
Guanosine - chemistry
Guanosine - metabolism
Machine Learning
Models, Theoretical
N7-methylguanosine(m7G)
Random forest
ROC Curve
Support Vector Machine
User-Computer Interface
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Summary:As one of the most important post-transcriptional modifications, the N7-methylguanosine (m7G) plays a key role in many RNA processing events. The accurate identification of m7G is crucial for elucidating its biological significance and future application in the medical field. In this study, a machine learning-based model was developed for the prediction of internal m7G sites, and five different feature extraction methods (Pseudo dinucleotide composition, Pseudo k-tuple composition, K monomeric units, Ksnpf frequency, and Nucleotide chemical property) were used in the feature extraction. The Random Forest algorithm was used to find the optimized feature subset and the SVM-based predictor achieved the best performance by taking the top 240 features for model training. With different performance assessment methods, 10-fold cross validation, Jackknife test, and independent test, m7GPredictor achieved competitive performance compared with the state-of-the-art predictor iRNA-m7G. The predictor developed in this study can offer useful information for elucidating the mechanism of internal m7G sites and related experimental validations. The dataset used in this study and the source code of m7Gpredictor is all available at https://github.com/NWAFU-LiuLab/m7Gpredictor. [Display omitted] •Five effective feature encoding methods were used in this paper.•A machine learning model was developed to predict internal m7G sites.•Our method is better than the state-of-the art predictor iRNA-m7G.
ISSN:0003-2697
1096-0309
DOI:10.1016/j.ab.2020.113905