DNA duplex stability as discriminative characteristic for Escherichia coli σ(54)- and σ(28)- dependent promoter sequences.

Autor: de Avila e Silva S; Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Rua Francisco Getúlio Vargas, 1130, CEP 95070-560 Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: sasilva6@ucs.br., Forte F; Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Rua Francisco Getúlio Vargas, 1130, CEP 95070-560 Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: francieleforte@hotmail.com., T S Sartor I; Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Rua Francisco Getúlio Vargas, 1130, CEP 95070-560 Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: ivaine.sauthier@yahoo.com.br., Andrighetti T; Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Rua Francisco Getúlio Vargas, 1130, CEP 95070-560 Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: tahila.a@hotmail.com., J L Gerhardt G; Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Rua Francisco Getúlio Vargas, 1130, CEP 95070-560 Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: gunther_lew@yahoo.com.br., Longaray Delamare AP; Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Rua Francisco Getúlio Vargas, 1130, CEP 95070-560 Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: aplongar@gmail.com., Echeverrigaray S; Universidade de Caxias do Sul, Instituto de Biotecnologia, Rua Francisco Getúlio Vargas, 1130, CEP 95070-560 Caxias do Sul, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: selaguna@yahoo.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Biologicals : journal of the International Association of Biological Standardization [Biologicals] 2014 Jan; Vol. 42 (1), pp. 22-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Oct 28.
DOI: 10.1016/j.biologicals.2013.10.001
Abstrakt: The advent of modern high-throughput sequencing has made it possible to generate vast quantities of genomic sequence data. However, the processing of this volume of information, including prediction of gene-coding and regulatory sequences remains an important bottleneck in bioinformatics research. In this work, we integrated DNA duplex stability into the repertoire of a Neural Network (NN) capable of predicting promoter regions with augmented accuracy, specificity and sensitivity. We took our method beyond a simplistic analysis based on a single sigma subunit of RNA polymerase, incorporating the six main sigma-subunits of Escherichia coli. This methodology employed successfully re-discovered known promoter sequences recognized by E. coli RNA polymerase subunits σ(24), σ(28), σ(32), σ(38), σ(54) and σ(70), with highlighted accuracies for σ(28)- and σ(54)- dependent promoter sequences (values obtained were 80% and 78.8%, respectively). Furthermore, the discrimination of promoters according to the σ factor made it possible to extract functional commonalities for the genes expressed by each type of promoter. The DNA duplex stability rises as a distinctive feature which improves the recognition and classification of σ(28)- and σ(54)- dependent promoter sequences. The findings presented in this report underscore the usefulness of including DNA biophysical parameters into NN learning algorithms to increase accuracy, specificity and sensitivity in promoter beyond what is accomplished based on sequence alone.
(Copyright © 2013 The International Alliance for Biological Standardization. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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