Mitra Raktim, Cohen Ari S, Tang Wei Yu, Hosseini Hirad, Hong Yongchan, Berman Helen M, Rohs Remo
Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
Department of Quantitative and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 174 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
J Mol Biol. 2025 Feb 15:169012. doi: 10.1016/j.jmb.2025.169012.
We present RNAproDB (https://rnaprodb.usc.edu/), a new webserver, analysis pipeline, database, and highly interactive visualization tool, designed for protein-RNA complexes, and applicable to all forms of nucleic acid containing structures. RNAproDB computes several mapping schemes to place nucleic acid components and present protein-RNA interactions appropriately. Various structural annotations are computed including non-canonical base-pairing geometries, hydrogen bonds, and protein-RNA and RNA-RNA water-mediated interactions. This information is presented through integrated visualization and data tools. Subgraph selection facilitates studying smaller components of the interface. Molecular surface electrostatic potential can be visualized. RNAproDB enables analyzing and exploring experimentally determined, predicted, and designed protein-nucleic acid complexes. We present a quantitative analysis of pre-analyzed protein-RNA structures in RNAproDB revealing statistical patterns of molecular binding and recognition.