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Expanding the repertoire of DNA shape features for genome-scale studies of transcription factor binding.


ABSTRACT: Uncovering the mechanisms that affect the binding specificity of transcription factors (TFs) is critical for understanding the principles of gene regulation. Although sequence-based models have been used successfully to predict TF binding specificities, we found that including DNA shape information in these models improved their accuracy and interpretability. Previously, we developed a method for modeling DNA binding specificities based on DNA shape features extracted from Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. Prediction accuracies of our models, however, have not yet been compared to accuracies of models incorporating DNA shape information extracted from X-ray crystallography (XRC) data or Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. Here, we integrated DNA shape information extracted from MC or MD simulations and XRC data into predictive models of TF binding and compared their performance. Models that incorporated structural information consistently showed improved performance over sequence-based models regardless of data source. Furthermore, we derived and validated nine additional DNA shape features beyond our original set of four features. The expanded repertoire of 13 distinct DNA shape features, including six intra-base pair and six inter-base pair parameters and minor groove width, is available in our R/Bioconductor package DNAshapeR and enables a comprehensive structural description of the double helix on a genome-wide scale.

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5728407 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Expanding the repertoire of DNA shape features for genome-scale studies of transcription factor binding.

Li Jinsen J   Sagendorf Jared M JM   Chiu Tsu-Pei TP   Pasi Marco M   Perez Alberto A   Rohs Remo R  

Nucleic acids research 20171201 22


Uncovering the mechanisms that affect the binding specificity of transcription factors (TFs) is critical for understanding the principles of gene regulation. Although sequence-based models have been used successfully to predict TF binding specificities, we found that including DNA shape information in these models improved their accuracy and interpretability. Previously, we developed a method for modeling DNA binding specificities based on DNA shape features extracted from Monte Carlo (MC) simul  ...[more]

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