Rna structure program

Unit testing is also important when RNAstructure is installed in environments that have not been previously tested, to ensure that the installation worked correctly. To demonstrate the utility of RNAstructure, an example of secondary structure prediction is provided, showing the input and output.

The method utilized is free energy minimization and the example sequence is the 5S rRNA from Pneumocystis carinii [ 94 ]. This program predicts the lowest free energy structure for an input sequence and a set of low free energy structures called suboptimal structures. The name of the input sequence is already selected in this screenshot by having clicked the "Sequence File" button.

The default output CT file and the default parameters for determining suboptimal structures were determined by the program. Save files can be written to accelerate the prediction of an alternative set of suboptimal structures with a subsequent calculation. This view of the GUI shows the checkbox unchecked and so no save file will be written. The three remaining parameters control the prediction of suboptimal structures.

Zero places no restriction and larger integers become increasingly more stringent in the number of different pairs required between structures. After clicking "Start," the calculation proceeds and the structure is then drawn as shown in Figure 3.

The lowest free energy structure is shown by default and the user can display other structures by selecting the "Draw" menu item or by typing control-up-arrow or control-down-arrow.

The same calculation could have been performed on the command line using the program "Fold. Behind the scenes, the structure prediction is performed using the RNA class. The integer 2 indicates that the file is a sequence file and the bool true indicates that the sequence is RNA as opposed to DNA. It is designed to make algorithms accessible for a variety of user needs. Text interfaces are provided for performing calculations on the command line or for scripting.

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