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Current Bioinformatics

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ISSN (Print): 1574-8936
ISSN (Online): 2212-392X

Research Article

Detection of DNA N6-Methyladenine Modification through SMRT-seq Features and Machine Learning Model

In Press, (this is not the final "Version of Record"). Available online 24 June, 2024
Author(s): Yichu Guo, Yixuan Zhang, Xiaoqing Liu, Pingan He, Yuni Zeng and Qi Dai*
Published on: 24 June, 2024

DOI: 10.2174/0115748936300671240523044154

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Abstract

Introduction: N6-methyldeoxyadenine (6mA) is the most prevalent DNA modification in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. While single-molecule real-time sequencing (SMRT-seq) can detect 6mA events at the individual nucleotide level, its practical application is hindered by a high rate of false positives.

Methods: We propose a computational model for identifying DNA 6mA that incorporates comprehensive site features from SMRT-seq and employs machine learning classifiers.

Results: The results demonstrate that 99.54% and 96.55% of the identified DNA 6mA instances in C.reinhardtii correspond with motifs and peak regions identified by methylated DNA immunoprecipitation sequencing (MeDIP-seq), respectively. Compared to SMRT-seq, the proportion of predicted DNA 6mA instances within MeDIP-seq peak regions increases by 2% to 70% across the six bacterial strains.

Conclusion: Our proposed method effectively reduces the false-positive rate in DNA 6mA prediction.


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