LncADeep: an ab initio lncRNA identification and functional annotation tool based on deep learning

Abstract Motivation To characterize long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), both identifying and functionally annotating them are essential to be addressed. Moreover, a comprehensive construction for lncRNA annotation is desired to facilitate the research in the field. Results We present LncADeep, a novel l...

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Published in:Bioinformatics Vol. 34; no. 22; pp. 3825 - 3834
Main Authors: Yang, Cheng, Yang, Longshu, Zhou, Man, Xie, Haoling, Zhang, Chengjiu, Wang, May D, Zhu, Huaiqiu
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England Oxford University Press 15-11-2018
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Summary:Abstract Motivation To characterize long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), both identifying and functionally annotating them are essential to be addressed. Moreover, a comprehensive construction for lncRNA annotation is desired to facilitate the research in the field. Results We present LncADeep, a novel lncRNA identification and functional annotation tool. For lncRNA identification, LncADeep integrates intrinsic and homology features into a deep belief network and constructs models targeting both full- and partial-length transcripts. For functional annotation, LncADeep predicts a lncRNA's interacting proteins based on deep neural networks, using both sequence and structure information. Furthermore, LncADeep integrates KEGG and Reactome pathway enrichment analysis and functional module detection with the predicted interacting proteins, and provides the enriched pathways and functional modules as functional annotations for lncRNAs. Test results show that LncADeep outperforms state-of-the-art tools, both for lncRNA identification and lncRNA-protein interaction prediction, and then presents a functional interpretation. We expect that LncADeep can contribute to identifying and annotating novel lncRNAs. Availability and implementation LncADeep is freely available for academic use at http://cqb.pku.edu.cn/ZhuLab/lncadeep/ and https://github.com/cyang235/LncADeep/. Supplementary information Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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ISSN:1367-4803
1460-2059
1367-4811
DOI:10.1093/bioinformatics/bty428