
Briefings in Bioinformatics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 26(1)
Published: Nov. 22, 2024
Abstract Computational prediction of nucleic acid-binding residues in protein sequences is an active field research, with over 80 methods that were released the past 2 decades. We identify and discuss 87 sequence-based predictors include dozens recently published are surveyed for first time. overview historical progress examine multiple practical issues availability impact predictors, key features their predictive models, important aspects related to training assessment. observe decade has brought increased use deep neural networks language which contributed substantial gains performance. also highlight advancements vital challenging cross-predictions between deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-binding ribonucleic (RNA)-binding targeting two distinct sources binding annotations, structure-based versus intrinsic disorder-based. The trained on structure-annotated interactions tend perform poorly disorder-annotated vice versa, only a few target well across both annotation types. significant problem, some DNA-binding or RNA-binding indiscriminately predicting Moreover, we show web servers cited substantially more than tools without implementation no longer working implementations, motivating development long-term maintenance servers. close by discussing future research directions aim drive further this area.
Language: Английский