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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30057-5
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- NIH [GM136412, GM053757, GM058843]
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This article introduces an automated software tool, Pytheas, for the analysis of modified RNA using mass spectrometry. Pytheas features flexible handling of isotope labeling and RNA modifications, with statistical validation of false discovery rate using sequence decoys. It is a valuable tool for bottom-up mass spectrometry characterization of diverse RNA sequences, with applications in the biology of stable RNAs, as well as quality control of RNA therapeutics and mRNA vaccines.
Mass spectrometry is an important method for analysis of modified nucleosides ubiquitously present in cellular RNAs, in particular for ribosomal and transfer RNAs that play crucial roles in mRNA translation and decoding. Furthermore, modifications have effect on the lifetimes of nucleic acids in plasma and cells and are consequently incorporated into RNA therapeutics. To provide an analytical tool for sequence characterization of modified RNAs, we developed Pytheas, an open-source software package for automated analysis of tandem MS data for RNA. The main features of Pytheas are flexible handling of isotope labeling and RNA modifications, with false discovery rate statistical validation based on sequence decoys. We demonstrate bottom-up mass spectrometry characterization of diverse RNA sequences, with broad applications in the biology of stable RNAs, and quality control of RNA therapeutics and mRNA vaccines. RNA modifications represent a critical aspect of RNA biology that is not well suited to sequencing methods. Here, the authors provide a software tool for automated analysis of RNA tandem mass spectra with full support of modifications, isotope labelling, and control of false discovery rate.
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