PMID- 27821510 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170907 LR - 20240324 IS - 1469-9001 (Electronic) IS - 1355-8382 (Print) IS - 1355-8382 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 2 DP - 2017 Feb TI - RiboCAT: a new capillary electrophoresis data analysis tool for nucleic acid probing. PG - 240-249 LID - 10.1261/rna.058404.116 [doi] AB - Chemical and enzymatic probing of RNA secondary structure and RNA/protein interactions provides the basis for understanding the functions of structured RNAs. However, the ability to rapidly perform such experiments using capillary electrophoresis has been hampered by relatively labor-intensive data analysis software. While these computationally robust programs have been shown to calculate residue-specific reactivities to a high degree of accuracy, they often require time-consuming manual intervention and lack the ability to be easily modified by users. To alleviate these issues, RiboCAT (Ribonucleic acid capillary-electrophoresis analysis tool) was developed as a user-friendly, Microsoft Excel-based tool that reduces the need for manual intervention, thereby significantly shortening the time required for data analysis. Features of this tool include (i) the use of an Excel platform, (ii) a method of intercapillary signal alignment using internal size standards, (iii) a peak-sharpening algorithm to more accurately identify peaks, and (iv) an open architecture allowing for simple user intervention. Furthermore, a complementary tool, RiboDOG (RiboCAT data output generator) was designed to facilitate the comparison of multiple data sets, highlighting potential inconsistencies and inaccuracies that may have occurred during analysis. Using these new tools, the secondary structure of the HIV-1 5' untranslated region (5'UTR) was determined using selective 2'-hydroxyl acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE), matching the results of previous work. CI - (c) 2017 Cantara et al.; Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press for the RNA Society. FAU - Cantara, William A AU - Cantara WA AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Retrovirus Research, and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. FAU - Hatterschide, Joshua AU - Hatterschide J AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Retrovirus Research, and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. FAU - Wu, Weixin AU - Wu W AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Retrovirus Research, and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. FAU - Musier-Forsyth, Karin AU - Musier-Forsyth K AD - Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Center for Retrovirus Research, and Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. LA - eng GR - P50 GM103368/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM065056/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM113887/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20161107 PL - United States TA - RNA JT - RNA (New York, N.Y.) JID - 9509184 RN - 0 (5' Untranslated Regions) RN - 0 (Nucleic Acid Probes) RN - 0 (RNA, Viral) SB - IM MH - 5' Untranslated Regions MH - Acylation MH - *Algorithms MH - Base Pairing MH - Base Sequence MH - Electrophoresis, Capillary/*statistics & numerical data MH - HIV-1/chemistry/genetics MH - Nucleic Acid Conformation MH - Nucleic Acid Probes/*analysis/chemistry MH - RNA, Viral/*analysis/chemistry MH - *Software PMC - PMC5238798 OTO - NOTNLM OT - RNA structure OT - SHAPE OT - capillary electrophoresis OT - secondary structure EDAT- 2016/11/09 06:00 MHDA- 2017/09/08 06:00 PMCR- 2018/02/01 CRDT- 2016/11/09 06:00 PHST- 2016/07/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/11/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/11/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/09/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/11/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - rna.058404.116 [pii] AID - RA [pii] AID - 10.1261/rna.058404.116 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - RNA. 2017 Feb;23(2):240-249. doi: 10.1261/rna.058404.116. Epub 2016 Nov 7.