Detection of m6A RNA Methylation in Nanopore Sequencing Data Using Support Vector Machine

Shen Jia, Haochen Luo, Qiheng Gao, Jiaqi Guo, Jionglong Su, Jia Meng, Xiangyu Wu

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Abstract

N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is a prevalent internal modification in RNA which plays an important role in epitranscriptomics. The detection of m6A may be carried out by utilizing the Oxford Nanopore Technology (ONT) and machine learning. In this research, following a previous study by Liu et al, we hypothesize that the current intensitychange of the modification of the RNA(N6-methyladenosine) is the result of base-calling errors(mismatch frequency, deletion frequency, per-base quality and current intensity). We apply the Curlake, EpiNano software to divide the raw data into 5-mer sequences and extract features from the RNA sequence. The SVM classifier is used to verify this assumption. Our results confirmed the finding of a previous study by Liu et al, suggesting that the base-calling 'errors'may be usedto identify the N6-methyladenesine(m6A), and the consideration of the neighbourhood nucleotides of the 5mer will improve the accuracy of our prediction.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2019 12th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, CISP-BMEI 2019
EditorsQingli Li, Lipo Wang
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728148526
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2019
Event12th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, CISP-BMEI 2019 - Huaqiao, China
Duration: 19 Oct 201921 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2019 12th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, CISP-BMEI 2019

Conference

Conference12th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, CISP-BMEI 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHuaqiao
Period19/10/1921/10/19

Keywords

  • N6-methyladenosine
  • Oxford Nanopore Technology
  • support vector machine

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