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DRFormer: A Benchmark Model for RNA Sequence Downstream Tasks.

Jianqi Fu¹, Haohao Li², Yanlei Kang¹

¹School of Information Engineering, Huzhou University, Huzhou 313000, China.

|March 28, 2025

Summary

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DRFormer, a novel RNA benchmark model, enhances RNA sequence analysis by integrating structural and sequence features. This multimodal approach achieves state-of-the-art results in classification, interaction prediction, and secondary structure prediction.

Keywords:

RBP RNA RSS multimodal sequence classification

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Area of Science:

Computational Biology
Bioinformatics
Genomics

Background:

RNA research is vital for gene regulation, disease mechanisms, and drug development.
Developing accurate RNA benchmark models for downstream analysis presents a significant challenge.
Existing models often lack comprehensive feature integration for RNA sequence tasks.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce DRFormer, a robust benchmark model for RNA sequence downstream tasks.
To leverage RNA secondary structure and sequence distance for novel feature construction.
To develop a multimodal model integrating sequence and vision-based RNA features.

Main Methods:

DRFormer utilizes RNA sequences to create vision features from secondary structure and sequence distance.
A SWIN-RNA submodel is pre-trained on these vision features.
This submodel is integrated with an RNA sequence model to form a multimodal architecture.

Main Results:

DRFormer achieved 94.4% MCC in sequence classification, exceeding RNAErnie by 1.2%.
It attained 0.492 MCC in protein-RNA interaction prediction, outperforming BERT-RBP and PrismNet.
An F1 score of 0.690 in RNA secondary structure prediction surpassed SPOT-RNA by 1%.

Conclusions:

DRFormer is the first model to use structural features for a vision model in RNA sequence analysis.
The multimodal integration of sequence and vision models provides superior prediction and analysis.
DRFormer represents a significant advancement for RNA research and downstream applications.