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    • * Nucleic acid thermodynamics and biophysics.
    • * Computational biology and bioinformatics.
    • * Molecular modeling and simulation.

    Background:

    • * NUPACK software currently supports single-material (all-RNA or all-DNA) systems for nucleic acid ensemble analysis.
    • * Analysis of mixed-material nucleic acid systems is crucial for diverse in vitro, in situ, and in vivo applications.
    • * Existing models lack the capability to accurately predict the behavior of systems containing multiple types of nucleic acids.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • * To develop and implement physical models and dynamic programming algorithms for analyzing mixed-material nucleic acid systems.
    • * To enable nucleotide-resolution specification of material composition (RNA, DNA, 2 OMe-RNA) within ensembles.
    • * To extend NUPACK's capabilities for predicting equilibrium base-pairing properties in complex and test tube scenarios involving multiple nucleic acid types.

    Main Methods:

    • * Construction of free energy parameter sets for RNA/DNA and RNA/2 OMe-RNA systems by integrating empirical and single-material parameters.
    • * Development of new dynamic programming recursions that account for the material type of each nucleotide.
    • * Maintenance of O(N^3) time complexity for efficient computation of ensemble properties.

    Main Results:

    • * Implemented mixed-material algorithms accurately reproduce single-material results when applied to homogeneous systems.
    • * Demonstrated significantly enhanced accuracy in predicting duplex melting temperatures for RNA/DNA and RNA/2 OMe-RNA systems.
    • * Successfully predicted RNA/DNA melt profiles from new experimental data, validating the models.

    Conclusions:

    • * The new mixed-material algorithms extend NUPACK's utility to a broader range of biologically relevant nucleic acid systems.
    • * These advancements facilitate efficient and accurate analysis of complex nucleic acid interactions in diverse experimental contexts.
    • * Mixed-material analyses are accessible via the NUPACK web app and Python module.