PRMD: an integrated database for plant RNA modifications.

The scope and function of RNA modifications in model plant systems have been extensively studied, resulting in the identification of an increasing number of novel RNA modifications in recent years. Researchers have gradually revealed that RNA modifications, especially N6-methyladenosine (m6A), which is one of the most abundant and commonly studied RNA modifications in plants, have important roles in physiological and pathological processes. These modifications alter the structure of RNA, which affects its molecular complementarity and binding to specific proteins, thereby resulting in various of physiological effects. The increasing interest in plant RNA modifications has necessitated research into RNA modifications and associated datasets. However, there is a lack of a convenient and integrated database with comprehensive annotations and intuitive visualization of plant RNA modifications. Here, we developed the Plant RNA Modification Database (PRMD; http://bioinformatics.sc.cn/PRMD and http://rnainformatics.org.cn/PRMD) to facilitate RNA modification research. This database contains information regarding 20 plant species and provides an intuitive interface for displaying information. Moreover, PRMD offers multiple tools, including RMlevelDiff, RMplantVar, RNAmodNet and Blast (for functional analyses), and mRNAbrowse, RNAlollipop, JBrowse and Integrative Genomics Viewer (for displaying data). Furthermore, PRMD is freely available, making it useful for the rapid development and promotion of research on plant RNA modifications. © The Author(s) 2023. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research.

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Xiaoqiang Lang, Chunyan Yu, Mengyuan Shen, Lei Gu, Qian Qian, Degui Zhou, Jiantao Tan, Yiliang Li, Xin Peng, Shu Diao, Zhujun Deng, Zhaohui Ruan, Zhi Xu, Junlian Xing, Chen Li, Runfeng Wang, Changjun Ding, Yi Cao, Qi Liu. PRMD: an integrated database for plant RNA modifications. Nucleic acids research. 2024 Jan 05;52(D1):D1597-D1613

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