Comprehensive Hierarchical Annotation of Non-coding RNA Groups (CHANRG)
CHANRG is a database of non-coding RNA families and secondary structures.
Example Entry
| id | sequence | secondary_structure | structural_annotation | functional_annotation | family | clan | architecture | super_family | split |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAAA02037454.1_2001-2135 | GGATGCGATCATACCAGCACTAAAGCACCGGA... | (((((((((....((.(((((...((..((((... | SSSSSSSSSMMMMSSISSSSSIIISSIISSSS... | NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN... | RF00001 | CL00113 | rRNA | 5S_rRNA | Train |
Column Description
The converted dataset consists of the following columns, each providing specific information about the RNA secondary structures, consistent with the bpRNA standard:
id: A unique identifier for each RNA entry. This ID is derived from the original
.stafile name and serves as a reference to the specific RNA structure within the dataset.sequence: The nucleotide sequence of the RNA molecule, represented using the standard RNA bases:
- A: Adenine
- C: Cytosine
- G: Guanine
- U: Uracil
secondary_structure: The secondary structure of the RNA represented in dot-bracket notation, using up to three types of symbols to indicate base pairing and unpaired regions, as per bpRNA's standard:
- Dots (
.): Represent unpaired nucleotides. - Parentheses (
(and)): Represent base pairs in standard stems (page 1). - Square Brackets (
[and]): Represent base pairs in pseudoknots (page 2). - Curly Braces (
{and}): Represent base pairs in additional pseudoknots (page 3).
- Dots (
structural_annotation: Structural annotations categorizing different regions of the RNA based on their roles within the secondary structure, consistent with bpRNA standards:
- E: External Loop β Regions that are unpaired and external to any loop or helix.
- S: Stem β Paired regions forming helical structures.
- H: Hairpin Loop β Unpaired regions at the end of a stem, forming a loop.
- I: Internal Loop β Unpaired regions between two stems.
- M: Multi-loop β Junctions where three or more stems converge.
- B: Bulge β Unpaired nucleotides on one side of a stem.
- X: Ambiguous or Undetermined β Regions where the structure is unknown or cannot be classified.
- K: Pseudoknot β Regions involved in pseudoknots, where base pairs cross each other.
functional_annotation: Functional annotations indicating specific functional elements or regions within the RNA sequence, as defined by bpRNA:
- N: None β No specific functional annotation is assigned.
- K: Pseudoknot β Marks nucleotides involved in pseudoknot structures, which can be functionally significant.
family: The Rfam family accession for the RNA entry, such as
RF00001. Entries with the same family belong to the same Rfam family model and share the same family-level annotation.clan: The Rfam clan accession for the family, such as
CL00113. Clans group related Rfam families into a broader category. This field can beNonewhen a family has no clan assignment in Rfam.
The architecture and super_family fields follow the RNArchitecture hierarchy described by Boccaletto et al. (2018).
architecture: A coarse-grained structural architecture label following the hierarchical RNA classification described in the RNArchitecture paper, such as
rRNA,hairpin,3WJ, orcomplex unclassified. This field captures the high-level structural organization shared by structurally similar RNA families.super_family: The super-family label following the same RNArchitecture classification, such as
5S_rRNA. It groups evolutionarily related RNA families within the broaderarchitecture. This field can beNonewhen no super-family annotation is available.split: The CHANRG split label assigned during dataset conversion.
- Train: Used for model training.
- Validation: Held out for model selection.
- Test: Standard held-out evaluation set.
- GenF: Entire families held out because they cannot be split without accession leakage, used for family-level generalization evaluation.
- GenC: Families from clans without a super-family assignment, held out for clan-level generalization evaluation.
- GenA: Families with
architectureequal tocomplex unclassified, held out for architecture-level generalization evaluation.
License
This dataset is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License.
For additional terms and clarifications, please refer to our License FAQ.
SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
Citation
@article{chen2026fair,
title = "Fair splits flip the leaderboard: {CHANRG} reveals limited generalization in {RNA} secondary-structure prediction",
author = "Chen, Zhiyuan and Deng, Zhenfeng and Deng, Pan and Liao, Yue and Su, Xiu and Ye, Peng and Liu, Xihui",
month = mar,
year = 2026,
copyright = "http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/",
archivePrefix = "arXiv",
primaryClass = "q-bio.BM",
eprint = "2603.22330"
}
The artifacts distributed in this repository are part of the MultiMolecule project. If you use MultiMolecule in your research, you must cite the MultiMolecule project as follows:
@software{chen_2024_12638419,
author = {Chen, Zhiyuan and Zhu, Sophia Y.},
title = {MultiMolecule},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.12638419},
publisher = {Zenodo},
url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12638419},
year = 2024,
month = may,
day = 4
}
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