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ArticleNucleic acids research2025

WarpDemuX-tRNA: barcode multiplexing for nanopore tRNA sequencing.

Wiep van der Toorn, Isabel S Naarmann-de Vries, Wang Liu-Wei, Christoph Dieterich, Max von Kleist

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Wiep van der ToornSystems Medicine of Infectious Disease (P5), Robert Koch Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5060-8626
Isabel S Naarmann-de VriesKlaus Tschira Institute for Integrative Computational Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III (Cardiology, Angiology, and Pneumology), University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
Wang Liu-WeiSystems Medicine of Infectious Disease (P5), Robert Koch Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9872-4140
Christoph DieterichKlaus Tschira Institute for Integrative Computational Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine III (Cardiology, Angiology, and Pneumology), University Hospital Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9468-6311
Max von KleistSystems Medicine of Infectious Disease (P5), Robert Koch Institute, 13353 Berlin, Germany.

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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 390685689European Union's Horizon 2020German Ministry for Science and Education 01KI2016German RMaP consortium 439669440 TRR319 RMaP TP B01MarieSklowska-Curie Actions Innovative Training Networks 955974Robert Koch Institute
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Abstract

Transfer RNA (tRNA) plays an essential role in protein translation, and tRNA modifications are important to their function. Recently, nanopore direct RNA sequencing (dRNA-seq) has shown promising results in the detection of complex tRNA modifications. However, its wider adoption in the tRNA field has been limited by a lack of (de)multiplexing solutions. Here, we present WarpDemuX-tRNA: an extension to the WarpDemuX method specifically optimized for multiplexed nanopore tRNA sequencing. Using consensus-based signal analysis using (soft) dynamic time warping and barycenter averaging, our approach improves barcode feature generation and achieves more robust barcode identification. WarpDemuX-tRNA outperforms the original method and achieves 99% precision and 95% recovery for four barcodes, while reducing computational complexity and runtime to 6 min per one million reads. WarpDemuX-tRNA is an open-source and free-to-use solution to high-throughput nanopore tRNA sequencing, facilitating more accessible, cost-effective, and high-throughput studies of tRNA modifications and their regulatory mechanisms.

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Nanopore SequencingRNA, TransferSequence Analysis, RNASoftwareHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingNanoporesRNA, Transfer

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PMID40930527
PMCPMC12421380

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