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ArticleBriefings in bioinformatics2026

CircRM: profiling circular RNA modifications from nanopore direct RNA sequencing.

Jiayi Li, Shenglun Chen, Zhixing Wu, Haozhe Wang, Rong Xia, Jia Meng, Yuxin Zhang

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Article in Briefings in bioinformatics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Jiayi LiDepartment of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
Shenglun ChenDepartment of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
Zhixing WuDepartment of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
Haozhe WangDepartment of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
Rong XiaDepartment of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6167-4234
Jia MengDepartment of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3455-205X
Yuxin ZhangDepartment of Biosciences and Bioinformatics, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren'ai Road, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1900-6712

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Circular RNA (circRNA) represents a critical class of regulatory RNAs with distinctive structural and functional features. The functions of circRNAs are modulated by various RNA modifications. Here, we present CircRM, a nanopore direct RNA sequencing-based computational method for profiling RNA modifications in circRNAs at single-base and single-molecule resolution. By integrating circRNA detection, read-level modification detection, and quantitative assessment of methylation rates, CircRM identified 427 high-confidence circRNAs and enables systematic characterization of three major modifications, m5C (AUC = 0.855), m6A (AUC = 0.817) and m1A (AUC = 0.769). It revealed distinct modification patterns compared with linear RNAs, highlighting RNA-type-specific regulations. We also identified the key features of circRNA-specific modifications, such as the enrichment near the back-splice junctions. Cross-cell line analyses further demonstrated conserved and cell-type-specific modification patterns. Together, these findings reveal, at the computational level, a unique epitranscriptomic landscape associated with circRNAs and establish CircRM as a powerful tool for advancing the study of RNA modifications in circular RNA biology. CircRM is free accessible at: https://github.com/jiayiAnnie17/CircRM.

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Nanopore SequencingRNA, CircularSequence Analysis, RNAEpitranscriptomeEpitranscriptomicsHumansNanoporesRNA MethylationRNA, Circularcircular RNAepitranscriptomicsnanopore direct RNA sequencing

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PMID41529120
PMCPMC12798809

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