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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Ubiquitous low-energy RNA fluctuations and energetic coupling measured by chemical probing.

Edric K Choi, Ritwika Bose, David H Mathews, Anthony M Mustoe, Julius B Lucks

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Edric K ChoiInterdisciplinary Biological Sciences Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7035-5278
Ritwika BoseTherapeutic Innovation Center, Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine; Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4105-8562
David H MathewsDepartment of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Center for RNA Biology, University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry; Rochester, New York.ORCID 0000-0002-2907-6557
Anthony M MustoeTherapeutic Innovation Center, Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine; Houston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9346-1559
Julius B LucksCenter for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University; Evanston, IL, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0619-6505

Funding

RNA Structure Modeling Using Physics and Sequence ComparisonR35GM145283 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI DAVID H. MATHEWS · 2022 to 2026
$2.7M
Role of structural dynamics in RNA regulationR35GM147010 · NIGMS · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Anthony McDowell Mustoe · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
Functional Roles of Nascent RNA Structure in Regulating and Coordinating Gene Expression - supplementR01GM130901 · NIGMS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI LUCKS, JULIUS BEAU · 2020 to 2023
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM130901NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM145283NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM147010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA function is governed by RNA folding, but strategies for measuring RNA folding thermodynamics are limited, and fundamental questions such as the energy of base pair opening remain debated. Here we introduce Probing-Resolved Inference of Molecular Energetics (PRIME) to extract nucleotide-resolution RNA structural energetics from scalable chemical probing experiments. Applying PRIME to diverse RNAs, we find that RNA base pairs and tertiary interactions dynamically open with free energies of 0.5-3 kcal/mol, revealing that RNA nucleotides ubiquitously sample open conformations at biologically accessible energies. PRIME further resolves energetic coupling across RNAs, providing an energetic understanding of RNA structural dynamics and long-range coordination in RNA folding. PRIME represents a widely accessible strategy for interrogating RNA thermodynamics, enabling mechanistic understanding and engineering of RNA biology.

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PMID41659569
PMCPMC12873924

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