Requested Software
NanoTiler, v 0.9.2 , Sep 20. 2008. Java 6 application.NanoTiler is a Java application for the design of RNA nanostructures. Among other things, it can accomplish the following: 1) Detection, extraction and annotation of RNA structural elements, 2) Use of RNA building blocks for assemblying larger structures, 3) Combinatorial search of building block combinations 4) Optimization of building block positions 5) Topology classification 6) Sequence Optimization.Installation:
1) Uncompress the tar file with: tar xfz nanotiler_v0.9.2_j6_64.tar.gz
2) Continue by following the installation instructions in nanotiler_v0.9.2/doc/NanoTilerUserManual.pdf
RNA2D3D rev. 5.6.1, Aug.28, 2008. (binary for PC/Linux (OpenGL-based GUI, with links to Tinker))RNA2D3D is an interactive software package for the conversion of 2D RNA to 3D structures. First pass conversion is based on purely geometric criteria (idealized A-form helices). Following it, the user can interactively refine the structure via such features as H-loop shaping, helix compactification, designated helix stacking, and substitution of structure subsets with known 3D motifs (PDB). Energy minimization and short molecular dynamics runs relying on Tinker (automatically installed from the Tinker Home Page, with kind permission of prof. J. Ponder) can be used for further refinements. Pseudoknots can be handled either automatically, or, if they are sterically very complicated, built interactively by the user. RNA2D3D can also be used to build RNA-based nano structures, such as tecto-squares and meshes (see Chworos et al.,Science 306, 2004). The system comes with a directory containing several sample structures (including pseudoknots and tecto-square building blocks) and offers help information dealing with the big picture issues as well as usage details.NEWLY available for downloads !
Reference: Martinez, H., Maizel, J.V. Jr., and Shapiro, B.A. "RNA2D3D: a program for
generating, viewing, and comparing 3-dimensional models of RNA."
J Biomol Struct Dyn. 2008 Jun;25(6):669-83.Installation:
1) Download the distribution file into a dedicated directory.
2) Uncompress/gunzip the distribution file.
3) tar -xf the distribution file.
4) See the RNA2D3D-README.txt file for the installation options.
5) Run shell script CONFIG-RNA2D3D for the easiest installation.
6) Please, register your use of Tinker.
7) See the RNA2D3D-README.txt file for a step-by-step tectosqure building example.
RNA2D3D rev. 5.6.1, Aug.28, 2008. (binary for SGI/Irix (OpenGL-based GUI, with links to Tinker))This is the SGI MIPS / IRIX 6.5 version of the RNA2D3D package.NEWLY available for downloads !Installation: Same as for the Linux version.
StructureLab rev. 4.3.2, Aug. 08, 2008. (binary for PC/Linux)StructureLab RNA/DNA Structure Analysis Workbench - executable files for StructureLab to be run on a Linux operating system. System configuration files appl-hosts.config and network.config are supplied along with energy tables for 4 different energy rule sets. Additional adjunct software includes binaries for RasMol and RNA2D3D (non-interactive version) with links to energy minimization via Tinker (automatically built from the source files available on the Tinker Home Page, with kind permission of prof. J. Ponder), genalign associated binaries for structural sequence alignment, binaries for RNA/DNA structural topology comparison and clustering as well as scripts which allow invocation of StructureLab from the user's local disk. Example test data is also provided as well as installation instructions.NEW: A bug that made it impossible to print out StructureLab windows in version 4.2.2 has been fixed. Option of dumping StructureLab windows directly to the most popular image format files (TIF,JPG,PNG,GIF,PS,etc) has been added. New README.TXT file incorporates issues raised by the users. New, more robust installation scripts.Installation:
1) Download the distribution file into a dedicated directory.
2) Uncompress/gunzip the distribution file.
3) tar -xf the distribution file.
4) Run shell script INSTALL-SLAB rev# (will end with a test run of StructureLab).
5) Please, refer to README.TXT for StructureLab and StructureLab/OS interface configuration issues.
StructureLab rev. 4.3.1, Aug. 04, 2008. (binary for SGI/IRIX)StructureLab RNA/DNA Structure Analysis Workbench - executable files for StructureLab to be run on an SGI-IRIX operating system. All the adjunct software packages available for Linux version is also in the SGI version, including RNA2D3D with links to Tinker.NEW: Option of dumping StructureLab windows directly to the most popular image format files (TIF,JPG,PNG,GIF,PS,etc) has been added.Installation: Same as for the Linux binary.
RSmatch2.0 - UNIX VersionThe RSmatch package provides an approach to compare RNA structures, thereby uncovering functional structure elements. The software provides three different functions: 1) Pair-wise comparison and Database Search, 2) Multiple structure alignment with an extended mode to compute common structure, and 3) Iterative database search.The Vienna RNA package must be installed if sequences written in the FASTA format are used. The Vienna RNA package can be downloaded at
http://www.tbi.univie.ac.at/~ivo/RNA/. For more information, please see
http://datalab.njit.edu/biodata/rna/RSmatch/software.htm.
KNetFold rev. 1.4.4b (Linux binary)KNetFold v 1.4.4b executable file for the Linux operating system. A software for predicting the concensus RNA secondary structure for a given alignment of nucleotide sequences.