I/O Options:

Command line options for input and output (pre-)processing

-q, --query=STRING

File containing the query sequence.

Input sequences can be given piped to RNAplex or given in a query file with the -q option. Note that the -q option implies that the -t option is also used

-t, --target=STRING

File containing the target sequence.

Input sequences can be given piped to RNAplex or given in a target file with the -t option. Note that the -t option implies that the -q option is also used

-a, --accessibility-dir=STRING

Location of the accessibility profiles.

This option switches the accessibility modes on and indicates in which directory accessibility profiles as generated by RNAplfold can be found

-b, --binary

Allow the reading and parsing of memory dumped opening energy file

(default=off)

The -b option allows one to read and process opening energy files which are saved in binary format

This can reduce by a factor of 500x-1000x the time needed to process those

files. RNAplex recognizes the corresponding opening energy files by looking for files named after the sequence and containing the suffix _openen_bin. Please look at the man page of RNAplfold if you need more information on how to produce binary opening energy files.

--log-level=level

Set log level threshold. (default=`2')

By default, any log messages are filtered such that only warnings (level 2) or errors (level 3) are printed. This setting allows for specifying the log level threshold, where higher values result in fewer information. Log-level 5 turns off all messages, even errors and other critical information.

--log-file[=filename]

Print log messages to a file instead of stderr. (default=`RNAplex.log')

--log-time

Include time stamp in log messages.

(default=off)

--log-call

Include file and line of log calling function.

(default=off)

Algorithms:

Options which alter the computing behaviour of RNAplex.

-l, --interaction-length=INT

Maximal length of an interaction (default=`40')

Maximal allowed length of an interaction

-c, --extension-cost=INT

Cost to add to each nucleotide in a duplex (default=`0')

Cost of extending a duplex by one nucleotide. Allows one to find compact duplexes, having few/small bulges or internal loops Only useful when no accessibility profiles are available. This option is disabled if accessibility profiles are used (-a option)

-p, --probe-mode

Compute Tm for probes (default=off)

Use this option if you want to compute the melting temperature of your probes

-Q, --probe-concentration=DOUBLE

Set the probe concentration for the Tm

computation

(default=`0.1')

-N, --na-concentration=DOUBLE Set the Na+ concentration for the Tm

computation.

(default=`1.0')

-M, --mg-concentration=DOUBLE Set the Mg2+ concentration for the Tm

computation.

(default=`1.0')

-K, --k-concentration=DOUBLE

Set the K+ concentration for the Tm computation.

(default=`1.0')

-U, --tris-concentration=DOUBLE

Set the tris+ concentration for the Tm

computation.

(default=`1.0')

-f, --fast-folding=INT

Speedup of the target search (default=`0')

This option allows one to decide if the backtracking has to be done (-f 0, -f 2) or not (-f 1). For -f 0 the structure is computed based on the standard energy model. This is the slowest and most precise mode of RNAplex. With -f 2, the structure is computed based on the approximated plex model. If a lot of targets are returned this is can greatly improve the runtime of RNAplex. -f 1 is the fastest mode, as no structure are recomputed

-V, --scale-accessibility=DOUBLE

Rescale all opening energy by a factor V

(default=`1.0')

Scale-factor for the accessibility. If V is set to 1 then the scaling has no effect on the accessibility.

-A, --alignment-mode

Tells RNAplex to compute interactions based on alignments

(default=off)

If the A option is set RNAplex expects clustalw files as input for the -q and -t option.

-k, --convert-to-bin

If set, RNAplex will convert all opening energy file in a directory set by the -a option into binary opening energy files

(default=off)

RNAplex can be used to convert existing text formatted opening energy files into binary formatted files. In this mode RNAplex does not compute interactions.

-z, --duplex-distance=INT

Distance between target 3' ends of two consecutive duplexes

(default=`0')

Distance between the target 3'ends of two consecutive duplexes. Should be set to the maximal length of interaction to get good results

Smaller z leads to larger overlaps between consecutive duplexes.

-e, --energy-threshold=DOUBLE Minimal energy for a duplex to be returned

(default=`-100000')

Energy threshold for a duplex to be returned. The threshold is set on the total energy of interaction, i.e. the hybridization energy corrected for opening energy if -a is set or the energy corrected by -c. If unset, only the mfe will be returned

-L, --WindowLength=INT

Tells how large the region around the target site should be for redrawing the alignment interaction

(default=`1')

This option allows one to specify how large the region surrounding the target site should be set when generating the alignment figure of the interaction

Structure Constraints:

Command line options to interact with the structure constraints feature of this program

-C, --constraint

Calculate structures subject to constraints. (default=off)

The program reads first the sequence, then a string containing constraints on the structure for the query sequence encoded with the symbols: . (no constraint for this base) | (the corresponding base has to be paired)

Energy Parameters:

Energy parameter sets can be adapted or loaded from user-provided input files

-T, --temp=DOUBLE

Rescale energy parameters to a temperature of temp C. Default is 37C.

(default=`37.0')

-P, --paramFile=paramfile

Read energy parameters from paramfile, instead of using the default parameter set.

Different sets of energy parameters for RNA and DNA should accompany your distribution. See the RNAlib documentation for details on the file format. When passing the placeholder file name "DNA", DNA parameters are loaded without the need to actually specify any input file.

-4, --noTetra

Do not include special tabulated stabilizing energies for tri-, tetra- and hexaloop hairpins.

(default=off)

Mostly for testing.

--salt=DOUBLE

Set salt concentration in molar (M). Default is 1.021M.

--saltInit=DOUBLE

Provide salt correction for duplex initialization (in kcal/mol).

Model Details:

Tweak the energy model and pairing rules additionally using the following parameters

--helical-rise=FLOAT

Set the helical rise of the helix in units of Angstrom.

(default=`2.8')

Use with caution! This value will be re-set automatically to 3.4 in case DNA parameters are loaded via -P DNA and no further value is provided.

--backbone-length=FLOAT

Set the average backbone length for looped regions in units of Angstrom.

(default=`6.0')

Use with caution! This value will be re-set automatically to 6.76 in case DNA parameters are loaded via -P DNA and no further value is provided.

Plotting:

Command line options for changing the default behavior of structure layout and pairing probability plots

-I, --produce-ps=STRING

Draw an alignment annotated interaction from RNAplex.

This option allows one to produce interaction figures in PS-format a la RNAalifold, where base-pair conservation is represented in color-coded format. In this mode no interaction are computed, but the -I option indicates the location of the file containing interactions between two RNA (alignments/sequence) from a previous run. If the -A option is not set a structure figure a la RNAfold with color-coded annotation of the accessibilities is returned