We have performed a comparison of computer-generated random sequences with tRNAs nucleotide sequences present in Bacteria represented as random walks. Nucleotide sequence data of tRNA genes were obtained from the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and the GeneBank library. Random sequence data (white noise) were obtained from the algorithm by Press and Teukolsky. Random walks of nucleotide sequences were obtained by letting the orbit walk a unit step in one of four directions (down, left, right, and up), depending upon the next base (A,C,G, and T) in the sequence, and the distances from the origin calculated. The Visual Basic routines here applied to perform the analysis are presented. Relative Lempel-Ziv complexity. Entropy (sum of the positive Lyapunov indexes) and Hurst indexes of nucleotide sequences and of computer-generated random data were evaluated over the distances of their random walk. Our data show that the values of nonlinear parameters obtained from the bacteria are lower than the values of randomly generated sequences (p<0.01, p<0.05, p<0.01), meaning that the tRNA sequence is more ordered than a pure destructured random data and it owns a “memory”. Te observed deviation from pure randomness should be arisen from some constraints like the secondary structure of this biologic macromolecule and/or from the peculiar origin of this macromolecule by repeated subunits. These data indicate that evolution earlier chose nonrandom “alphabets”: order together randomness were present at the dawn of life. Our method, here presented and described, provides an efficient tool to assess the amount of order/disorder in the primary structure of nucleic acid sequences.

Bianciardi, G., Borruso, L. (2015). Nonlinear analysis of random walks: a tool to analyze nucleic acid sequences. FRACTAL GEOMETRY AND NONLINEAR ANALYSIS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY (FGNAMB), 1(1), 3-6 [10.15761/FGNAMB.1000102].

Nonlinear analysis of random walks: a tool to analyze nucleic acid sequences

BIANCIARDI, GIORGIO;
2015-01-01

Abstract

We have performed a comparison of computer-generated random sequences with tRNAs nucleotide sequences present in Bacteria represented as random walks. Nucleotide sequence data of tRNA genes were obtained from the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and the GeneBank library. Random sequence data (white noise) were obtained from the algorithm by Press and Teukolsky. Random walks of nucleotide sequences were obtained by letting the orbit walk a unit step in one of four directions (down, left, right, and up), depending upon the next base (A,C,G, and T) in the sequence, and the distances from the origin calculated. The Visual Basic routines here applied to perform the analysis are presented. Relative Lempel-Ziv complexity. Entropy (sum of the positive Lyapunov indexes) and Hurst indexes of nucleotide sequences and of computer-generated random data were evaluated over the distances of their random walk. Our data show that the values of nonlinear parameters obtained from the bacteria are lower than the values of randomly generated sequences (p<0.01, p<0.05, p<0.01), meaning that the tRNA sequence is more ordered than a pure destructured random data and it owns a “memory”. Te observed deviation from pure randomness should be arisen from some constraints like the secondary structure of this biologic macromolecule and/or from the peculiar origin of this macromolecule by repeated subunits. These data indicate that evolution earlier chose nonrandom “alphabets”: order together randomness were present at the dawn of life. Our method, here presented and described, provides an efficient tool to assess the amount of order/disorder in the primary structure of nucleic acid sequences.
2015
Bianciardi, G., Borruso, L. (2015). Nonlinear analysis of random walks: a tool to analyze nucleic acid sequences. FRACTAL GEOMETRY AND NONLINEAR ANALYSIS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY (FGNAMB), 1(1), 3-6 [10.15761/FGNAMB.1000102].
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