Table 2 The following tables display results of several structure predictions using a variety of algorithms upon data-sets containing either S. cerevisiae tRNA-PHE, E. coli RNase P, E. coli SSU rRNA or E. coli LSU rRNA sequences. Reading columns from left to right we show: prediction method, number of base-pairs in the reference structure, number of base-pairs in the predicted structure, the number of true positive base-pairs in the prediction (% sensitivity as described earlier in parentheses), the number of false positive base-pairs in the prediction (% selectivity as described earlier in parentheses), correlation values are the "Matthews correlation coefficient" (with approximate correlation in parentheses). Each of these MFE-based attempts to predict the famous S. cerevisiae tRNA-PHE structure converges on an alternative lengthy-helix type structure. Adding prior knowledge, such as forcing modified bases in the RNA sequence to be unpaired can produce dramatic improvements.

From: A comprehensive comparison of comparative RNA structure prediction approaches