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Laboratory identification of ac4C is complicated by factors, such as sample hydrolysis and high cost. Unfortunately, existing computational methods to identify ac4C do not achieve satisfactory performance.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We developed a novel tool, DeepAc4C, which identifies ac4C using convolutional neural networks (CNNs) using hybrid features composed of physicochemical patterns and a distributed representation of nucleic acids. Our results show that the proposed model achieved better and more balanced performance than existing predictors. Furthermore, we evaluated the effect that specific features had on the model predictions and their interaction effects. 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