The APOBEC protein family: united by structure, divergent in function

JD Salter, RP Bennett, HC Smith - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2016 - cell.com
The APOBEC (apolipoprotein B mRNA editing catalytic polypeptide-like) family of proteins
have diverse and important functions in human health and disease. These proteins have an …

Rapid and dynamic transcriptome regulation by RNA editing and RNA modifications

K Licht, MF Jantsch - Journal of Cell Biology, 2016 - rupress.org
Advances in next-generation sequencing and mass spectrometry have revealed widespread
messenger RNA modifications and RNA editing, with dramatic effects on mammalian …

APOBEC3A cytidine deaminase induces RNA editing in monocytes and macrophages

S Sharma, SK Patnaik, R Thomas Taggart… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
The extent, regulation and enzymatic basis of RNA editing by cytidine deamination are
incompletely understood. Here we show that transcripts of hundreds of genes undergo site …

The double-domain cytidine deaminase APOBEC3G is a cellular site-specific RNA editing enzyme

S Sharma, SK Patnaik, RT Taggart, BE Baysal - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
APOBEC3G is a cytidine deaminase with two homologous domains and restricts
retroelements and HIV-1. APOBEC3G deaminates single-stranded DNAs via its C-terminal …

APOBEC3-mediated RNA editing in breast cancer is associated with heightened immune activity and improved survival

M Asaoka, T Ishikawa, K Takabe… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
APOBEC3 enzymes contribute significantly to DNA mutagenesis in cancer. These enzymes
are also capable of converting C bases at specific positions of RNAs to U. However, the …

Characterisation of APOBEC3B-Mediated RNA editing in breast cancer cells reveals regulatory roles of NEAT1 and MALAT1 lncRNAs

C Zhang, YJ Lu, M Wang, B Chen, F Xiong… - Oncogene, 2024 - nature.com
RNA editing is a crucial post-transcriptional process that influences gene expression and
increases the diversity of the proteome as a result of amino acid substitution. Recently, the …

Modeling the embrace of a mutator: APOBEC selection of nucleic acid ligands

JD Salter, HC Smith - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2018 - cell.com
The 11-member APOBEC (apolipoprotein B mRNA editing catalytic polypeptide-like) family
of zinc-dependent cytidine deaminases bind to RNA and single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and …

Infectious vaccine-derived rubella viruses emerge, persist, and evolve in cutaneous granulomas of children with primary immunodeficiencies

L Perelygina, M Chen, S Suppiah, A Adebayo… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Rubella viruses (RV) have been found in an association with granulomas in children with
primary immune deficiencies (PID). Here, we report the recovery and characterization of …

RNA editors, cofactors, and mRNA targets: an overview of the C-to-U RNA editing machinery and its implication in human disease

T Lerner, FN Papavasiliou, R Pecori - Genes, 2018 - mdpi.com
One of the most prevalent epitranscriptomic modifications is RNA editing. In higher
eukaryotes, RNA editing is catalyzed by one of two classes of deaminases: ADAR family …

Understanding the structural basis of HIV-1 restriction by the full length double-domain APOBEC3G

H Yang, F Ito, AD Wolfe, S Li… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
APOBEC3G, a member of the double-domain cytidine deaminase (CD) APOBEC, binds
RNA to package into virions and restrict HIV-1 through deamination-dependent or …