New twists in detecting mRNA modification dynamics

I Anreiter, Q Mir, JT Simpson, SC Janga, M Soller - Trends in Biotechnology, 2021 - cell.com
Modified nucleotides in mRNA are an essential addition to the standard genetic code of four
nucleotides in animals, plants, and their viruses. The emerging field of epitranscriptomics …

Naturally occurring modified ribonucleosides

PJ McCown, A Ruszkowska, CN Kunkler… - Wiley …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The chemical identity of RNA molecules beyond the four standard ribonucleosides has
fascinated scientists since pseudouridine was characterized as the “fifth” ribonucleotide in …

Dynamic RNA acetylation revealed by quantitative cross-evolutionary mapping

A Sas-Chen, JM Thomas, D Matzov, M Taoka… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract N 4-acetylcytidine (ac4C) is an ancient and highly conserved RNA modification that
is present on tRNA and rRNA and has recently been investigated in eukaryotic mRNA …

The structural and functional workings of KEOPS

J Beenstock, F Sicheri - Nucleic Acids Research, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract KEOPS (K inase, E ndopeptidase and O ther P roteins of S mall size) is a five-
subunit protein complex that is highly conserved in eukaryotes and archaea and is essential …

Pytheas: a software package for the automated analysis of RNA sequences and modifications via tandem mass spectrometry

L D'Ascenzo, AM Popova, S Abernathy… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Mass spectrometry is an important method for analysis of modified nucleosides ubiquitously
present in cellular RNAs, in particular for ribosomal and transfer RNAs that play crucial roles …

Stress-induced modification of Escherichia coli tRNA generates 5-methylcytidine in the variable loop

S Valesyan, M Jora, B Addepalli… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
There has been recent interest in trying to understand the connection between transfer RNA
(tRNA) posttranscriptional modifications and changes in-cellular environmental conditions …

Chemical amination/imination of carbonothiolated nucleosides during RNA hydrolysis

M Jora, K Borland, S Abernathy, R Zhao… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid chromatography‐tandem mass spectrometry (LC‐MS/MS) has become the gold‐
standard technique to study RNA and its various modifications. While most research on RNA …

Instrumental analysis of RNA modifications

Y Yoluç, G Ammann, P Barraud, M Jora… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Organisms from all domains of life invest a substantial amount of energy for the introduction
of RNA modifications into nearly all transcripts studied to date. Instrumental analysis of RNA …

Higher-energy collisional dissociation mass spectral networks for the rapid, semi-automated characterization of known and unknown ribonucleoside modifications

M Jora, D Corcoran, GG Parungao, PA Lobue… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Higher-energy collisional dissociation (HCD) of modified ribonucleosides generates
characteristic and highly reproducible nucleoside-specific tandem mass spectra (MS/MS) …

Commonality and diversity in tRNA substrate recognition in t6A biogenesis by eukaryotic KEOPSs

JT Wang, JB Zhou, XL Mao, L Zhou… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract N 6-Threonylcarbamoyladenosine (t6A) is a universal and pivotal tRNA
modification. KEOPS in eukaryotes participates in its biogenesis, whose mutations are …