RNA modifications in physiology and disease: towards clinical applications

S Delaunay, M Helm, M Frye - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
The ability of chemical modifications of single nucleotides to alter the electrostatic charge,
hydrophobic surface and base pairing of RNA molecules is exploited for the clinical use of …

The molecular biology of FMRP: new insights into fragile X syndrome

JD Richter, X Zhao - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2021 - nature.com
Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) is the product of the fragile X mental retardation
1 gene (FMR1), a gene that—when epigenetically inactivated by a triplet nucleotide repeat …

A-to-I RNA editing—immune protector and transcriptome diversifier

E Eisenberg, EY Levanon - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2018 - nature.com
Modifications of RNA affect its function and stability. RNA editing is unique among these
modifications because it not only alters the cellular fate of RNA molecules but also alters …

Dynamic landscape and regulation of RNA editing in mammals

MH Tan, Q Li, R Shanmugam, R Piskol, J Kohler… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract Adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing is a conserved post-transcriptional
mechanism mediated by ADAR enzymes that diversifies the transcriptome by altering …

Rewriting the transcriptome: adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing by ADARs

CR Walkley, JB Li - Genome biology, 2017 - Springer
One of the most prevalent forms of post-transcritpional RNA modification is the conversion of
adenosine nucleosides to inosine (A-to-I), mediated by the ADAR family of enzymes. The …

Regulation of RNA editing by RNA-binding proteins in human cells

G Quinones-Valdez, SS Tran, HI Jun, JH Bahn… - Communications …, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) editing, mediated by the ADAR enzymes, diversifies
the transcriptome by altering RNA sequences. Recent studies reported global changes in …

Top3β is an RNA topoisomerase that works with fragile X syndrome protein to promote synapse formation

D Xu, W Shen, R Guo, Y Xue, W Peng, J Sima… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Topoisomerases are crucial for solving DNA topological problems, but they have not been
linked to RNA metabolism. Here we show that human topoisomerase 3β (Top3β) is an RNA …

Deciphering the functions and regulation of brain-enriched A-to-I RNA editing

JB Li, GM Church - Nature neuroscience, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract Adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing, in which genomically encoded
adenosine is changed to inosine in RNA, is catalyzed by adenosine deaminase acting on …

Genome-wide analysis of A-to-I RNA editing by single-molecule sequencing in Drosophila

G St Laurent, MR Tackett, S Nechkin… - Nature structural & …, 2013 - nature.com
The accurate and thorough genome-wide detection of adenosine-to-inosine editing, a
biologically indispensable process, has proven challenging. Here, we present a discovery …

RNA modifications and RNA metabolism in neurological disease pathogenesis

B Chatterjee, CKJ Shen, P Majumder - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The intrinsic cellular heterogeneity and molecular complexity of the mammalian nervous
system relies substantially on the dynamic nature and spatiotemporal patterning of gene …