Adenine methylation in eukaryotes: Apprehending the complex evolutionary history and functional potential of an epigenetic modification

LM Iyer, D Zhang, L Aravind - Bioessays, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
While N6‐methyladenosine (m6A) is a well‐known epigenetic modification in bacterial DNA,
it remained largely unstudied in eukaryotes. Recent studies have brought to fore its potential …

Readers, writers and erasers of N6-methylated adenosine modification

B Wu, L Li, Y Huang, J Ma, J Min - Current opinion in structural biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•The highly dynamic landscape of reversible m 6 A modifications on internal sites
of RNAs contributes to the complexity of epitranscriptome.•Crystal structures of m 6 A writers …

Dynamic readers for 5-(hydroxy) methylcytosine and its oxidized derivatives

CG Spruijt, F Gnerlich, AH Smits, T Pfaffeneder… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Tet proteins oxidize 5-methylcytosine (mC) to generate 5-hydroxymethyl (hmC), 5-formyl
(fC), and 5-carboxylcytosine (caC). The exact function of these oxidative cytosine bases …

Structural basis for the discriminative recognition of N6-methyladenosine RNA by the human YT521-B homology domain family of proteins

C Xu, K Liu, H Ahmed, P Loppnau, M Schapira… - Journal of Biological …, 2015 - ASBMB
N 6-Methyladenosine (m 6 A) is the most abundant internal modification in RNA and is
specifically recognized by YT521-B homology (YTH) domain-containing proteins. Recently …

Molecular basis for the recognition of methylated adenines in RNA by the eukaryotic YTH domain

S Luo, L Tong - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Methylation of the N6 position of selected internal adenines (m6A) in mRNAs and noncoding
RNAs is widespread in eukaryotes, and the YTH domain in a collection of proteins …

Computational identification of novel biochemical systems involved in oxidation, glycosylation and other complex modifications of bases in DNA

LM Iyer, D Zhang, A Maxwell Burroughs… - Nucleic acids …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Discovery of the TET/JBP family of dioxygenases that modify bases in DNA has sparked
considerable interest in novel DNA base modifications and their biological roles. Using …

Structural Insights into N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) Modification in the Transcriptome

J Huang, P Yin - Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, 2018 - academic.oup.com
More than 100 types of chemical modifications in RNA have been well documented.
Recently, several modifications, such as N 6-methyladenosine (m6A), have been detected in …

Structural genomics is the largest contributor of novel structural leverage

R Nair, J Liu, TT Soong, TB Acton, JK Everett… - Journal of structural and …, 2009 - Springer
Abstract The Protein Structural Initiative (PSI) at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is
funding four large-scale centers for structural genomics (SG). These centers systematically …

A protein architecture guided screen for modification dependent restriction endonucleases

T Lutz, K Flodman, A Copelas, H Czapinska… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Modification dependent restriction endonucleases (MDREs) often have separate catalytic
and modification dependent domains. We systematically looked for previously …

An Inducible Microbacterium Prophage vB_MoxS-R1 Represents a Novel Lineage of Siphovirus

H Zheng, B Liu, Y Xu, Z Zhang, H Man, J Liu, F Chen - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lytic and lysogenic infections are the main strategies used by viruses to interact with
microbial hosts. The genetic information of prophages provides insights into the nature of …