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ArticleNucleic acids research2011

A structural determinant required for RNA editing.

Nan Tian, Yun Yang, Nora Sachsenmaier, Dominik Muggenhumer, Jingpei Bi, Christina Waldsich, Michael F Jantsch, Yongfeng Jin

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Nan TianInstitute of Biochemistry, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University (Zijingang Campus), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, ZJ310058, PR of China.
Yun Yang
Nora Sachsenmaier
Dominik Muggenhumer
Jingpei Bi
Christina Waldsich
Michael F Jantsch
Yongfeng Jin
University of Vienna · ATZhejiang University · CNMax Perutz Labs · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 23497
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA editing by adenosine deaminases acting on RNAs (ADARs) can be both specific and non-specific, depending on the substrate. Specific editing of particular adenosines may depend on the overall sequence and structural context. However, the detailed mechanisms underlying these preferences are not fully understood. Here, we show that duplex structures mimicking an editing site in the Gabra3 pre-mRNA unexpectedly fail to support RNA editing at the Gabra3 I/M site, although phylogenetic analysis suggest an evolutionarily conserved duplex structure essential for efficient RNA editing. These unusual results led us to revisit the structural requirement for this editing by mutagenesis analysis. In vivo nuclear injection experiments of mutated editing substrates demonstrate that a non-conserved structure is a determinant for editing. This structure contains bulges either on the same or the strand opposing the edited adenosine. The position of these bulges and the distance to the edited base regulate editing. Moreover, elevated folding temperature can lead to a switch in RNA editing suggesting an RNA structural change. Our results indicate the importance of RNA tertiary structure in determining RNA editing.

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RNA EditingAnimalsCattleDogsEvolution, MolecularMiceNucleic Acid ConformationReceptors, GABA-ARNA, Double-StrandedRNA, MessengerRNA PrecursorsTemperatureGabra3 protein, mouseReceptors, GABA-ARNA, Double-StrandedRNA, MessengerRNA Precursors

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PMID21427087
PMCPMC3141254
OpenAlexW2060909469

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