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ArticleACS central science2020

meCLICK-Seq, a Substrate-Hijacking and RNA Degradation Strategy for the Study of RNA Methylation.

Sigitas Mikutis, Muxin Gu, Erdem Sendinc, Madoka E Hazemi, Hannah Kiely-Collins, Demetrios Aspris, George S Vassiliou, Yang Shi, Konstantinos Tzelepis, Gonçalo J L Bernardes

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Article in ACS central science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Sigitas MikutisDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
Muxin GuHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, U.K.
Erdem SendincBoston Childrens' Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Madoka E HazemiDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
Hannah Kiely-CollinsDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
Demetrios AsprisHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, U.K.
George S VassiliouHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, U.K.
Yang ShiBoston Childrens' Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Konstantinos TzelepisHaematological Cancer Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, U.K.
Gonçalo J L BernardesDepartment of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, U.K.
Boston Children's Hospital · USUniversity of Cambridge · GBWellcome Sanger Institute · GBUniversity of Lisbon · PTWellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 23015Medical Research Council MC_PC_12009Medical Research Council MC_PC_17230Wellcome Trust 210926/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The fates of RNA species in a cell are controlled by ribonucleases, which degrade them by exploiting the universal structural 2'-OH group. This phenomenon plays a key role in numerous transformative technologies, for example, RNA interference and CRISPR/Cas13-based RNA editing systems. These approaches, however, are genetic or oligomer-based and so have inherent limitations. This has led to interest in the development of small molecules capable of degrading nucleic acids in a targeted manner. Here we describe click-degraders, small molecules that can be covalently attached to RNA species through click-chemistry and can degrade them, that are akin to ribonucleases. By using these molecules, we have developed the meCLICK-Seq (methylation CLICK-degradation Sequencing) a method to identify RNA modification substrates with high resolution at intronic and intergenic regions. The method hijacks RNA methyltransferase activity to introduce an alkyne, instead of a methyl, moiety on RNA. Subsequent copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction with the click-degrader leads to RNA cleavage and degradation exploiting a mechanism used by endogenous ribonucleases. Focusing on N

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PMID33376781
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