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ArticlePLoS genetics2023

Identification of exceptionally potent adenosine deaminases RNA editors from high body temperature organisms.

Adi Avram-Shperling, Eli Kopel, Itamar Twersky, Orshay Gabay, Amit Ben-David, Sarit Karako-Lampert, Joshua J C Rosenthal, Erez Y Levanon, Eli Eisenberg, Shay Ben-Aroya

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Article in PLoS genetics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Adi Avram-ShperlingThe Nano Center, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Eli KopelThe Nano Center, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Itamar TwerskyThe Nano Center, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Orshay GabayThe Nano Center, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Amit Ben-DavidThe Nano Center, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Sarit Karako-LampertNGS Unit Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Joshua J C RosenthalThe Eugene Bell Center, The Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America.
Erez Y LevanonThe Nano Center, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
Eli EisenbergRaymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Shay Ben-AroyaThe Nano Center, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-6425-4259
Bar-Ilan University · ILMarine Biological Laboratory · USTel Aviv University · IL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The most abundant form of RNA editing in metazoa is the deamination of adenosines into inosines (A-to-I), catalyzed by ADAR enzymes. Inosines are read as guanosines by the translation machinery, and thus A-to-I may lead to protein recoding. The ability of ADARs to recode at the mRNA level makes them attractive therapeutic tools. Several approaches for Site-Directed RNA Editing (SDRE) are currently under development. A major challenge in this field is achieving high on-target editing efficiency, and thus it is of much interest to identify highly potent ADARs. To address this, we used the baker yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as an editing-naïve system. We exogenously expressed a range of heterologous ADARs and identified the hummingbird and primarily mallard-duck ADARs, which evolved at 40-42°C, as two exceptionally potent editors. ADARs bind to double-stranded RNA structures (dsRNAs), which in turn are temperature sensitive. Our results indicate that species evolved to live with higher core body temperatures have developed ADAR enzymes that target weaker dsRNA structures and would therefore be more effective than other ADARs. Further studies may use this approach to isolate additional ADARs with an editing profile of choice to meet specific requirements, thus broadening the applicability of SDRE.

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Adenosine DeaminaseBody TemperatureInosineRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Double-StrandedRNA, MessengerAdenosine DeaminaseInosineRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Double-StrandedRNA, Messenger

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PMID36877730
PMCPMC10019624
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