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ArticleNature methods2023

RNA molecular recording with an engineered RNA deaminase.

Yizhu Lin, Samentha Kwok, Abigail E Hein, Bao Quoc Thai, Yewande Alabi, Megan S Ostrowski, Ke Wu, Stephen N Floor

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Article in Nature methods, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yizhu LinDepartment of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6369-8077
Samentha KwokDepartment of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Abigail E HeinTetrad Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Bao Quoc ThaiDepartment of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0151-501X
Yewande AlabiBiomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5494-5582
Megan S OstrowskiGladstone Institute for Data Science and Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9845-9319
Ke WuGladstone Institute for Data Science and Biotechnology, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Stephen N FloorDepartment of Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. stephen@floorlab.org.ORCID 0000-0002-9965-9694

Funding

The impact of human RNA diversity on protein production and cell fateDP2GM132932 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FLOOR, STEPHEN NICHOLAS · 2018 to 2018
$2.4M
The molecular grammar of human RNA biologyR35GM149255 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI FLOOR, STEPHEN NICHOLAS · 2023 to 2024
$498k
NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM132932NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM149255
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA deaminases are powerful tools for base editing and RNA molecular recording. However, the enzymes used in currently available RNA molecular recorders such as TRIBE, DART or STAMP have limitations due to RNA structure and sequence dependence. We designed a platform for directed evolution of RNA molecular recorders. We engineered an RNA A-to-I deaminase (an RNA adenosine base editor, rABE) that has high activity, low bias and low background. Using rABE, we present REMORA (RNA-encoded molecular recording in adenosines), wherein deamination by rABE writes a molecular record of RNA-protein interactions. By combining rABE with the C-to-U deaminase APOBEC1 and long-read RNA sequencing, we measured binding by two RNA-binding proteins on single messenger RNAs. Orthogonal RNA molecular recording of mammalian Pumilio proteins PUM1 and PUM2 shows that PUM1 competes with PUM2 for a subset of sites in cells. Furthermore, we identify transcript isoform-specific RNA-protein interactions driven by isoform changes distal to the binding site. The genetically encodable RNA deaminase rABE enables single-molecule identification of RNA-protein interactions with cell type specificity.

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Cytidine DeaminaseRNAAnimalsBase SequenceMammalsProtein IsoformsRNA, MessengerCytidine DeaminaseProtein IsoformsRNARNA, Messenger

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PMID37857907
PMCPMC11497829

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