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Genetic Determinants of RNA Editing Levels of ADAR Targets in Drosophila melanogaster.

ABSTRACT: RNA editing usually affects only a fraction of expressed transcripts and there is a vast amount of variation in editing levels of ADAR (adenosine deaminase, RNA-specific) targets. Here we explore natural genetic variation affecting editing levels of particular sites in 81 natural strains of Drosophila melanogaster. The analysis of associations between editing levels and single-nucleotide polymorphisms allows us to map putative cis-regulatory regions affecting editing of 16 A-to-I editing sites (cis-RNA editing quantitative trait loci or cis-edQTLs, P < 10(-8)). The observed changes in editing levels are validated by independent molecular technique. All identified regulatory variants are located in close proximity of modulated editing sites. Moreover, colocalized editing sites are often regulated by same loci. Similar to expression and splicing QTL studies, the characterization of edQTLs will greatly expand our understanding of cis-regulatory evolution of gene expression.

SUBMITTER: Kurmangaliyev YZ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4751558 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genetic Determinants of RNA Editing Levels of ADAR Targets in Drosophila melanogaster.

Kurmangaliyev Yerbol Z YZ Ali Sammi S Nuzhdin Sergey V SV

G3 (Bethesda, Md.) 20151212 2

RNA editing usually affects only a fraction of expressed transcripts and there is a vast amount of variation in editing levels of ADAR (adenosine deaminase, RNA-specific) targets. Here we explore natural genetic variation affecting editing levels of particular sites in 81 natural strains of Drosophila melanogaster. The analysis of associations between editing levels and single-nucleotide polymorphisms allows us to map putative cis-regulatory regions affecting editing of 16 A-to-I editing sites ( ...[more]

PMID: 26656153

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