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SUBMITTER: Huber SM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5504488 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huber Sabrina M SM van Delft Pieter P Tanpure Arun A Miska Eric A EA Balasubramanian Shankar S
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20170125 5
5-Hydroxymethylcytidine (hm<sup>5</sup>C) was recently identified as a direct metabolite of m<sup>5</sup>C in RNA. We investigated the stability of hm<sup>5</sup>C in human cells using bio-isotopologues and LC-MS/HRMS. This has led to the discovery of a second oxidative metabolite of m<sup>5</sup>C in RNA, namely 2'-O-methyl-5-hydroxymethylcytidine (hm<sup>5</sup>Cm). Subsequent quantitative analysis of total RNA from higher organisms revealed varying levels and TET-independent formation of this ...[more]