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Reading m6A in the Transcriptome: m6A-Binding Proteins.

ABSTRACT: N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prevalent post-transcriptional modification of eukaryotic mRNA and long noncoding RNA. m6A mediates its effects primarily by recruiting proteins, including the multiprotein eukaryotic initiation factor 3 complex and a set of proteins that contain the YTH domain. Here we describe the mechanisms by which YTH domain-containing proteins bind m6A and influence the fate of m6A-containing RNA in mammalian cells. We discuss the diverse, and occasionally contradictory, functions ascribed to these proteins and the emerging concepts that are influencing our understanding of these proteins and their effects on the epitranscriptome.

SUBMITTER: Patil DP

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5794650 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Reading m6A in the Transcriptome: m6A-Binding Proteins.

Patil Deepak P DP Pickering Brian F BF Jaffrey Samie R SR

Trends in cell biology 20171102 2

N6-Methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prevalent post-transcriptional modification of eukaryotic mRNA and long noncoding RNA. m6A mediates its effects primarily by recruiting proteins, including the multiprotein eukaryotic initiation factor 3 complex and a set of proteins that contain the YTH domain. Here we describe the mechanisms by which YTH domain-containing proteins bind m6A and influence the fate of m6A-containing RNA in mammalian cells. ...[more]

PMID: 29103884

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