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SUBMITTER: Ovcharenko A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7116812 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ovcharenko Anna A Weissenboeck Florian P FP Rentmeister Andrea A
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20201222 8
The mRNA modification N<sup>6</sup> -methyladenosine (m<sup>6</sup> A) is associated with multiple roles in cell function and disease. The methyltransferases METTL3-METTL14 and METTL16 act as "writers" for different target transcripts and sequence motifs. The modification is perceived by dedicated "reader" and "eraser" proteins, but not by polymerases. We report that METTL3-14 shows remarkable cosubstrate promiscuity, enabling sequence-specific internal labeling of RNA without additional guide R ...[more]