Dynamic RNA acetylation revealed by quantitative cross-evolutionary mapping
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ABSTRACT: N4-acetylcytidine (ac4C) is an ancient and highly conserved RNA modification, present on tRNA, rRNA and recently investigated in eukaryotic mRNA. We report ac4C-seq, a chemical genomic method for single-nucleotide resolution, transcriptome-wide quantitative mapping of ac4C. While we did not find detectable ac4C sites in human and yeast mRNAs, ac4C was induced via ectopic overexpression of eukaryotic acetyltransferase complexes, invariably at a conserved sequence motif. In contrast, cross-evolutionary profiling reveals unprecedented levels of ac4C across hundreds of residues in rRNA, tRNA, ncRNA and mRNA from hyperthermophilic archaea. Ac4C is dramatically induced in response to temperature, and acetyltransferase-deficient archaeal strains exhibit temperature-dependent growth defects. Cryo-EM visualization of WT and acetyltransferase-deficient archaeal ribosomes furnishes structural insights into the temperature-dependent distribution of ac4C and its potential thermoadaptive role. Our studies quantitatively define the ac4C landscape, providing a technical and conceptual foundation for unravelling this modification’s role in biology and disease.
ORGANISM(S): Thermococcus sp. AM4 Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pyrococcus furiosus Methanocaldococcus jannaschii Homo sapiens Thermococcus kodakarensis Saccharolobus solfataricus
PROVIDER: GSE135826 | GEO | 2020/07/23
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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