Nm-Mut-seq: The base-resolution quantitative method for mapping transcriptome-wide 2’-O-methylations

ABSTRACT: 2’-O-methylation (Nm) is a prevalent post-transcriptional RNA modification present in many cellular RNAs and plays a critical role in modulating both the physical properties and regulation of eukaryotic RNAs. Studies of Nm modifications in RNA have long been hampered by a lack of effective mapping methods. Previously reported approaches can work well for detecting Nm modifications on abundant RNAs, but face challenges when applied to low-abundant RNAs, such as mRNA, lack stoichiometric information, and are challenged by issues of RNA sample degradation due to chemical treatment. Here, we present Nm-Mut-seq, a mutation signature-based Nm mapping method, which uses a custom reverse transcriptase (RT) that installs mutations at Am, Cm, and Gm-modified sites (Um is undetectable by this method). Our work provides a much-needed approach to detect Nm at base resolution in low abundant RNAs and to estimate the stoichiometry of each modified site transcriptome-wide.

ORGANISM(S): synthetic construct Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE174518 | GEO | 2023/06/01

REPOSITORIES: GEO