The proteins of mRNA modification: writers, readers, and erasers

MN Flamand, M Tegowski… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Over the past decade, mRNA modifications have emerged as important regulators of gene
expression control in cells. Fueled in large part by the development of tools for detecting …

m6A RNA methylation: from mechanisms to therapeutic potential

PC He, C He - The EMBO journal, 2021 - embopress.org
RNA carries a diverse array of chemical modifications that play important roles in the
regulation of gene expression. N 6‐methyladenosine (m6A), installed onto mRNA by the …

RNA demethylation increases the yield and biomass of rice and potato plants in field trials

Q Yu, S Liu, L Yu, Y **ao, S Zhang, X Wang, Y Xu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract RNA N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) modifications are essential in plants. Here, we
show that transgenic expression of the human RNA demethylase FTO in rice caused a more …

Dynamic transcriptomic m6A decoration: writers, erasers, readers and functions in RNA metabolism

Y Yang, PJ Hsu, YS Chen, YG Yang - Cell research, 2018 - nature.com
Abstract N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) is a chemical modification present in multiple RNA
species, being most abundant in mRNAs. Studies on enzymes or factors that catalyze …

Quantitative profiling of m6A at single base resolution across the life cycle of rice and Arabidopsis

G Wang, H Li, C Ye, K He, S Liu, B Jiang, R Ge… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) plays critical roles in regulating mRNA metabolism.
However, comprehensive m6A methylomes in different plant tissues with single-base …

The m6A reader ECT8 is an abiotic stress sensor that accelerates mRNA decay in Arabidopsis

Z Cai, Q Tang, P Song, E Tian, J Yang, G Jia - The Plant Cell, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most abundant mRNA modification and plays
diverse roles in eukaryotes, including plants. It regulates various processes, including plant …

Post-transcriptional gene regulation by mRNA modifications

BS Zhao, IA Roundtree, C He - Nature reviews Molecular cell biology, 2017 - nature.com
The recent discovery of reversible mRNA methylation has opened a new realm of post-
transcriptional gene regulation in eukaryotes. The identification and functional …

A photoregulatory mechanism of the circadian clock in Arabidopsis

X Wang, B Jiang, L Gu, Y Chen, M Mora, M Zhu… - Nature plants, 2021 - nature.com
Cryptochromes (CRYs) are photoreceptors that mediate light regulation of the circadian
clock in plants and animals. Here we show that CRYs mediate blue-light regulation of N6 …

N6‐Methyladenosine mRNA methylation is important for salt stress tolerance in Arabidopsis

J Hu, J Cai, SJ Park, K Lee, Y Li, Y Chen… - The Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As the most abundant internal modification of mRNA, N6‐methyladenosine (m6A)
methylation of RNA is emerging as a new layer of epitranscriptomic gene regulation in …

m6A readers ECT2/ECT3/ECT4 enhance mRNA stability through direct recruitment of the poly(A) binding proteins in Arabidopsis

P Song, L Wei, Z Chen, Z Cai, Q Lu, C Wang, E Tian… - Genome biology, 2023 - Springer
Background RNA N 6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification is critical for plant growth and
crop yield. m6A reader proteins can recognize m6A modifications to facilitate the functions of …