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- Title
Competition between ADAR and RNAi pathways for an extensive class of RNA targets.
- Authors
Wu, Diane; Lamm, Ayelet T; Fire, Andrew Z
- Abstract
Adenosine deaminases that act on RNAs (ADARs) interact with double-stranded RNAs, deaminating adenosines to inosines. Previous studies of Caenorhabditis elegans indicated an antagonistic interaction between ADAR and RNAi machineries, with ADAR defects suppressed upon additional knockout of RNAi. This suggests a pool of common RNA substrates capable of engaging both pathways. To define and characterize such substrates, we examined small RNA and mRNA populations of ADAR mutants and identified a distinct set of loci from which RNAi-dependent short RNAs are markedly upregulated. At these same loci, we observed populations of multiply edited transcripts, supporting a specific role for ADARs in preventing access to the RNAi pathway for an extensive population of dsRNAs. Characterization of these loci revealed a substantial overlap with noncoding and intergenic regions, suggesting that the landscape of ADAR targets may extend beyond previously annotated classes of transcripts.
- Subjects
ADENOSINE deaminase; RNA; INOSINE; CAENORHABDITIS elegans; HYDROLASES
- Publication
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2011, Vol 18, Issue 10, p1094
- ISSN
1545-9993
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nsmb.2129