PLX227580

GSE73941: Reversible and Dynamic m1A Methylation in the Human Transcriptome

• Organsim human
• Type RNASEQ
• Target gene
• Project ARCHS4

N1-methyladenosine (m1A) is an abundant post-transcriptional RNA modification, yet little is known about its prevalence, topology and dynamics in mRNA. Here, we show that m1A is abundant in human mRNA, with an m1A/A ratio of ~0.02%. We develop m1A-ID-Seq, based on m1A immunoprecipitation and the inherent property of m1A to stall reverse transcription, for the transcriptome-wide m1A analysis. m1A-ID-Seq identifies 901 m1A peaks (from 583 genes) in mRNA and ncRNA, and reveals a prominent feature of enrichment in the 5-untranslated region of mRNA transcripts, distinct from that of N6-methyladenosine, the most abundant internal mammalian mRNA modification. m1A in mRNA is also reversible by ALKBH3, a known DNA/RNA demethylase. Lastly, m1A responds dynamically to stimuli and hundreds of stress-induced m1A sites are identified. Collectively, our approaches allow comprehensive analysis of m1A methylation and provide an important tool for functional studies of potential epigenetic regulation via the reversible and dynamic m1A methylation. SOURCE: Chengqi Yi (chengqi.yi@pku.edu.cn) - Peking University