Precise identification of an RNA methyltransferase's substrate modification site.

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MOE Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Synthesis and Functionalization, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. and Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Published: March 2021


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Here we report a simple and nonradioactive biochemical assay which is capable of accurately determining the substrate methylation sites of human RNA N6-methyladenosine methyltransferases METTL3/METTL14 and METTL16. This method employs enzyme-assisted chemical labelling of a specific base in an RNA substrate with the assistance of an allyl-substituted methyltransferase cofactor, and enables precise identification of the labelling site by a mutation signal from standard nucleic acid sequencing. Our method provides a platform to investigate the enzymatic methylations of long and structurally complex RNA substrates, and facilitates the discovery of new methyltransferases.

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