| Literature DB >> 26253968 |
Jianzhao Liu1, Yanan Yue1, Chuan He2.
Abstract
N(6)-Methyladenosine (m(6)A) represents the most prevalent internal modification in messenger and long noncoding RNAs. There has been a surge of interest toward understanding the biological significance of m(6)A modification. In this chapter, we describe the methods for biochemically studying the recently uncovered m(6)A methyltransferases (METTL3 and METTL14) and demethylases (FTO and ALKBH5). How to express these proteins, perform their biochemistry reactions against various RNA probes, and characterize the methylation and demethylation activity will be discussed.Entities:
Keywords: ALKBH5; Demethylation activity; FTO; METTL3–METTL14; Methylation activity; N(6)-methyladenosine; m(6)A demethylase; m(6)A methyltransferase
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26253968 PMCID: PMC5971108 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2015.03.013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Enzymol ISSN: 0076-6879 Impact factor: 1.600