Nm-seq maps 2'-O-methylation sites in human mRNA with base precision.

ABSTRACT: The ribose of RNA nucleotides can be 2'-O-methylated (Nm). Despite advances in high-throughput detection, the inert chemical nature of Nm still limits sensitivity and precludes mapping in mRNA. We leveraged the differential reactivity of 2'-O-methylated and 2'-hydroxylated nucleosides to periodate oxidation to develop Nm-seq, a sensitive method for transcriptome-wide mapping of Nm with base precision. Nm-seq uncovered thousands of Nm sites in human mRNA with features suggesting functional roles.

SUBMITTER: Dai Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5712428 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature