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Enzymatic Characterization of In Vitro Activity of RNA Methyltransferase PCIF1 on DNA.

ABSTRACT: PCIF1 and FTO are a pair of human mRNA cap-specific modification enzymes that have opposing activities. PCIF1 adds a methyl group to the N6-position of 2'O-methyladenosine (A_m), generating N6, 2'O-dimethyladenosine (m⁶A_m), when A_m is the cap-proximal nucleotide. FTO removes the N6-methyl group from m⁶A_m. In addition, FTO has a demethylase activity on a broad spectrum of various RNA substrates, as well as on DNA N6-methyldeoxyadenosine (m⁶dA). While the existence of m⁶dA in mammalian DNA remains controversial, we show here that PCIF1 has significant methylation activity on single stranded DNA deoxyadenosine, double stranded RNA/DNA hybrids, and double stranded DNA, though with lower catalytic efficiency than that on its preferred RNA substrate. PCIF1 has activities in the order ssRNA > RNA/DNA hybrid > ssDNA > dsDNA. We discuss the implications of PCIF1 generation, and FTO removal, of DNA adenine methylation.

SUBMITTER: Yu D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9178792 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Enzymatic Characterization of In Vitro Activity of RNA Methyltransferase PCIF1 on DNA.

Yu Dan D Zhou Jujun J Chen Qin Q Wu Tao T Blumenthal Robert M RM Zhang Xing X Cheng Xiaodong X

Biochemistry 20220523

PCIF1 and FTO are a pair of human mRNA cap-specific modification enzymes that have opposing activities. PCIF1 adds a methyl group to the N6-position of 2'O-methyladenosine (Am), generating N6, 2'O-dimethyladenosine (m6Am), when Am is the cap-proximal nucleotide. FTO removes the N6-methyl group from m6Am. In addition, FTO has a demethylase activity on a broad spectrum of various RNA substrates, as well as on DN ...[more]

PMID: 35605980

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Enzymatic Characterization of In Vitro Activity of RNA Methyltransferase PCIF1 on DNA.

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Enzymatic Characterization of In Vitro Activity of RNA Methyltransferase PCIF1 on DNA.

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