Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

ADAR-mediated RNA editing of DNA:RNA hybrids is required for DNA double strand break repair

  • Sonia Jimeno,
  • Rosario Prados-Carvajal,
  • María Jesús Fernández-Ávila,
  • Sonia Silva,
  • Domenico Alessandro Silvestris,
  • Martín Endara-Coll,
  • Guillermo Rodríguez-Real,
  • Judit Domingo-Prim,
  • Fernando Mejías-Navarro,
  • Amador Romero-Franco,
  • Silvia Jimeno-González,
  • Sonia Barroso,
  • Valeriana Cesarini,
  • Andrés Aguilera,
  • Angela Gallo,
  • Neus Visa,
  • Pablo Huertas

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25790-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Different roles of specific RNA-related factors in DNA repair have now been reported. Here the authors reveal a role for RNA-editing by ADAR in DNA end resection following double strand break formation and a change in pattern of ADAR2-mediated A-to-I editing.