Nature Communications (Jan 2023)

Semi-quantitative detection of pseudouridine modifications and type I/II hypermodifications in human mRNAs using direct long-read sequencing

  • Sepideh Tavakoli,
  • Mohammad Nabizadeh,
  • Amr Makhamreh,
  • Howard Gamper,
  • Caroline A. McCormick,
  • Neda K. Rezapour,
  • Ya-Ming Hou,
  • Meni Wanunu,
  • Sara H. Rouhanifard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-35858-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Pseudouridine (psi) is an RNA modification that can affect its physiology, including increased half-life. Here the authors identify sites of psi modification in the human transcriptome using direct RNA sequencing and provide a “ground truth” list of psi sites, sites of high psi occupancy, and transcripts that may be modified at multiple sites.