Nature Communications (May 2022)

Developmental mRNA m5C landscape and regulatory innovations of massive m5C modification of maternal mRNAs in animals

  • Jianheng Liu,
  • Tao Huang,
  • Wanying Chen,
  • Chenhui Ding,
  • Tianxuan Zhao,
  • Xueni Zhao,
  • Bing Cai,
  • Yusen Zhang,
  • Song Li,
  • Ling Zhang,
  • Maoguang Xue,
  • Xiuju He,
  • Wanzhong Ge,
  • Canquan Zhou,
  • Yanwen Xu,
  • Rui Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30210-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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mRNAs are known to be decorated with m5C at a low-to-medium level. Here, the authors generate atlases of mRNA m5C during animal development in 6 species and identify convergent and unexpected massive methylation of maternal mRNAs by NSUN2 and NSUN6.