Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Mammalian APE1 controls miRNA processing and its interactome is linked to cancer RNA metabolism

  • Giulia Antoniali,
  • Fabrizio Serra,
  • Lisa Lirussi,
  • Mikiei Tanaka,
  • Chiara D’Ambrosio,
  • Shiheng Zhang,
  • Slobodanka Radovic,
  • Emiliano Dalla,
  • Yari Ciani,
  • Andrea Scaloni,
  • Mengxia Li,
  • Silvano Piazza,
  • Gianluca Tell

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00842-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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APE1 plays an important role in the cellular response to oxidative stress, and mutations are linked to tumor progression and chemoresistance. Here, the authors characterize the interactions of APE1 with RNA and demonstrate a role in microRNA processing.