Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

N6-methyladenosine RNA modification promotes viral genomic RNA stability and infection

  • Tianye Zhang,
  • Chaonan Shi,
  • Haichao Hu,
  • Zhuo Zhang,
  • Ziqiong Wang,
  • Zhiqing Chen,
  • Huimin Feng,
  • Peng Liu,
  • Jun Guo,
  • Qisen Lu,
  • Kaili Zhong,
  • ZhiHui Chen,
  • Jiaqian Liu,
  • Jiancheng Yu,
  • Jianping Chen,
  • Feng Chen,
  • Jian Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34362-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Wheat production is threatened by wheat yellow mosaic virus (WYMV). Here, via genome-wide association study, the authors report that a putative methyltransferase B positively regulates WYMV infection through enhancing viral genomic RNA stability by N6-methyladenosine RNA modification.