N6-Methyladenosine in Nuclear RNA is a Major Substrate of the Obesity-Associated FTO
We report here that FTO (fat mass and obesity-associated protein) exhibits efficient oxidative demethylation activity of abundant N6-methyladenosine (m6A) residues in RNA in vitro. FTO knockdown with siRNA led to an increased level of m6A in mRNA, whereas overexpression of FTO resulted in a decrease...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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2011
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3218240/ |