A mammalian RNA editing enzyme

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作者
Melcher, T [1 ]
Maas, S [1 ]
Herb, A [1 ]
Sprengel, R [1 ]
Seeburg, PH [1 ]
Higuchi, M [1 ]
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[1] UNIV HEIDELBERG, ZMBH, CTR MOLEC BIOL, MOLEC NEUROENDOCRINOL LAB, D-69120 HEIDELBERG, GERMANY
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10.1038/379460a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
EDITING of RNA(1) by site-selective adcnosine deamination alters codons in brain-expressed pre-messenger RNAs for glutamate receptor (GluR) subunits(2-4) including a codon for a channel determinant (Q/R site) in GluR-B, which controls the Ca2+ permeability of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid (AMPA) receptors(5,6). Editing of GluR pre-mRNAs requires a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) structure formed by esonic and intronic sequences(4,7) and is catalysed by an unknown dsRNA adenosine deaminase. Here we report the cloning of complementary DNA for RED1, a dsRNA adenosine deaminase expressed in brain and peripheral tissues that efficiently edits the Q/R site in GluR-B pre-mRNA in vitro. This site is poorly edited by DRADA, which is distantly sequence related to RED1. Both deaminases edit the R/G site in GluR-B pre-mRNA, indicating that members of an emerging gene family catalyse adenosine deamination in nuclear transcripts with distinct but overlapping substrate specificities.
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