NAT10-dependent N4‐acetylcytidine modification mediates PAN RNA stability, KSHV reactivation, and IFI16-related inflammasome activation

Q Yan, J Zhou, Z Wang, X Ding, X Ma, W Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract N-acetyltransferase 10 (NAT10) is an N 4‐acetylcytidine (ac4C) writer that catalyzes
RNA acetylation at cytidine N4 position on tRNAs, rRNAs and mRNAs. Recently, NAT10 and …

Acetylation of cytidine residues boosts HIV-1 gene expression by increasing viral RNA stability

K Tsai, AAJ Vasudevan, CM Campos, A Emery… - Cell host & …, 2020 - cell.com
Epitranscriptomic RNA modifications, including methylation of adenine and cytidine
residues, are now recognized as key regulators of both cellular and viral mRNA function …

Emerging role of RNA acetylation modification ac4C in diseases: current advances and future challenges

J Luo, J Cao, C Chen, H Xie - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
The oldest known highly conserved modification of RNA, N4-acetylcytidine, is widely
distributed from archaea to eukaryotes and acts as a posttranscriptional chemical …

Herpesvirus genome recognition induced acetylation of nuclear IFI16 is essential for its cytoplasmic translocation, inflammasome and IFN-β responses

MA Ansari, S Dutta, MV Veettil, D Dutta, J Iqbal… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
The IL-1β and type I interferon-β (IFN-β) molecules are important inflammatory cytokines
elicited by the eukaryotic host as innate immune responses against invading pathogens and …

N4-acetylation of Cytidine in mRNA by NAT10 Regulates Stability and Translation

D Dominissini, G Rechavi - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Arango et al. expand the repertoire of epitranscriptomic modifications by identifying N 4-
acetylcytidine in mRNA catalyzed by the known dual acetyltransferase NAT10. It occurs …

Profiling cytidine acetylation with specific affinity and reactivity

WR Sinclair, D Arango, JH Shrimp… - ACS chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The human acetyltransferase NAT10 has recently been shown to catalyze formation of N4-
acetylcytidine (ac4C), a minor nucleobase known to alter RNA structure and function. In …

The m6A reader YTHDC2 is essential for escape from KSHV SOX-induced RNA decay

D Macveigh-Fierro, A Cicerchia… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
The role of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modifications has increasingly been associated with
a diverse set of roles in modulating viruses and influencing the outcomes of viral infection …

Degradation of WTAP blocks antiviral responses by reducing the m6A levels of IRF3 and IFNAR1 mRNA

Y Ge, T Ling, Y Wang, X Jia, X Xie, R Chen, S Chen… - EMBO …, 2021 - embopress.org
Abstract N 6‐methyladenosine (m6A) is a chemical modification present in multiple RNA
species and is most abundant in mRNAs. Studies on m6A reveal its comprehensive roles in …

Structural basis for STAT2 suppression by flavivirus NS5

B Wang, S Thurmond, K Zhou… - Nature structural & …, 2020 - nature.com
Suppressing cellular signal transducers of transcription 2 (STAT2) is a common strategy that
viruses use to establish infections, yet the detailed mechanism remains elusive, owing to a …

Histone H2B-IFI16 recognition of nuclear herpesviral genome induces cytoplasmic interferon-β responses

J Iqbal, MA Ansari, B Kumar, D Dutta, A Roy… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
IFI16 (gamma-interferon-inducible protein 16), a predominantly nuclear protein involved in
transcriptional regulation, also functions as an innate immune response DNA sensor and …