[HTML][HTML] Functions and consequences of AID/APOBEC-mediated DNA and RNA deamination

R Pecori, S Di Giorgio, J Paulo Lorenzo… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The AID/APOBEC polynucleotide cytidine deaminases have historically been classified as
either DNA mutators or RNA editors based on their first identified nucleic acid substrate …

Precision RNA base editing with engineered and endogenous effectors

LS Pfeiffer, T Stafforst - Nature Biotechnology, 2023 - nature.com
RNA base editing refers to the rewriting of genetic information within an intact RNA molecule
and serves various functions, such as evasion of the endogenous immune system and …

Programmable RNA base editing via targeted modifications

J Song, Y Zhuang, C Yi - Nature Chemical Biology, 2024 - nature.com
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based genome editors
are powerful tools in biology and hold great promise for the treatment of human diseases …

Site-directed RNA editing: recent advances and open challenges

HM Khosravi, MF Jantsch - RNA biology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT RNA editing by cytosine and adenosine deaminases changes the identity of the
edited bases. While cytosines are converted to uracils, adenines are converted to inosines. If …

RNA-targeting strategies as a platform for ocular gene therapy

S Kumar, LE Fry, JH Wang, KR Martin… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Genetic medicine is offering hope as new therapies are emerging for many previously
untreatable diseases. The eye is at the forefront of these advances, as exemplified by the …

Precise and efficient C-to-U RNA base editing with SNAP-CDAR-S

N Latifi, AM Mack, I Tellioglu, S Di Giorgio… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Site-directed RNA base editing enables the transient and dosable change of genetic
information and represents a recent strategy to manipulate cellular processes, paving ways …

[PDF][PDF] Profiling the interactome of oligonucleotide drugs by proximity biotinylation

A Hanswillemenke, DT Hofacker, M Sorgenfrei… - Nature Chemical …, 2024 - nature.com
Drug-ID is a novel method applying proximity biotinylation to identify drug–protein
interactions inside living cells. The covalent conjugation of a drug with a biotin ligase …

[HTML][HTML] RNA editing enzymes: structure, biological functions and applications

D Zhang, L Zhu, Y Gao, Y Wang, P Li - Cell & Bioscience, 2024 - Springer
With the advancement of sequencing technologies and bioinformatics, over than 170
different RNA modifications have been identified. However, only a few of these modifications …

[PDF][PDF] An improved SNAP-ADAR tool enables efficient RNA base editing to interfere with post-translational protein modification

KD Kiran Kumar, S Singh, SM Schmelzle… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
RNA base editing relies on the introduction of adenosine-to-inosine changes into target
RNAs in a highly programmable manner in order to repair disease-causing mutations. Here …

Engineered deaminases as a key component of DNA and RNA editing tools

L Budzko, K Hoffa-Sobiech, P Jackowiak… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2023 - cell.com
Over recent years, zinc-dependent deaminases have attracted increasing interest as key
components of nucleic acid editing tools that can generate point mutations at specific sites in …