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ArticleNature communications2024

Dimerization of ADAR1 modulates site-specificity of RNA editing.

Allegra Mboukou, Vinod Rajendra, Serafina Messmer, Therese C Mandl, Marjorie Catala, Carine Tisné, Michael F Jantsch, Pierre Barraud

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Two codes of RNA editing by deamination in human diseases.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2026
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  6. MUW researcher of the month: Dr. Vinod Rajendra.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2025
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  12. ADAR1: from basic mechanisms to inhibitors.Trends in cell biology · 2025
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  13. ADAR Family Proteins: A Structural Review.Current issues in molecular biology · 2024
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8 authors.

Allegra Mboukou *Expression génétique microbienne, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Institut de biologie physico-chimique, Paris, France.
Vinod Rajendra *Division of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Serafina MessmerDivision of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0009-0006-5299-0634
Therese C MandlDivision of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Marjorie CatalaExpression génétique microbienne, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Institut de biologie physico-chimique, Paris, France.
Carine TisnéExpression génétique microbienne, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Institut de biologie physico-chimique, Paris, France.
Michael F JantschDivision of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. michael.jantsch@meduniwien.ac.at.ORCID 0000-0003-1747-0853
Pierre BarraudExpression génétique microbienne, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Institut de biologie physico-chimique, Paris, France. pierre.barraud@cnrs.fr.ORCID 0000-0003-4460-8360

Funding

Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-11-EQPX-0008Agence Nationale de la Recherche (French National Research Agency) ANR-11-LABX-0011Austrian Science Fund (Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung) F80-07Austrian Science Fund (Fonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung) I2893
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adenosine-to-inosine editing is catalyzed by adenosine deaminases acting on RNA (ADARs) in double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) regions. Although three ADARs exist in mammals, ADAR1 is responsible for the vast majority of the editing events and acts on thousands of sites in the human transcriptome. ADAR1 has been proposed to form a stable homodimer and dimerization is suggested to be important for editing activity. In the absence of a structural basis for the dimerization of ADAR1, and without a way to prevent dimer formation, the effect of dimerization on enzyme activity or site specificity has remained elusive. Here, we report on the structural analysis of the third double-stranded RNA-binding domain of ADAR1 (dsRBD3), which reveals stable dimer formation through a large inter-domain interface. Exploiting these structural insights, we engineered an interface-mutant disrupting ADAR1-dsRBD3 dimerization. Notably, dimerization disruption did not abrogate ADAR1 editing activity but intricately affected editing efficiency at selected sites. This suggests a complex role for dimerization in the selection of editing sites by ADARs, and makes dimerization a potential target for modulating ADAR1 editing activity.

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Adenosine DeaminaseProtein MultimerizationRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA EditingAdenosineBinding SitesDimerizationHumansInosineModels, MolecularProtein DomainsRNA, Double-StrandedADAR protein, humanAdenosineAdenosine DeaminaseInosineRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Double-Stranded

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PMID39572551
PMCPMC11582362

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