Abstract
In general, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-binding proteins (dsRBPs) are not sequence-specific. A dsRNA molecule in a cell will interact with any dsRBP it comes in contact with, suggesting that different dsRNA-mediated pathways intersect and affect each other. This paper analyzes evidence that the ADAR RNA editing enzymes, which act on dsRNA, affect dsRNA-mediated gene silencing pathways. Examples of how ADARs alter gene silencing pathways such as RNA interference, as well as mechanisms that allow the pathways to coexist and maintain their unique functions, are discussed.
Publication types
- Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- Review
MeSH terms
- Adenosine Deaminase / metabolism
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics
- Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism
- Gene Silencing*
- Humans
- MicroRNAs / chemistry
- MicroRNAs / genetics
- MicroRNAs / metabolism
- Models, Biological
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- RNA Editing*
- RNA Interference
- RNA, Double-Stranded / genetics*
- RNA, Double-Stranded / metabolism*
- RNA, Helminth / genetics
- RNA, Helminth / metabolism
- RNA, Small Interfering / genetics
- RNA, Small Interfering / metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism
Substances
- MicroRNAs
- RNA, Double-Stranded
- RNA, Helminth
- RNA, Small Interfering
- RNA-Binding Proteins
- ADARB1 protein, human
- Adenosine Deaminase