Adenosine Deaminases Acting on RNA (ADARs) and A-to-I Editing

Download or read book Adenosine Deaminases Acting on RNA (ADARs) and A-to-I Editing written by Charles E. Samuel and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-11-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The objective of this CTMI volume is to provide readers with a foundation for understanding what ADARs are and how they act to affect gene expression and function. It is becoming increasingly apparent that ADARs may possess roles not only as enzymes that deaminate adenosine to produce inosine in RNA substrates with double-stranded character, but also as proteins independent of their catalytic property. Because A-to-I editing may affect base-pairing and RNA structure, processes including translation, splicing, RNA replication, and miR and siRNA silencing may be affected. Future studies of ADARs no doubt will provide us with additional surprises and new insights into the modulation of biological processes by the ADAR family of proteins.”