Background |
RNA methylation plays a significant regulatory role in various of physiological activities and it has gradually become a hotspot of epigenetics in the past decade. 2'-O-methyladenosine (Am), 2'-O-methylguanosine (Gm), 2'-O-methylcytidine (Cm), 2'-O-methyluridine (Um), N 6-methyladenosine (m6A), N 1-methylguanosine (m1G), 5-methylcytidine (m5C), and 5-methyluridine (m5U) are representative 2'-O-methylation and base-methylation modified epigenetic marks of RNA. 2'-O-methyltransferase is a modified nucleoside that is produced in tRNAs by the action of tRNA guanosine-2'-O-methyltransferase, using S-adenosyl-L-methionine as a substrate. Through its interaction with other modified nucleosides, 2'-O-methylguanosine is thought to stabilize the structure of the tRNA. |