Fungal RNA editing: who, when and why?
- RNA editing occurs in all kingdoms of life and in various RNA species. The editing of nuclear protein-coding transcripts has long been known in metazoans, but was only recently detected in fungi. In contrast to many metazoan species, fungal editing sites occur mostly in coding regions, and therefore, fungal editing can change protein sequences and lead to modified or new functions of proteins. Indeed, mRNA editing is thought to be generally adaptive on fungi. Although RNA editing has been detected in both, Ascomycota and Basidiomycota, there seem to be considerable differences between these two classes of fungi concerning the types, the timing, and the purpose of editing. This review summarizes the characteristics of RNA editing in fungi and compares them to metazoan species and bacteria. In particular, it will review cellular processes affected by editing and speculate on the purpose of editing for fungal biology with a focus on the filamentous ascomycetes.
| Author: | Ines TeichertORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:294-79489 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-020-10631-x |
| Parent Title (English): | Applied microbiology and biotechnology |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Place of publication: | Berlin |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2021/03/11 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2020/05/07 |
| Publishing Institution: | Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsbibliothek |
| Tag: | ADAR; ADAT; Adaptation; Development; Fungi; RNA editing |
| Volume: | 104 |
| First Page: | 5689 |
| Last Page: | 5695 |
| Note: | Dieser Beitrag ist auf Grund des DEAL-Springer-Vertrages frei zugänglich. |
| Institutes/Facilities: | Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine und Molekulare Botanik |
| RNA-Editierung in Hyphenpilzen | |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / Biowissenschaften, Biologie, Biochemie |
| open_access (DINI-Set): | open_access |
| faculties: | Fakultät für Biologie und Biotechnologie |
| Licence (English): |  Creative Commons - CC BY 4.0 - Attribution 4.0 International |
