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CELL REPORTS
Volume 21, Issue 12, Pages 3354-3363Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.11.092
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [17K07278, 25670156, 25460351, 23116003, 26113003, 26220205]
- AMED-CREST from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development [15gm0510001h0005]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25670156, 25460351, 16K08572, 26220205, 17K07278, 26113003] Funding Source: KAKEN
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S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) is an important metabolite as a methyl-group donor in DNA and histone methylation, tuning regulation of gene expression. Appropriate intracellular SAM levels must be maintained, because methyltransferase reaction rates can be limited by SAM availability. In response to SAM depletion, MAT2A, which encodes a ubiquitous mammalian methionine adenosyltransferase isozyme, was upregulated through mRNA stabilization. SAM-depletion reduced N-6-methyladenosine (m(6)A) in the 3' UTR of MAT2A. In vitro reactions using recombinant METTL16 revealed multiple, conserved methylation targets in the 3' UTR. Knockdown of METTL16 and the m(6)A reader YTHDC1 abolished SAM-responsive regulation of MAT2A. Mutations of the target adenine sites of METTL16 within the 3' UTR revealed that these m(6)As were redundantly required for regulation. MAT2A mRNA methylation by METTL16 is read by YTHDC1, and we suggest that this allows cells to monitor and maintain intracellular SAM levels.
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