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Chemo‐enzymatic treatment of RNA to facilitate analyses
Author(s) -
Muthmann Nils,
Hartstock Katja,
Rentmeister Andrea
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: rna
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.225
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1757-7012
pISSN - 1757-7004
DOI - 10.1002/wrna.1561
Subject(s) - rna , rna editing , in silico , post transcriptional modification , computational biology , messenger rna , biology , enzyme , five prime cap , non coding rna , riboswitch , transcriptome , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , gene expression , gene
Labeling RNA is a recurring problem to make RNA compatible with state‐of‐the‐art methodology and comes in many flavors. Considering only cellular applications, the spectrum still ranges from site‐specific labeling of individual transcripts, for example, for live‐cell imaging of mRNA trafficking, to metabolic labeling in combination with next generation sequencing to capture dynamic aspects of RNA metabolism on a transcriptome‐wide scale. Combining the specificity of RNA‐modifying enzymes with non‐natural substrates has emerged as a valuable strategy to modify RNA site‐ or sequence‐specifically with functional groups suitable for subsequent bioorthogonal reactions and thus label RNA with reporter moieties such as affinity or fluorescent tags. In this review article, we will cover chemo‐enzymatic approaches (a) for in vitro labeling of RNA for application in cells, (b) for treatment of total RNA, and (c) for metabolic labeling of RNA. This article is categorized under: RNA Processing < RNA Editing and Modification RNA Methods < RNA Analyses in vitro and In Silico RNA Methods < RNA Analyses in Cells