7vf5

Structural highlights

Function

VIR_HUMAN Associated component of the WMM complex, a complex that mediates N6-methyladenosine (m6A) methylation of RNAs, a modification that plays a role in the efficiency of mRNA splicing and RNA processing (PubMed:24981863, PubMed:29507755). Acts as a key regulator of m6A methylation by promoting m6A methylation of mRNAs in the 3'-UTR near the stop codon: recruits the catalytic core components METTL3 and METTL14, thereby guiding m6A methylation at specific sites (PubMed:29507755). Required for mRNA polyadenylation via its role in selective m6A methylation: m6A methylation of mRNAs in the 3'-UTR near the stop codon correlating with alternative polyadenylation (APA) (PubMed:29507755).^{[1] [2]}

References

1. ↑ Schwartz S, Mumbach MR, Jovanovic M, Wang T, Maciag K, Bushkin GG, Mertins P, Ter-Ovanesyan D, Habib N, Cacchiarelli D, Sanjana NE, Freinkman E, Pacold ME, Satija R, Mikkelsen TS, Hacohen N, Zhang F, Carr SA, Lander ES, Regev A. Perturbation of m6A writers reveals two distinct classes of mRNA methylation at internal and 5' sites. Cell Rep. 2014 Jul 10;8(1):284-96. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.05.048. Epub 2014, Jun 26. PMID:24981863 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2014.05.048
2. ↑ Yue Y, Liu J, Cui X, Cao J, Luo G, Zhang Z, Cheng T, Gao M, Shu X, Ma H, Wang F, Wang X, Shen B, Wang Y, Feng X, He C, Liu J. VIRMA mediates preferential m(6)A mRNA methylation in 3'UTR and near stop codon and associates with alternative polyadenylation. Cell Discov. 2018 Feb 27;4:10. doi: 10.1038/s41421-018-0019-0. eCollection 2018. PMID:29507755 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41421-018-0019-0