Roles of RNA m6A modifications in plant-virus interactions

Hao He; Mingxuan Jia; Jie Liu; Xueping Zhou; Fangfang Li

doi:10.1007/s44154-023-00133-x

Roles of RNA m⁶A modifications in plant-virus interactions

Stress Biol. 2023 Dec 18;3(1):57. doi: 10.1007/s44154-023-00133-x.

Authors

Hao He¹, Mingxuan Jia¹, Jie Liu¹, Xueping Zhou^{2

3}, Fangfang Li⁴

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
² State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. zzhou@zju.edu.cn.
³ State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. zzhou@zju.edu.cn.
⁴ State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. lifangfang@caas.cn.

Abstract

Viral RNAs have been known to contain N⁶-methyladenosine (m⁶A) modifications since the 1970s. The function of these modifications remained unknown until the development of genome-wide methods to map m⁶A residues. Increasing evidence has recently revealed a strong association between m⁶A modifications and plant viral infection. This highlight introduces advances in the roles of RNA m⁶A modifications in plant-virus interactions.

Keywords: N6-methyladenosine (m6A) RNA modification; Plant virus; Plant-virus interactions.

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