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Genetic Architectures of Quantitative Variation in RNA Editing Pathways. 2016

Tongjun Gu, and Daniel M Gatti, and Anuj Srivastava, and Elizabeth M Snyder, and Narayanan Raghupathy, and Petr Simecek, and Karen L Svenson, and Ivan Dotu, and Jeffrey H Chuang, and Mark P Keller, and Alan D Attie, and Robert E Braun, and Gary A Churchill

The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609.

RNA editing refers to post-transcriptional processes that alter the base sequence of RNA. Recently, hundreds of new RNA editing targets have been reported. However, the mechanisms that determine the specificity and degree of editing are not well understood. We examined quantitative variation of site-specific editing in a genetically diverse multiparent population, Diversity Outbred mice, and mapped polymorphic loci that alter editing ratios globally for C-to-U editing and at specific sites for A-to-I editing. An allelic series in the C-to-U editing enzyme Apobec1 influences the editing efficiency of Apob and 58 additional C-to-U editing targets. We identified 49 A-to-I editing sites with polymorphisms in the edited transcript that alter editing efficiency. In contrast to the shared genetic control of C-to-U editing, most of the variable A-to-I editing sites were determined by local nucleotide polymorphisms in proximity to the editing site in the RNA secondary structure. Our results indicate that RNA editing is a quantitative trait subject to genetic variation and that evolutionary constraints have given rise to distinct genetic architectures in the two canonical types of RNA editing.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D002874	Chromosome Mapping	Any method used for determining the location of and relative distances between genes on a chromosome.	Gene Mapping,Linkage Mapping,Genome Mapping,Chromosome Mappings,Gene Mappings,Genome Mappings,Linkage Mappings,Mapping, Chromosome,Mapping, Gene,Mapping, Genome,Mapping, Linkage,Mappings, Chromosome,Mappings, Gene,Mappings, Genome,Mappings, Linkage
D003564	Cytidine Deaminase	An enzyme that catalyzes the deamination of cytidine, forming uridine. EC 3.5.4.5.	Cytidine Aminohydrolase,Aminohydrolase, Cytidine,Deaminase, Cytidine
D005260	Female		Females
D000071479	APOBEC-1 Deaminase	An APOBEC deaminase catalytic subunit of the apolipoprotein B (APOB) MESSENGER RNA (mRNA) editing enzyme complex that is involved in post-transcriptional editing of a CAA codon for GLYCINE to a UAA STOP CODON in the ApoB mRNA. It also functions in CGA (ARGININE) to UGA STOP CODON editing of NEUROFIBROMIN 1 mRNA and EPIGENETIC PROCESSES.	APOBEC-1,APOBEC-1 Protein,APOBEC1 Deaminase,APOBEC1 Protein,Apo B mRNA Editing Protein,ApoB mRNA Editing Catalytic Subunit,Apolipoprotein B mRNA Editing Enzyme,Apolipoprotein B mRNA Editing Enzyme, Catalytic Polypeptide 1,HEPR Protein,APOBEC 1 Deaminase,APOBEC 1 Protein,Deaminase, APOBEC-1,Deaminase, APOBEC1
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014644	Genetic Variation	Genotypic differences observed among individuals in a population.	Genetic Diversity,Variation, Genetic,Diversity, Genetic,Diversities, Genetic,Genetic Diversities,Genetic Variations,Variations, Genetic
D016678	Genome	The genetic complement of an organism, including all of its GENES, as represented in its DNA, or in some cases, its RNA.	Genomes
D017393	RNA Editing	A process that changes the nucleotide sequence of mRNA from that of the DNA template encoding it. Some major classes of RNA editing are as follows: 1, the conversion of cytosine to uracil in mRNA; 2, the addition of variable number of guanines at pre-determined sites; and 3, the addition and deletion of uracils, templated by guide-RNAs (RNA, GUIDE, KINETOPLASTIDA).	RNA, Messenger, Editing,Editing, RNA,Editings, RNA,RNA Editings
D051379	Mice	The common name for the genus Mus.	Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus