Exon-intron boundary inhibits m6A deposition, enabling m6A distribution hallmark, longer mRNA half-life and flexible protein coding

Zhiyuan Luo, Qilian Ma, Shan Sun, Ningning Li, Hongfeng Wang, Zheng Ying () and Shengdong Ke ()
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Zhiyuan Luo: The Jackson Laboratory
Qilian Ma: Soochow University
Shan Sun: Soochow University
Ningning Li: Soochow University
Hongfeng Wang: Soochow University
Zheng Ying: Soochow University
Shengdong Ke: The Jackson Laboratory

Nature Communications, 2023, vol. 14, issue 1, 1-17

Abstract: Abstract Regional bias of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) mRNA modification avoiding splice site region, calls for an open hypothesis whether exon-intron boundary could affect m6A deposition. By deep learning modeling, we find that exon-intron boundary represses a proportion (12% to 34%) of m6A deposition at adjacent exons (~100 nt to splice site). Experiments validate that m6A signal increases once the host gene does not undergo pre-mRNA splicing to produce the same mRNA. Inhibited m6A sites have higher m6A enhancers and lower m6A silencers locally and show high heterogeneity at different exons genome-widely, with only a small proportion (12% to 15%) of exons showing strong inhibition, enabling more stable mRNAs and flexible protein coding. m6A is majorly responsible for why mRNAs with more exons be more stable. Exon junction complex (EJC) only partially contributes to this exon-intron boundary m6A inhibition in some short internal exons, highlighting additional factors yet to be identified.

Date: 2023
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