Enzymes flying under the radar: Cryptic METTL3 can persist in knockout cells.

The presence of m6A in mRNA of METTL3 knockout cells has long been a point of confusion. In this issue of PLOS Biology, Poh and colleagues reveal alternatively spliced, catalytically active METTL3 isoforms that persist in cells previously thought to lack the enzyme.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sigrid Nachtergaele
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-07-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001717