Table 2 The specific mechanism by which NSUNs regulate RNA metabolism.

From: NSUNs-driven dysregulation: the next frontier in targeted cancer therapy?

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Target RNA

m5C Site

Mechanism

References

NSUN1

90s pre-rRNA

5′ETS

RNA Splicing and Processing

[41]

NSUN2

TIAM2

 

RNA stability

[86]

 

lncRNA NKILA

 

RNA stability

[91]

 

RNF115

3’UTR

Translation Regulation

[101]

 

RABL6, TK1

RABL6 (5′UTR), TK1 (3′UTR)

RNA Splicing and Processing

[97]

 

PTEN

 

RNA Splicing and Processing

[99]

 

ATX

C2756 (3′UTR)

RNA Localization

[105]

 

LINC01082

 

RNA stability

[92]

 

lncRNA H19

C986

RNA stability

[58]

 

LINC00324

C1455

RNA stability

[93]

 

lncRNA NR_033928

C154

RNA stability

[96]

 

lncRNA MALAT1

 

RNA stability

[95]

 

lncRNA SNHG15

 

RNA stability

[94]

 

lncRNA NMR

 

Competitively inhibit the methylation of mRNA

[59]

NSUN4

NXPH4

C1114, C1357

RNautophagy

[107]

 

CDC42

3′UTR

RNA stability

[87]

NSUN5

ACC1

 

RNA Localization

[85]

 

28S rRNA

C3782

Translation Regulation

[102]

NSUN6

tRNA

 

Translation Regulation

[104]

 

EEF1A2

 

RNA stability

[63]