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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 7.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol. 2015 Dec 9;17(2):83–96. doi: 10.1038/nrm.2015.4

Table 2.

A-to-I editing of mammalian microRNAs (miRNAs)

miRNA* Position Editing levels (%)§ ADAR responsible Refs
Human Mouse
let-7g +7 10 0 21
+ 10 30 20 ADAR2
let-7-2-5P +10 10 0 21
miR-27a-5P −6 30 0 21
+1 50 20 ADAR2
+7 10 0
miR-33a-5P +10 30 0 21
miR-34b-5P +11 40 124
miR-99a-5P +1 20 20 ADAR2 21
miR-99b-3P −1 10 10 ADAR1 21
+3 50 10 ADAR1
miR-122-5p −7 30 ADAR2 145
miR-142-5P +4 5 ADAR1 24
+5 5 ADAR1
miR-142-3P +4 (+40) 10 ADAR1, ADAR2 24
miR-151-3P −1 10 ADAR1 22
+3 40 30 ADAR1
miR-153-1-3P +7 10 0 21
miR-153-2-3P +7 30 0 21
miR-197-3P −34 30 21
miR-203-3P +21 60 ADAR2 21
miR-214-3p +6 10 ADAR2 145
miR-376a-1-5P +3 (+4) 50 ADAR2 23
miR-376a-1-3P +6 (+44) 40 0 ADAR1 23
miR-376a-2-5P +4 90 50 ADAR2 23
miR-376a-2-3P +6 (+44) 100 0 ADAR1 23
miR-376b-3p +6 (+44) 95 50 ADAR1 23
miR-379-5P +5 60 20 ADAR2 21
miR-381-3P +4 6 13 115, 116
miR-411-5P +5 80 60 ADAR1 21
miR-423 + 5P −4 40 20 ADAR1 21
miR-497-5P +2 6 10 115, 116
miR-532-5P +15 10 0 21
miR-589-3P +6 70 115
miR-607-3P +6 70 21
+17 80
+20 80
miR-652-5P −10 40 0 21
miR-3099-3P +7 80 124

ADAR, adenosine deaminase acting on RNA.

*

Only editing sites verified by sequencing of specific primary mRNAs (pri-miRNAs) or detected independently more than once by deep sequencing of mature miRNAs are listed.

The 5′ end of the human mature miRNA sequence registered at the miRBase database is counted as +1.

§

Editing levels indicate fractions of edited miRNAs over edited and unedited miRNAs. The highest editing level reported either in total brain tissue, in sub-regions of the brain or in cultured cells is presented.

Alternative numbering used in certain references is indicated in parentheses.