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. 2020 Apr 16;11(5):e1595. doi: 10.1002/wrna.1595
ABH1: alpha‐ketoglutarate‐dependent dioxygenase 1 or AlkB Homolog 1
ACP: 3‐amino‐3‐carboxypropyl
ADAR: adenosine deaminase acting on RNA
ADAT: adenosine deaminase acting on tRNA
AHK3: histidine kinase 3
AHK4: histidine kinase 4
AID: activation‐induced cytidine deaminase
ALKB: alpha‐ketoglutarate‐dependent dioxygenase
ALKBH1: alkylated DNA repair protein (AlkB) homolog 1
ALKBH3: alkylated DNA repair protein (AlkB) homolog 3
ALKBH5: alkylated DNA repair protein (AlkB) homolog 5
ALKBH8: alkylated DNA repair protein (AlkB) homolog 8
AML: acute myeloid leukemia
ArcS/arcTGT: archaeosine synthase
AroD: 3‐dehydroquinate dehydratase
Atm1: mitochondrial iron–sulfur clusters transporter
BMT5/6: 25S rRNA (uridine(2634)‐N 3)‐methyltransferases 5 and 6
Bud23: rRNA methyltransferase and ribosome maturation factor
c‐di‐GMP: cyclic di‐guanosine monophosphate
CDK5RAP1: cyclin‐dependent kinase 5 regulatory subunit associated protein 1
CDKAL1: threonylcarbamoyladenosine tRNA methythiotransferase or cyclin‐dependent kinase (CDK) 5‐regulatory subunit associated protein 1 like 1
cDNA: complementary DNA
CDS: coding sequence
Cfr: chloramphenicol‐florfenicol resistance
CMC: N‐cyclohexyl‐N′‐(2‐morpholinoethyl)‐carbodiimide
CMCT: N‐cyclohexyl‐N′‐(2‐morpholinoethyl)‐carbodiimide metho‐p‐toluenesulphonate
c‐myc: cellular avian myelocytomatosis viral oncogene homolog
CmoABM: carboxy‐S‐adenosyl‐L‐methionine synthase A, B, or M
COG1738: conserved protein domain 1738
CRE1: cytokinin response element 1
CsdAE: cysteine desulfurase A or E
Ctu1‐2: cytoplasmic tRNA 2‐thiolation proteins 1 or 2
DDX6: DEAD‐box helicase 6
Dim1: dimethyladenosine transferase 1
DKC1: dyskerin pseudouridine synthase 1
DNMT3A: DNA methyltransferase 3 alpha or DNA (cytosine‐5‐)‐methyltransferase 3 alpha
dpCoA: 3′‐dephospho‐coenzyme A
DROSHA: double‐stranded RNA‐specific endoribonuclease
DTWD1‐2: DTW (aspartate‐threonine‐tryptophan) domain‐containing proteins 1 or 2
Dus: dihydrouridine synthase
Dus1‐4p: dihydrouridine synthase proteins 1–4
DusABC: dihydrouridine synthase A, B, or C
eEF1A: eukaryotic elongation factor 1A
EF‐Tu: elongation factor thermo unstable
EGFR: epidermal growth factor receptor
eIF3H: eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit H
eL41: eukaryotic ribosomal protein L41
Elp1‐6: Elongator proteins 1–6
Emg1: N 1‐specific pseudouridine methyltransferase
FICC‐seq: fluorouracil‐induced‐catalytic‐crosslinking‐sequencing
FMN: flavin mononucleotide
FTO: fat mass and obesity‐associated related
Fur: ferric uptake regulator
GAT‐QueC: glutamine amidotransferase class‐II‐7‐cyano‐7‐deazaguanine synthase fusion protein
GCD: tRNA (adenine‐N 1‐)‐methyltransferase
Gcd10p/Gcd14p: tRNA (adenine‐N 1‐)‐methyltransferases 10 and 14 proteins or tRNA (adenine(58)‐N(1))‐methyltransferase noncatalytic subunit Trm6 and Trm61
GidA: uridine 5‐carboxymethylaminomethyl modification enzyme
GluQRS: glutamyl‐Q tRNA(Asp) synthetase
GRIA2: glutamate ionotropic receptor alpha‐amino 3‐hydroxy‐5‐methyl‐4‐isoxazole propionate (AMPA) type subunit 2
GTPBP3: guanosine triphosphate binding protein 3
H/ACA: H‐ and ACA‐box‐containing small nucleolar RNA
HER2+: human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive
hDus2p: human dihydrouridine synthase protein 2
hnRNP: heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein
hTRMT10A or B: human tRNA methyltransferase 10 A or B
IGF2BP: insulin‐like growth factor 2 mRNA‐binding protein
IPP: isopentenyl pyrophosphate
IscS: iron–sulfur cluster S or cysteine desulfurase
IscU: iron–sulfur cluster assembly enzyme
Isu1/2: iron–sulfur cluster assembly proteins 1 and 2
KEOPS: kinase, putative endopeptidase and other proteins of small size
KsgA: rRNA adenine dimethyltransferase or ribosomal RNA small subunit methyltransferase A
L7Ae: 50S ribosomal protein
LC–MS: liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry
MALAT1: metastasis‐associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1
MAT2A: methionine adenosyltransferase 2A
MELAS: mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke‐like episodes
MERRF: myoclonus epilepsy associated with ragged‐red fibers
METTL: methyltransferase‐like protein
METTL2: methyltransferase‐like protein 2
METTL3/14: methyltransferase‐like proteins 3 and 14
METTL5: methyltransferase‐like protein 5
METTL6: methyltransferase‐like protein 6
METTL8: methyltransferase‐like protein 8
METTL15: methyltransferase‐like protein 15
METTL16: methyltransferase‐like protein 16
MiaA: tRNA delta(2)‐isopentenylpyrophosphate transferase A or tRNA dimethylallyltransferase A
MiaB: tRNA delta(2)‐isopentenylpyrophosphate transferase B or tRNA dimethylallyltransferase B
MiaE: tRNA delta(2)‐isopentenylpyrophosphate transferase E or tRNA dimethylallyltransferase E
miR/miRNA: microRNA
MK2: MAPK activated protein kinase 2 or mitogen‐activated protein kinase‐activated protein kinase 2 or MAPKAPK2
MLASA: mitochondrial myopathy and sideroblastic anemia
MnmACEGH: tRNA‐specific 2‐thiouridylase A, C, E, G, or H
MnmC(m): tRNA‐specific 2‐thiouridylase C, methyltransferase domain
MnmC(o): tRNA‐specific 2‐thiouridylase C, oxidoreductase domain
Moco: molybdenum cofactor
Mod5: tRNA isopentenyltransferase 1
MtaB: threonylcarbamoyladenosine tRNA methylthiotransferase or TcdA
mTOR: mammalian target of rapamycin
MTO1: mitochondrial tRNA translation optimization 1
MTU1: mitochondrial tRNA‐specific 2‐thiouridylase 1 or TRMU
NAD+: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (oxidized form)
NADH: nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced form)
NAP57: nucleolar and coiled‐body phosphoprotein 57 or dyskerin
NAT10: N‐acetyltransferase 10
Ncs6: cytoplasmic tRNA 2‐thiolation protein 1
Nep1/Emg1: N 1‐specific pseudouridine methyltransferase
NFS1: mitochondrial cysteine desulfurase
NifZ: nitrogen fixation protein
Nm: 2′‐O‐methyl mark
NML: nucleomethylin
NOP56: nucleolar protein 56
NOP58: nucleolar protein 58
NRF2: nuclear factor erythroid 2 like 2
NSUN: nucleolar protein 22/Sun domain RNA methyltransferase
Nt: Nucleotide
Opa1: optic atrophy 1
P body: processing body
PAR: poly(ADP‐ribose)
PAR‐CLIP: photoactivatable ribonucleoside‐enhanced crosslinking and immunoprecipitation
PCIF1: phosphorylated C‐terminal domain‐interacting factor 1
PKR: interferon‐inducible double‐stranded RNA‐activated protein kinase or eIF‐2A protein kinase 2
pri‐miRNA: primary microRNA transcripts
PRC2: polycomb responsive complex 2
PRPP: phosphoribosylpyrophosphate
PrrC: anticodon nuclease
PRRC2A: proline‐rich coiled‐coil 2A
PTC: peptidyl transferase center
Pus: pseudouridine synthase
Pus1p: pseudouridine synthase 1 protein
Pus10: pseudouridine synthase 10
QueA: S‐adenosyl‐l‐methionine‐dependent tRNA ribosyltransferase‐isomerase
QueCDE: 7‐cyano‐7‐deazaguanine synthase, 6‐carboxy‐5,6,7,8‐tetrahydropterine synthase, and 7‐carboxy‐7‐deazaguanine synthase
QueF: NADPH‐dependent 7‐cyano‐7‐deazaguanine reductase
QueF‐like: similar to NADPH‐dependent 7‐cyano‐7‐deazaguanine reductase
QueG: epoxyqueuosine reductase
QueH: epoxyqueuosine reductase
QueT: queuosine precursor transporter
RaSEA: radical SAM enzyme for archaeosine formation
Rit1: ribosylation of initiator tRNA 1
RlhA: 23S rRNA 5‐hydroxycytidine C2501 synthase
RlmA: ribosomal RNA large subunit methyltransferase A or 23S rRNA (guanine(745)‐N(1))‐methyltransferase
RlmC: ribosomal RNA large subunit methyltransferase C or 23S rRNA (uracil(747)‐C(5))‐methyltransferase
RlmD: ribosomal RNA large subunit methyltransferase D or 23S rRNA (uracil(1939)‐C(5))‐methyltransferase
RlmF: ribosomal RNA large subunit methyltransferase F
RlmFO: ribosomal RNA large subunit methyltransferase FO or methylenetetrahydrofolate‐tRNA‐(uracil‐5‐)‐methyltransferase
RlmG: ribosomal RNA large subunit methyltransferase G
RlmH: ribosomal RNA large subunit methyltransferase H
RlmJ: ribosomal RNA large subunit methyltransferase J
RlmL: ribosomal RNA large subunit methyltransferase L
RlmN: 23S rRNA m2A2503 methyltransferase/tRNA or dual‐specificity RNA methyltransferase
RluA: ribosomal large subunit pseudouridine synthase A or dual‐specificity RNA pseudouridine synthase
RluD: ribosomal large subunit pseudouridine synthase D
RNMT: RNA guanine‐7 methyltransferase
RRF: ribosome release factor
RsmA: ribosomal RNA small subunit methyltransferase A
RsmC: ribosomal RNA small subunit methyltransferase C
RsmD: ribosomal RNA small subunit methyltransferase D
RsmE: ribosomal RNA small subunit methyltransferase E
RsmH: ribosomal RNA small subunit methyltransferase H
RsmI: ribosomal RNA small subunit methyltransferase I
RsuA: ribosomal small subunit pseudouridine synthase A
SAH: S‐adensoyl‐L‐homocysteine
SAM: S‐adenosyl‐L‐methionine
SCARLET: site‐specific cleavage and radioactive labeling followed by ligation‐assisted extraction and thin‐layer chromatography
SCM‐SAH: S‐carboxy‐S‐adenosyl‐L‐homocysteine
SELEX: systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment
SelU: tRNA 2‐selenouridine synthase
snoRNA: small nucleolar RNA
snoRNP: small nucleolar ribonucleo protein
SNP: single nucleotide polymorphism
snR35: small nucleolar RNA 35
snRNA: small nuclear RNA
snRNP: small nuclear ribonucleoprotein
SNU13: small nuclear ribonucleoprotein 13 or 15.5K
SOS: inducible DNA repair system
SRA: steroid receptor RNA activator
T: thymidine
Tad1p: tRNA‐specific adenosine deaminase 1 protein
Tad2p: tRNA‐specific adenosine deaminase 2 protein
Tad3p: tRNA‐specific adenosine deaminase 3 protein
TadA: tRNA‐specific adenosine deaminase
Tan1: tRNA acetyltransferase 1
TapT: tRNA aminocarboxypropyltransferase
Taw1‐3: SAM‐dependent tRNA 4‐demethylwyosine synthases 1–3
Taw22: SAM‐dependent tRNA 4‐demethylwyosine synthase 22
TAZ: tafazzin
TCD1/2: threonylcarbamoyladenosine dehydratase 1 or 2
TcdA: threonylcarbamoyladenosine dehydratase A
Tcs1/2: threonylcarbamoyladenylate synthase 1 or 2
TermY: tRNA m1Ψ54‐methyltransferase
TET: ten‐eleven translocation methylcytosine dioxygenase
TET1: ten‐eleven translocation methylcytosine dioxygenase 1
Tgs1: trimethylguanosine synthase 1
TGT: queuine tRNA‐ribosyltransferase
ThiI: tRNA sulfurtransferase
TiaS: tRNAIle‐agmatidine synthetase
TilS: tRNAIle‐lysidine synthetase
Tit1: tRNA isopentenyltransferase 1
tmRNA: transfer‐messenger RNA
TOR: target of rapamycin
TP53: tumor protein P53
TPA: 12‐O‐tetradecanoylphorbol‐13‐acetate
TPP: thiamin pyrophosphate
TrhOP: metallophos domain‐containing protein O or P
TRIT1: tRNA isopentenyltransferase 1
Trm‐G10: tRNA (guanine‐10‐N 2)‐dimethyltransferase
Trm1: tRNA methyltransferase 1
Trm1p: tRNA methyltransferase 1 protein
TRM4B: tRNA cytosine‐C5‐methyltransferase
Trm5: tRNA methyltransferase 5
Trm6‐Trm61: tRNA methyltransferases 6 and 61
Trm8p/Trm82p: tRNA (guanine‐N 7‐)‐methyltransferase
Trm9/Trm112: tRNA (carboxymethyluridine(34)‐5‐O)‐methyltransferase protein
Trm10: tRNA (guanine(9)‐N 1)‐methyltransferase
Trm11p/112p: tRNA (guanine(10)‐N 2)‐methyltransferase
Trm140: tRNA(Thr) (cytosine(32)‐N 3)‐methyltransferase
TrmA: tRNA/tmRNA (uracil‐C5)‐methyltransferase
TrmD: tRNA (guanine‐N 1‐)‐methyltransferase
TrmFO: methylenetetrahydrofolate‐tRNA‐(uracil‐5‐)‐methyltransferase
TrmI: tRNA m1A58/m7G46 methyltransferase
TrmM: tRNA (adenosine(37)‐N 6)‐methyltransferase or YfiC or TrmN6
TrmO: tRNA methyltransferase O or tRNA (adenine(37)‐N 6‐methyltransferase
TrmU: tRNA 5‐methylaminomethyl‐2‐thiouridylate methyltransferase
TRMT: tRNA methyltransferase
TRMT1: tRNA methyltransferase 1 or tRNA (guanine(26)‐N(2))‐dimethyltransferase
TRMT10: tRNA methyltransferase 10
TRMT2A: tRNA methyltransferase 2A or tRNA (uracil‐5‐)‐methyltransferase
TRMT6: tRNA methyltransferase 6 or tRNA (adenine(58)‐N(1))‐methyltransferase
TRMT12: tRNA methyltransferase 12 homolog or tRNA wybutosine‐synthesizing protein 2 homolog
TRMT61A: tRNA methyltransferase 61A or tRNA (adenine(58)‐N(1))‐methyltransferase
TRMT61B: tRNA methyltransferase 61B or tRNA (adenine(58)‐N(1))‐methyltransferase
TRMT112: tRNA methyltransferase 112
TruA: tRNA pseudouridine synthase A or Pus1
TruB: tRNA pseudouridine synthase B or Pus4
TruD: tRNA pseudouridine synthase D or Pus7
TtcA: tRNA‐cytidine‐32 2‐sulfurtransferase
TsaBCDE: tRNA adenosine(37) threonylcarbamoyltransferase complex, dimerization subunit type 1; threonylcarbamoyladenylate synthase; tRNA adenosine(37) threonylcarbamoyltransferase complex, transferase subunit; tRNA adenosine(37) threonylcarbamoyltransferase complex, ATPase subunit type 1
TsaC2: threonylcarbamoyladenylate synthase
Tsr3: acp transferase ribosome maturation factor
TuaA: tRNA U47 acp transferase A or YfiP
Tum1: thiosulfate sulfurtransferase
Tus: sulfur carrier protein or Moa
TYW1‐5: SAM‐dependent tRNA 4‐demethylwyosine synthases 1–5
UTR: untranslated region
WBSCR22: Willams–Beuren syndrome chromosomal region 22 protein
WTAP: Wilms Tumor 1‐Associating Protein
X‐DC: X‐linked dyskeratosis congenita
YbbB: tRNA 2‐selenouridine/geranyl‐2‐thiouridine synthase
YbeA: m3Ψ synthase or RlmH
YhhQ: queuosine precursor transporter
YrvO: cysteine desulfurase
YTH: YT521‐B protein domain
YTHDF1‐3: YTH N 6‐methyladenosine RNA binding proteins 1–3
ZCCHC4: zinc finger CCHC‐type containing 4