The trypanosome mRNA decapping enzyme ALPH1 prefers caps without m7G methylation and produces diphosphate-RNA
Leticia Pereira, Dawid A. Dzadz, Paula Andrea Castañeda Londoño, Marcin Warmiński, Joanna Kowalska, Nicole Seifert, Silke Braune, Fabíola Holetz, Martin Zoltner, Susanne Kramer, Maria W. Górna
This study characterizes the trypanosome mRNA decapping enzyme ALPH1, showing it preferentially cleaves non-m7G-capped RNAs and produces diphosphate-RNA.
Nucleic Acids Research · Mar 19, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology