Twenty microliters of total RNA isolated from HeLa cells, B82 cells, HeLa ρ0 cells and B82 ρ0 cells were mixed with 1.5 μl of P1 Nuclease (WAKO), 1 μl of alkaline phosphatase (TAKARA) and 2.5 μl of 200 mM HEPES (pH 7.0), and the mixture was incubated at 37°C for 3 h to completely digest RNA. The digestion products were separated on a C18 reverse phase column (GL Science), and i6A, ms2i6A and adenosine (A) were measured using a mass spectrometer (Agilent 6460) as described previously (13 (link)).