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BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 401, Issue -, Pages 227-234Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20061151
Keywords
dioxygenase; glucose oxidase (GOX); hydroxylase; hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF); 2-oxoglutarate (2OG); oxygen consumption assay
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- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BBS/B/07683] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
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The activity and levels of the metazoan HIT (hypoxia-inducible factor) are regulated by its hydroxylation, catalysed by 2015 (2-oxoglutarate)- and Fe(II)-dependent dioxygenases. An oxygen consumption assay was developed and used to study the relationship between HIT hydroxylase activity and oxygen concentration for recombinant forms of two human HIF hydroxylases, PHD2 (prolyl hydroxylase domain-containing protein 2) and FIH (factor inhibiting HIF), and compared with two other 2OG-dependent dioxygenases. Although there are caveats on the absolute values, the apparent K (oxygen) values for PHD2 and FIH were within the range observed for other 2OG oxygenases. Recombinant protein substrates were found to have lower apparent K (oxygen) values compared with shorter synthetic peptides of HIF. The analyses also suggest that human PHD2 is selective for fragments of the C-terminal over the N-terminal oxygen-dependent degradation domain of HIF-1 alpha. The present results, albeit obtained under non-physiological conditions, imply that the apparent K (oxygen) values of the HIF hydroxylases enable them to act as oxygen sensors providing their in vivo capacity is appropriately matched to a hydroxylation-sensitive signalling pathway.
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