Chemical basis for the selectivity of the von Hippel Lindau tumor suppressor pVHL for prolyl-hydroxylated HIF-1α

CJR Illingworth, C Loenarz, CJ Schofield… - Biochemistry, 2010 - ACS Publications
In animals, the post-translational hydroxylation of hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) is a central
mechanism for regulating gene expression in an oxygen-dependent manner. The …

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF-1α) protein is rapidly degraded by the ubiquitin-proteasome system under normoxic conditions: its stabilization by hypoxia depends …

S Salceda, J Caro - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1997 - ASBMB
The hypoxia-inducible factor 1 transcriptional activator complex (HIF-1) is involved in the
activation of the erythropoietin and several other hypoxia-responsive genes. The HIF-1 …

Biochemical purification and pharmacological inhibition of a mammalian prolyl hydroxylase acting on hypoxia-inducible factor

M Ivan, T Haberberger, DC Gervasi… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
The product of the von Hippel–Lindau gene, pVHL, targets the α subunits of the
heterodimeric transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) for polyubiquitination in the …

HIFα Targeted for VHL-Mediated Destruction by Proline Hydroxylation: Implications for O2 Sensing

M Ivan, K Kondo, H Yang, W Kim, J Valiando, M Ohh… - Science, 2001 - science.org
HIF (hypoxia-inducible factor) is a transcription factor that plays a pivotal role in cellular
adaptation to changes in oxygen availability. In the presence of oxygen, HIF is targeted for …

HIF-1 regulation: not so easy come, easy go

MY Koh, TR Spivak-Kroizman, G Powis - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2008 - cell.com
The hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is the master regulator of the cellular response to
hypoxia and its expression levels are tightly controlled through synthesis and degradation. It …

Effects of point mutations in pVHL on the binding of HIF‐1α

C Domene, CJR Illingworth - Proteins: Structure, Function, and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The von Hippel‐Lindau tumor suppressor protein (pVHL) has an essential role in
the regulation of the hypoxia response pathway in animal cells. Under normoxic conditions …

The PVHL-HIF-1 system: a key mediator of oxygen homeostasis

PH Maxwell, CW Pugh, PJ Ratcliffe - Hypoxia: From Genes to the Bedside, 2001 - Springer
Matching oxygen consumption and supply represents a fundamental challenge to
multicellular organisms. HIF-1 is a transcription complex which is emerging as a key …

Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) promotes its degradation by induction of HIF-α-prolyl-4-hydroxylases

JH Marxsen, P Stengel, K Doege… - Biochemical …, 2004 - portlandpress.com
An important regulator involved in oxygen-dependent gene expression is the transcription
factor HIF (hypoxia-inducible factor), which is composed of an oxygen-sensitive α-subunit …

Mammalian tumor suppressor Int6 specifically targets hypoxia inducible factor 2α for degradation by hypoxia-and pVHL-independent regulation

L Chen, K Uchida, A Endler, F Shibasaki - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2007 - ASBMB
The hypoxia-inducible factors HIF-1α and HIF-2α are structurally similar as regards their
DNA-binding and dimerization domains, but differ in their transactivation domains and, as is …

[HTML][HTML] The VHL/HIF oxygen-sensing pathway and its relevance to kidney disease

VH Haase - Kidney international, 2006 - Elsevier
Over the past decade major advances have been made in our understanding of the
molecular machinery that mammalian cells use to sense and to adapt to a low-oxygen …