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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6892
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-27
pubmed:abstractText
Hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a transcriptional complex that controls cellular and systemic homeostatic responses to oxygen availability. HIF-1 alpha is the oxygen-regulated subunit of HIF-1, an alpha beta heterodimeric complex. HIF-1 alpha is stable in hypoxia, but in the presence of oxygen it is targeted for proteasomal degradation by the ubiquitination complex pVHL, the protein of the von Hippel Lindau (VHL) tumour suppressor gene and a component of an E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. Capture of HIF-1 alpha by pVHL is regulated by hydroxylation of specific prolyl residues in two functionally independent regions of HIF-1 alpha. The crystal structure of a hydroxylated HIF-1 alpha peptide bound to VCB (pVHL, elongins C and B) and solution binding assays reveal a single, conserved hydroxyproline-binding pocket in pVHL. Optimized hydrogen bonding to the buried hydroxyprolyl group confers precise discrimination between hydroxylated and unmodified prolyl residues. This mechanism provides a new focus for development of therapeutic agents to modulate cellular responses to hypoxia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
27
pubmed:volume
417
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
975-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Anoxia, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Crystallography, X-Ray, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Hydrogen Bonding, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Hydroxylation, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Hydroxyproline, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Ligases, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Protein Conformation, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Substrate Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Surface Plasmon Resonance, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Tumor Suppressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, pubmed-meshheading:12050673-Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Structural basis for the recognition of hydroxyproline in HIF-1 alpha by pVHL.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Structural Biology, Henry Wellcome Building of Genomic Medicine, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't