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The regulation of blood red cell production by the hormone erythropoietin (Epo) provides a paradigm for control of gene expression by oxygen. Analysis of this pathway has revealed a widespread system of gene regulation based on a transcriptional complex termed hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). Hydroxylation of specific prolyl and asparinyl residues in the alpha subunit of HIF by a series of non-haem iron-dependent dioxygenases has been defined as a novel mechanism of protein modification that transduces the oxygen-sensitive signal.

Original publication

DOI

10.1159/000065201

Type

Conference paper

Publication Date

2002

Volume

20

Pages

445 - 450

Keywords

Animals, DNA-Binding Proteins, Erythropoietin, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Hypoxia, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, Ligases, Mixed Function Oxygenases, Nuclear Proteins, Oxygen, Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase, Repressor Proteins, Signal Transduction, Transcription Factors, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Von Hippel-Lindau Tumor Suppressor Protein