Chen Yuan-Han, Comeaux Lindsay M, Eyles Stephen J, Knapp Michael J
Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Oct 21(39):4768-70. doi: 10.1039/b809099h. Epub 2008 Aug 11.
HIF-asparaginyl hydroxylase (FIH-1) normally couples O(2)-activation to hydroxylation of Asn(803) on the alpha-subunit of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIFalpha), a key step in pO(2) sensing; in the absence of HIFalpha, O(2)-activation becomes uncoupled, leading to self-hydroxylation at Trp(296) and a purple Fe(iii)-O-Trp chromophore-this alternative reactivity may affect human hypoxia sensing.
缺氧诱导因子天冬酰胺羟化酶(FIH-1)通常将氧激活与缺氧诱导因子(HIFα)α亚基上Asn(803)的羟基化偶联起来,这是氧分压(pO₂)传感中的关键步骤;在缺乏HIFα的情况下,氧激活会解偶联,导致Trp(296)处的自羟基化以及紫色的Fe(III)-O-Trp发色团——这种替代反应性可能会影响人类的缺氧传感。