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SUBMITTER: Masson N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3323130 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Masson Norma N Singleton Rachelle S RS Sekirnik Rok R Trudgian David C DC Ambrose Lucy J LJ Miranda Melroy X MX Tian Ya-Min YM Kessler Benedikt M BM Schofield Christopher J CJ Ratcliffe Peter J PJ
EMBO reports 20120301 3
Hypoxic and oxidant stresses can coexist in biological systems, and oxidant stress has been proposed to activate hypoxia pathways through the inactivation of the 'oxygen-sensing' hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) prolyl and asparaginyl hydroxylases. Here, we show that despite reduced sensitivity to cellular hypoxia, the HIF asparaginyl hydroxylase--known as FIH, factor inhibiting HIF--is strikingly more sensitive to peroxide than the HIF prolyl hydroxylases. These contrasting sensitivities indicate ...[more]