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SUBMITTER: Minervini G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4709589 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Minervini Giovanni G Quaglia Federica F Tosatto Silvio C E SC
Scientific reports 20160112
Idiopathic erythrocytosis is a rare disease characterized by an increase in red blood cell mass due to mutations in proteins of the oxygen-sensing pathway, such as prolyl hydroxylase 2 (PHD2). Here, we present a bioinformatics investigation of the pathological effect of twelve PHD2 mutations related to polycythemia insurgence. We show that few mutations impair the PHD2 catalytic site, while most localize to non-enzymatic regions. We also found that most mutations do not overlap the substrate rec ...[more]