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SUBMITTER: Bi J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5522066 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bi Jianling J Hu Bo B Wang Jing J Liu Xing X Zheng Jinsong J Wang Ding D Xiao Wuhan W
Oncotarget 20170601 26
Aquatic mammals, such as cetaceans experience various depths, with accordingly diverse oxygenation, thus, cetaceans have developed adaptations for hypoxia, but mechanisms underlying this tolerance to low oxygen are unclear. Here we analyzed VHL and HIF-2α, in the hypoxia signaling pathway. Variations in VHL are greater than HIF-2α between cetaceans and terrestrial mammals, and beluga whale VHL (BW-VHL) promotes HIF-2α degradation under hypoxia. BW-VHL catalyzes BW-HIF-2α to form K48-linked poly- ...[more]