title: Inhibition of the catalytic activity of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha-prolyl-hydroxylase 2 by a MYND-type zinc finger.
abstract: Hypoxia-induced gene expression is initiated when the hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) alpha subunit is stabilized in response to a lack of oxygen. An HIF-1alpha-specific prolyl-hydroxylase (PHD) catalyzes hydroxylation of the proline-564 and/or -402 residues of HIF-1alpha by an oxygen molecule. The hydroxyproline then interacts with the ubiquitin E3 ligase von Hippel Lindau protein and is degraded by an ubiquitin-dependent proteasome. PHD2 is the most active of three PHD isoforms in hydroxylating HIF-1alpha. Structural analysis showed that the N-terminal region of PHD2 contains a Myeloid translocation protein 8, Nervy, and DEAF1 (MYND)-type zinc finger domain, whereas the catalytic domain is located in its C-terminal region. We found that deletion of the MYND domain increased the activity of both recombinant PHD2 protein and in vitro-translated PHD2. The zinc chelator N,N,N',N'-tetrakis(2-pyridylmethyl)ethylenediamine augmented the activity of wild-type PHD2-F but not that of PHD2 lacking the MYND domain, confirming that the zinc finger domain is inhibitory. Overexpression of PHD2 lacking the MYND domain caused a greater reduction in the stability and function of HIF-1alpha than did overexpression of wild-type PHD2, indicating that the MYND domain also inhibits the catalytic activity of PHD2 in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, University of Seoul, 90 Cheonnong-dong, Tongdaemun-gu, Seoul 130-743, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung-Ok
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Taekyong
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Naery
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Ji-Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Eun Gyeong
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Jung Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Jin Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae Gyu
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyunsung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D020134:Catalytic Domain; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit / Q000378:metabolism; D064799:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-Proline Dioxygenases; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016296:Mutagenesis; D010100:Oxygen / Q000494:pharmacology; D011393:Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014162:Transfection; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C497442:HIF1A protein, human; D051795:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; C490190:EGLN1 protein, human; D011393:Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase; D064799:Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-Proline Dioxygenases; D010100:Oxygen