PMID- 15925519 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20061026 LR - 20061115 IS - 1046-5928 (Print) IS - 1046-5928 (Linking) VI - 42 IP - 2 DP - 2005 Aug TI - Cloning and characterization of the rat HIF-1 alpha prolyl-4-hydroxylase-1 gene. PG - 295-304 AB - Prolyl-4-hydroxylase domain-containing enzymes (PHDs) mediate the oxygen-dependent regulation of the heterodimeric transcription factor hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1). Under normoxic conditions, one of the subunits of HIF-1, HIF-1alpha, is hydroxylated on specific proline residues to target HIF-1alpha for degradation by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. Under hypoxic conditions, the hydroxylation by the PHDs is attenuated by lack of the oxygen substrate, allowing HIF-1 to accumulate, translocate to the nucleus, and mediate HIF-mediated gene transcription. In several mammalian species including humans, three PHDs have been identified. We report here the cloning of a full-length rat cDNA that is highly homologous to the human and murine PHD-1 enzymes and encodes a protein that is 416 amino acids long. Both cDNA and protein are widely expressed in rat tissues and cell types. We demonstrate that purified and crude baculovirus-expressed rat PHD-1 exhibits HIF-1alpha specific prolyl hydroxylase activity with similar substrate affinities and is comparable to human PHD-1 protein. FAU - Cobb, Ronald R AU - Cobb RR AD - Systems Biology, Berlex Biosciences, Richmond, CA 94806, USA. Ronald_Cobb@berlex.com FAU - McClary, John AU - McClary J FAU - Manzana, Warren AU - Manzana W FAU - Finster, Silke AU - Finster S FAU - Larsen, Brent AU - Larsen B FAU - Blasko, Eric AU - Blasko E FAU - Pearson, Jennifer AU - Pearson J FAU - Biancalana, Sara AU - Biancalana S FAU - Kauser, Katalin AU - Kauser K FAU - Bringmann, Peter AU - Bringmann P FAU - Light, David R AU - Light DR FAU - Schirm, Sabine AU - Schirm S LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AY952204 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Protein Expr Purif JT - Protein expression and purification JID - 9101496 RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - EC 1.14.11.2 (Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - *Cloning, Molecular MH - Humans MH - Kinetics MH - Mice MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Organ Specificity/genetics MH - Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase/biosynthesis/*chemistry/*genetics MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Spodoptera EDAT- 2005/06/01 09:00 MHDA- 2006/10/27 09:00 CRDT- 2005/06/01 09:00 PHST- 2005/01/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2005/03/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2005/03/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2005/06/01 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/10/27 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/06/01 09:00 [entrez] AID - S1046-5928(05)00112-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.pep.2005.03.036 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Protein Expr Purif. 2005 Aug;42(2):295-304. doi: 10.1016/j.pep.2005.03.036.