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. 2019 Jun 20;51(6):68. doi: 10.1038/s12276-019-0235-1

Fig. 1. Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) regulation during normoxia and hypoxia.

Fig. 1

In oxygenated conditions, HIF is hydroxylated on proline residues by prolyl-4-hydroxylases (PHDs) and polyubiquitinated by the von Hippel–Lindau protein (pVHL). This leads to degradation of HIF by the 26S proteasome system. In hypoxic conditions, HIF is stabilized and translocated into the nucleus, where it binds to its dimerization partner HIF1B and enhances the transcription of HIF target genes