Article
Mutations of von Hippel-Lindau tumor-suppressor gene and congenital polycythemia.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Aug 2003
Pastore Yves, Jedlickova Katerina, Guan Yongli, Liu Enli, Fahner James, Hasle Henrik, Prchal Jaroslav F, Prchal Josef T
Abstract excerpt
The von Hippel-Lindau (pVHL) protein plays an important role in hypoxia sensing. It binds to the hydroxylated hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF-1 alpha) and serves as a recognition component of an E3-ubiquitin ligase complex. In hypoxia or secondary to a mutated VHL gene, the nondegraded HIF-1 alpha forms a heterodimer with HIF-beta and leads to increased transcription of hypoxia-inducible genes, including...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Child
- DNA
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Female
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
