Abstract
Beyond established roles in collagen biosynthesis, hypoxic signaling and fatty acid metabolism, recent reports have now revealed roles for human 2-oxoglutarate–dependent oxygenases in histone and nucleic acid demethylation and in signaling protein hydroxylation. The emerging role of these oxygenases in enabling a multiplicity of histone modifications has some analogy with their role in enabling structural diversity in secondary metabolism.
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C.J.S. is a cofounder of ReOx, a company that aims to exploit scientific discoveries on the hypoxic response for medicinal use.
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Loenarz, C., Schofield, C. Expanding chemical biology of 2-oxoglutarate oxygenases. Nat Chem Biol 4, 152–156 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio0308-152
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