The facial triad in the alpha-ketoglutarate dependent oxygenase FIH: A role for sterics in linking substrate binding to O2 activation.
Hangasky, J.A., Taabazuing, C.Y., Martin, C.B., Eron, S.J., Knapp, M.J.(2016) J Inorg Biochem 166: 26-33
- PubMed: 27815979 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.10.007
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5JWP - PubMed Abstract: 
The factor inhibiting hypoxia inducible factor-1α (FIH) is a nonheme Fe(II)/αKG oxygenase using a 2-His-1-Asp facial triad. FIH activates O 2 via oxidative decarboxylation of α-ketoglutarate (αKG) to generate an enzyme-based oxidant which ...