Prolyl hydroxylase that mediates hydroxylation of proline residues in target proteins, such as ATF4, IKBKB, CEP192 and HIF1A (PubMed:
11595184, PubMed:
12039559, PubMed:
15925519, PubMed:
16509823, PubMed:
17114296, PubMed:
23932902). Target proteins are preferentially recognized via a LXXLAP motif (PubMed:
11595184, PubMed:
12039559, PubMed:
15925519). Cellular oxygen sensor that catalyzes, under normoxic conditions, the post-translational formation of 4-hydroxyproline in hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) alpha proteins (PubMed:
11595184, PubMed:
12039559, PubMed:
12181324, PubMed:
15925519, PubMed:
19339211). Hydroxylates a specific proline found in each of the oxygen-dependent degradation (ODD) domains (N-terminal, NODD, and C-terminal, CODD) of HIF1A (PubMed:
11595184, PubMed:
12039559, PubMed:
12181324, PubMed:
15925519). Also hydroxylates HIF2A (PubMed:
11595184, PubMed:
12039559, PubMed:
15925519). Has a preference for the CODD site for both HIF1A and HIF2A (PubMed:
11595184, PubMed:
12039559, PubMed:
15925519). Hydroxylated HIFs are then targeted for proteasomal degradation via the von Hippel-Lindau ubiquitination complex (PubMed:
11595184, PubMed:
12039559, PubMed:
15925519). Under hypoxic conditions, the hydroxylation reaction is attenuated allowing HIFs to escape degradation resulting in their translocation to the nucleus, heterodimerization with HIF1B, and increased expression of hypoxy- inducible genes (PubMed:
11595184, PubMed:
12039559, PubMed:
15925519). EGLN2 is involved in regulating hypoxia tolerance and apoptosis in cardiac and skeletal muscle (PubMed:
11595184, PubMed:
12039559, PubMed:
15925519). Also regulates susceptibility to normoxic oxidative neuronal death (PubMed:
11595184, PubMed:
12039559, PubMed:
15925519). Links oxygen sensing to cell cycle and primary cilia formation by hydroxylating the critical centrosome component CEP192 which promotes its ubiquitination and subsequent proteasomal degradation (PubMed:
23932902). Hydroxylates IKBKB, mediating NF-kappa-B activation in hypoxic conditions (PubMed:
17114296). Also mediates hydroxylation of ATF4, leading to decreased protein stability of ATF4 (By similarity).
