hif1an

UniProt ID: P59723
Organism: Danio rerio
Review Status: DRAFT
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Gene Description

hif1an encodes factor inhibiting HIF, a 2-oxoglutarate/Fe(II)-dependent protein hydroxylase that hydroxylates HIF-alpha and ankyrin-repeat proteins in nucleus/cytoplasm. The core function is protein asparagine/histidine/aspartate dioxygenase activity; vascular and Notch/HIF pathway annotations are regulatory consequences of that catalytic role.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0030947 regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway: Fih1an modulates VEGF signaling indirectly, by hydroxylating HIF-alpha and thereby limiting transcription of vegfa.
Reason: This is a downstream regulatory consequence of the hydroxylase activity, not work Fih1an performs within VEGFR signaling itself. In zebrafish, fih-1 knockdown raises vegf-aa165 and produces ectopic vessels, so the regulatory link is real but indirect (PMID:25347788).
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE NON CORE
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN002647297 SUPPORTS TRANSFER
FIH-family node; regulation of VEGFR signaling is an indirect consequence of HIF-alpha hydroxylation, conserved and correctly placed but downstream of the catalytic role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25347788
the expression level of vegf-aa165 is substantially elevated in fih-1 MO-injected embryos
PMID:25347788
our data suggest that FIH-1 negatively regulates VEGF-A signaling via HIF-1
GO:0045746 negative regulation of Notch signaling pathway
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: negative regulation of Notch signaling pathway: mammalian FIH hydroxylates ankyrin repeats of the Notch intracellular domain; the ankyrin-repeat hydroxylase capacity is conserved in zebrafish Fih1an.
Reason: Retained as a conserved biochemical capacity (Fih1an hydroxylates ankyrin-repeat proteins per UniProt), but flagged non-core: in zebrafish fih-1 morphants the canonical Notch targets grl and dll4 are unaltered, so a functional Notch-regulatory role in zebrafish is not established (PMID:25347788).
Propagation Review
Root cause: NO FAILURE NON CORE
Failure modes: CONTEXT OR TISSUE MISMATCH
Sources checked:
PANTHER:PTN002647297 SUPPORTS SOURCE BUT NOT TARGET
The IBD reflects mammalian FIH hydroxylation of the Notch ICD ankyrin repeats. The biochemical capacity (ankyrin-repeat hydroxylation) is conserved in zebrafish, but in fih-1 morphant embryos canonical Notch targets grl and dll4 are unaltered (PMID:25347788), so a zebrafish Notch-signaling role is not demonstrated.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Also hydroxylates specific Asn, Asp and His residues within ankyrin repeat domain-containing proteins
PMID:25347788
expression of grl and dll4, known targets of Notch signaling, appears to be unaltered
GO:0005634 nucleus
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: nucleus: Fih1an localizes to the nucleus, consistent with hydroxylation of nuclear HIF-alpha and ankyrin-repeat substrates.
Reason: UniProt subcellular-location records Nucleus for the ortholog; the nuclear pool is where HIF-alpha CAD hydroxylation controlling coactivator recruitment occurs.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: cytoplasm: Fih1an has a cytoplasmic pool where it hydroxylates ankyrin-repeat-domain proteins.
Reason: UniProt records Cytoplasm as a subcellular location; FIH is described as predominantly cytoplasmic in vertebrate cells and the zebrafish protein co-localizes with the cytoplasmic E3 ligase Mib1.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm
GO:0036139 peptidyl-histidine dioxygenase activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: peptidyl-histidine dioxygenase activity: Fih1an also hydroxylates specific histidine residues of ankyrin-repeat-domain proteins (EC 1.14.11.n4), a second regiospecificity of the same active site.
Reason: Directly supported by the UniProt catalytic-activity records for His hydroxylation of ankyrin-repeat proteins; conserved across the FIH family into which the zebrafish protein falls.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Also hydroxylates specific Asn, Asp and His residues within ankyrin repeat domain-containing proteins
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
ligand="2-oxoglutarate"
GO:0036140 [protein]-asparagine 3-dioxygenase activity
IBA
GO_REF:0000033
ACCEPT
Summary: [protein]-asparagine 3-dioxygenase activity: Fih1an hydroxylates the C-terminal transactivation-domain asparagine of HIF-alpha (and asparagines of ankyrin-repeat proteins), the defining reaction of factor-inhibiting HIF.
Reason: This is the core molecular function. UniProt records the Asn-hydroxylation reaction (EC 1.14.11.30) and the zebrafish enzyme is 96% identical to human FIH across the JmjC catalytic domain; the IBD node sits on the ancestral FIH clade that the zebrafish ortholog is squarely within.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Hydroxylates a specific Asn residue in the C-terminal transactivation domain (CAD) of HIF-1 alpha. The hydroxylation prevents interaction of HIF-1 with transcriptional coactivators
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Also hydroxylates specific Asn, Asp and His residues within ankyrin repeat domain-containing proteins
GO:0005634 nucleus
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: nucleus: Fih1an localizes to the nucleus, consistent with hydroxylation of nuclear HIF-alpha and ankyrin-repeat substrates.
Reason: UniProt subcellular-location records Nucleus for the ortholog; the nuclear pool is where HIF-alpha CAD hydroxylation controlling coactivator recruitment occurs.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: cytoplasm: Fih1an has a cytoplasmic pool where it hydroxylates ankyrin-repeat-domain proteins.
Reason: UniProt records Cytoplasm as a subcellular location; FIH is described as predominantly cytoplasmic in vertebrate cells and the zebrafish protein co-localizes with the cytoplasmic E3 ligase Mib1.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm
GO:0009966 regulation of signal transduction
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: regulation of signal transduction: a broad InterPro2GO mapping capturing FIH's role as a hydroxylase that modulates HIF (and potentially other) signaling outputs.
Reason: Correct but very general; the specific, evidence-backed regulatory outputs are captured by the VEGFR/HIF terms. Kept as non-core context rather than removed.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Hydroxylates a specific Asn residue in the C-terminal transactivation domain (CAD) of HIF-1 alpha. The hydroxylation prevents interaction of HIF-1 with transcriptional coactivators
GO:0036139 peptidyl-histidine dioxygenase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000116
ACCEPT
Summary: peptidyl-histidine dioxygenase activity: Fih1an also hydroxylates specific histidine residues of ankyrin-repeat-domain proteins (EC 1.14.11.n4), a second regiospecificity of the same active site.
Reason: Directly supported by the UniProt catalytic-activity records for His hydroxylation of ankyrin-repeat proteins; conserved across the FIH family into which the zebrafish protein falls.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Also hydroxylates specific Asn, Asp and His residues within ankyrin repeat domain-containing proteins
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
ligand="2-oxoglutarate"
GO:0036140 [protein]-asparagine 3-dioxygenase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000120
ACCEPT
Summary: [protein]-asparagine 3-dioxygenase activity: Fih1an hydroxylates the C-terminal transactivation-domain asparagine of HIF-alpha (and asparagines of ankyrin-repeat proteins), the defining reaction of factor-inhibiting HIF.
Reason: This is the core molecular function. UniProt records the Asn-hydroxylation reaction (EC 1.14.11.30) and the zebrafish enzyme is 96% identical to human FIH across the JmjC catalytic domain; the IBD node sits on the ancestral FIH clade that the zebrafish ortholog is squarely within.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Hydroxylates a specific Asn residue in the C-terminal transactivation domain (CAD) of HIF-1 alpha. The hydroxylation prevents interaction of HIF-1 with transcriptional coactivators
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Also hydroxylates specific Asn, Asp and His residues within ankyrin repeat domain-containing proteins
GO:0048471 perinuclear region of cytoplasm
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: perinuclear region of cytoplasm: a perinuclear cytoplasmic pool of Fih1an is recorded, consistent with the reported perinuclear co-localization with Mib1.
Reason: UniProt annotates a perinuclear cytoplasmic location; this refines the cytoplasmic pool rather than adding a distinct role.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm, perinuclear region
GO:0050793 regulation of developmental process
IEA
GO_REF:0000117
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: regulation of developmental process: a broad InterPro2GO mapping; in zebrafish Fih1an constrains developmental angiogenesis via HIF/VEGF.
Reason: Very general term; the concrete developmental role (vasculature) is captured more specifically by GO:1901343. Retained as non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25347788
a significant fraction of fih-1 mRNA-injected embryos failed to develop intersegmental vessels (ISVs), whose formation is directly regulated by VEGF-A signaling
GO:0062101 peptidyl-aspartic acid 3-dioxygenase activity
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: peptidyl-aspartic acid 3-dioxygenase activity: Fih1an hydroxylates specific aspartate residues within ankyrin-repeat-domain proteins (EC 1.14.11.n4).
Reason: One of the three ankyrin-repeat-directed hydroxylation reactions in the UniProt record; part of the same conserved FIH catalytic repertoire.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Also hydroxylates specific Asn, Asp and His residues within ankyrin repeat domain-containing proteins
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
ligand="2-oxoglutarate"
GO:0008198 ferrous iron binding
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: ferrous iron binding: the FIH active site holds a catalytic Fe(II) via the 2-His-1-carboxylate facial triad; iron is the redox-active metal for the dioxygenase reaction.
Reason: Fe(II) binding is an integral part of the core catalytic mechanism (2-OG/Fe(II) oxygenase), not a separable function. UniProt records Fe(2+) as the cofactor and annotates the Fe-coordinating residues.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Name=Fe(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29033
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
ligand="2-oxoglutarate"
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: cytoplasm: Fih1an has a cytoplasmic pool where it hydroxylates ankyrin-repeat-domain proteins.
Reason: UniProt records Cytoplasm as a subcellular location; FIH is described as predominantly cytoplasmic in vertebrate cells and the zebrafish protein co-localizes with the cytoplasmic E3 ligase Mib1.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm
GO:0008270 zinc ion binding
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: zinc ion binding: the FIH catalytic metal site can be occupied by Zn(II) in vitro; crystal structures of the human ortholog used Zn(II) as an inactive surrogate for the catalytic Fe(II).
Reason: The physiological catalytic metal is Fe(II); zinc binding reflects the same 2-His-1-carboxylate site occupied by Zn(II) in structural/inhibitor studies (PMID:12446723) rather than a separate zinc-dependent activity. Retained as non-core because it describes the catalytic metal centre, not a distinct function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:12446723
structures with the inhibitors Zn((II)) and N-oxaloylglycine
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Name=Fe(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29033
GO:0031406 carboxylic acid binding
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: carboxylic acid binding: FIH binds the co-substrate 2-oxoglutarate (a dicarboxylic acid) in its active site, coordinated adjacent to the catalytic iron.
Reason: This general term captures 2-oxoglutarate co-substrate binding, which is a mechanistic component of the dioxygenase activity rather than a distinct biological function; UniProt annotates the 2-oxoglutarate binding residues.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
ligand="2-oxoglutarate"
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Name=Fe(2+); Xref=ChEBI:CHEBI:29033
GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: protein homodimerization activity: FIH is an obligate homodimer, and dimerization is required for its hydroxylase activity.
Reason: UniProt states homodimerization is essential for catalytic activity; this is a structural prerequisite of the core enzyme rather than an independent core function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Homodimer; homodimerization is essential for catalytic
GO:0048471 perinuclear region of cytoplasm
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: perinuclear region of cytoplasm: a perinuclear cytoplasmic pool of Fih1an is recorded, consistent with the reported perinuclear co-localization with Mib1.
Reason: UniProt annotates a perinuclear cytoplasmic location; this refines the cytoplasmic pool rather than adding a distinct role.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Cytoplasm, perinuclear region
GO:0030947 regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway
IGI
PMID:25347788
FIH-1, a novel interactor of mindbomb, functions as an essen...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway: in zebrafish, loss of fih-1 elevates vegf-aa165 and increases endothelial sprouting, while fih-1 overexpression suppresses it, in a HIF-1alpha-dependent manner.
Reason: The genetic interactions with vegfaa and hif1a (PMID:25347788) place Fih1an upstream of VEGF signaling via HIF-1alpha; it regulates the pathway but does not itself carry out VEGFR signal transduction, so this is non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25347788
the expression level of vegf-aa165 is substantially elevated in fih-1 MO-injected embryos
PMID:25347788
our data suggest that FIH-1 negatively regulates VEGF-A signaling via HIF-1
GO:1901343 negative regulation of vasculature development
IDA
PMID:25347788
FIH-1, a novel interactor of mindbomb, functions as an essen...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: negative regulation of vasculature development: in zebrafish, fih-1 overexpression reduces intersegmental-vessel formation and knockdown produces ectopic sprouts, identifying Fih1an as a brake on developmental angiogenesis (PMID:25347788).
Reason: This is a downstream phenotype of the hydroxylase activity: Fih1an acts upstream of HIF-1alpha/VEGF-A rather than performing morphogenetic work in vessel development. The morphant and overexpression phenotypes are rescued by manipulating VEGF-A, confirming an upstream regulatory (not participatory) role, so KEEP_AS_NON_CORE rather than as a core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25347788
a significant fraction of fih-1 mRNA-injected embryos failed to develop intersegmental vessels (ISVs), whose formation is directly regulated by VEGF-A signaling
PMID:25347788
functions as an anti-angiogenic factor by attenuating HIF-1
PMID:25347788
co-injection of fih-1 mRNA is able to rescue this phenotype
GO:1901343 negative regulation of vasculature development
IMP
PMID:25347788
FIH-1, a novel interactor of mindbomb, functions as an essen...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: negative regulation of vasculature development: in zebrafish, fih-1 overexpression reduces intersegmental-vessel formation and knockdown produces ectopic sprouts, identifying Fih1an as a brake on developmental angiogenesis (PMID:25347788).
Reason: This is a downstream phenotype of the hydroxylase activity: Fih1an acts upstream of HIF-1alpha/VEGF-A rather than performing morphogenetic work in vessel development. The morphant and overexpression phenotypes are rescued by manipulating VEGF-A, confirming an upstream regulatory (not participatory) role, so KEEP_AS_NON_CORE rather than as a core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25347788
a significant fraction of fih-1 mRNA-injected embryos failed to develop intersegmental vessels (ISVs), whose formation is directly regulated by VEGF-A signaling
PMID:25347788
functions as an anti-angiogenic factor by attenuating HIF-1
PMID:25347788
co-injection of fih-1 mRNA is able to rescue this phenotype
GO:0036140 [protein]-asparagine 3-dioxygenase activity
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: [protein]-asparagine 3-dioxygenase activity: Fih1an hydroxylates the C-terminal transactivation-domain asparagine of HIF-alpha (and asparagines of ankyrin-repeat proteins), the defining reaction of factor-inhibiting HIF.
Reason: This is the core molecular function. UniProt records the Asn-hydroxylation reaction (EC 1.14.11.30) and the zebrafish enzyme is 96% identical to human FIH across the JmjC catalytic domain; the IBD node sits on the ancestral FIH clade that the zebrafish ortholog is squarely within.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Hydroxylates a specific Asn residue in the C-terminal transactivation domain (CAD) of HIF-1 alpha. The hydroxylation prevents interaction of HIF-1 with transcriptional coactivators
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Also hydroxylates specific Asn, Asp and His residues within ankyrin repeat domain-containing proteins
GO:0036139 peptidyl-histidine dioxygenase activity
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: peptidyl-histidine dioxygenase activity: Fih1an also hydroxylates specific histidine residues of ankyrin-repeat-domain proteins (EC 1.14.11.n4), a second regiospecificity of the same active site.
Reason: Directly supported by the UniProt catalytic-activity records for His hydroxylation of ankyrin-repeat proteins; conserved across the FIH family into which the zebrafish protein falls.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Also hydroxylates specific Asn, Asp and His residues within ankyrin repeat domain-containing proteins
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
ligand="2-oxoglutarate"
GO:0005634 nucleus
ISS
GO_REF:0000024
ACCEPT
Summary: nucleus: Fih1an localizes to the nucleus, consistent with hydroxylation of nuclear HIF-alpha and ankyrin-repeat substrates.
Reason: UniProt subcellular-location records Nucleus for the ortholog; the nuclear pool is where HIF-alpha CAD hydroxylation controlling coactivator recruitment occurs.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Nucleus
GO:0030947 regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway
IGI
PMID:25347788
FIH-1, a novel interactor of mindbomb, functions as an essen...
KEEP AS NON CORE
Summary: regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor receptor signaling pathway: in zebrafish, loss of fih-1 elevates vegf-aa165 and increases endothelial sprouting, while fih-1 overexpression suppresses it, in a HIF-1alpha-dependent manner.
Reason: The genetic interactions with vegfaa and hif1a (PMID:25347788) place Fih1an upstream of VEGF signaling via HIF-1alpha; it regulates the pathway but does not itself carry out VEGFR signal transduction, so this is non-core.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25347788
the expression level of vegf-aa165 is substantially elevated in fih-1 MO-injected embryos
PMID:25347788
our data suggest that FIH-1 negatively regulates VEGF-A signaling via HIF-1
GO:0062101 peptidyl-aspartic acid 3-dioxygenase activity
IEA
GO_REF:0000116
ACCEPT
Summary: peptidyl-aspartic acid 3-dioxygenase activity: Fih1an hydroxylates specific aspartate residues within ankyrin-repeat-domain proteins (EC 1.14.11.n4).
Reason: One of the three ankyrin-repeat-directed hydroxylation reactions in the UniProt record; part of the same conserved FIH catalytic repertoire.
Supporting Evidence:
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
Also hydroxylates specific Asn, Asp and His residues within ankyrin repeat domain-containing proteins
file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
ligand="2-oxoglutarate"

Core Functions

Hif1an hydroxylates HIF-alpha and ankyrin-repeat proteins as a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase in nucleus and cytoplasm.

Supporting Evidence:
  • file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
    Hydroxylates a specific Asn residue in the C-terminal transactivation domain (CAD) of HIF-1 alpha. The hydroxylation prevents interaction of HIF-1 with transcriptional coactivators
  • file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
    Also hydroxylates specific Asn, Asp and His residues within ankyrin repeat domain-containing proteins
  • file:DANRE/hif1an/hif1an-uniprot.txt
    ligand="2-oxoglutarate"

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