... oxygen sensor inhuman cells; however, the underlying kinetic basis of the oxygen-sensingfunction of prolyl hydroxylase domain 2 is unclear. We report analyses of the reaction of prolyl hydroxylase ... Department of Chemistry and Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology, Oxford, UK2 Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, ... University Park,PA, USA3 Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, EgyptKeywords2-oxoglutarate; hypoxia-inducible factor;oxygen; oxygenase; prolyl hydroxylase;spectroscopyCorrespondenceC....