About Gene List

PF3D7_0206700 (ADSL)

Genome location: Pf3D7_02_v3:271,374..274,711(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: adenylosuccinate lyase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 4.3.2.2 (Adenylosuccinate lyase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0004018 N6-(1,2-dicarboxyethyl)AMP AMP-lyase (fumarate-forming) activity
Process GO:0006163 purine nucleotide metabolic process

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.36 0.82
Trophozoite expressed 0.45 0.74
Schizont expressed 0.18 0.88
Gametocyte expressed 0.25 0.85

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0206700

Resistome Missense Mutations: D51G

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: DSM267

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 1 (1 missense, 1 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.121 | MFS: -2.994 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0304300)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.04 ± 0.17
  • Confidence: 4.98

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q7KWJ4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: N2P (pentane-1,5-diamine, Local RMSD=0.09) with 4NSL (Global RMSD=2.28)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
4.3.2.2 adenylosuccinate lyase BRENDA SOAP query unsuccessful

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100666

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A1B0GWF8

TM-align score: 0.87 | RMSD: 2.36

Seq Identity: 0.18 | Length: 383 / 471

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000239900 adenylosuccinate lyase

Genetic Variation

MalariaGEN Pf7 (worldwide samples) # unique SNV/indels:

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 341

Non-coding: 319 | Synonymous: 15 | Nonsynonymous: 6 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 471 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 55.176

UniProt ID(s): A0A193PBN1, A0A193PCG6, A0A193PCH1, A0A193PD39, E1CD68, E1CD69, E1CDE8, E1CDI1, E1CDY9, O15918, Q7KWJ4

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.98

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000362 Fumarate lyase family
InterPro IPR004769 Adenylosuccinate lyase
InterPro IPR008948 L-Aspartase-like
InterPro IPR013539 Adenylosuccinate lyase PurB, C-terminal
InterPro IPR020557 Fumarate lyase, conserved site
InterPro IPR022761 Fumarate lyase, N-terminal
PFam PF00206 Fumarate lyase, N-terminal
PFam PF08328 Adenylosuccinate lyase PurB, C-terminal
Superfamily SSF48557 L-Aspartase-like

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
9804551 Chromosome 2 sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Tettelin H, ..., Hoffman SL 10.1126/science.282.5391.1126
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
19111634 Elucidation of the substrate specificity, kinetic and catalytic mechanism ofadenylosuccinate lyase from Plasmodium falciparum. Bulusu V, Srinivasan B, Bopanna MP, Balaram H 10.1016/j.bbapap.2008.11.021
23181666 Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Oehring SC, Woodcroft BJ, ..., Voss TS 10.1186/gb-2012-13-11-r108
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
31631203 A network-based approach reveals novel invasion and Maurer's clefts-relatedproteins in Plasmodium falciparum. Das D, Krishnan SR, Roy A, Bulusu G 10.1039/c9mo00124g