About Gene List

PF3D7_0208500 (ACP)

Genome location: Pf3D7_02_v3:351,650..354,043(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: acyl carrier protein

SignalP Peptide: MKILLLCIIFLYYVNA

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Function GO:0000035 acyl binding
Function GO:0000036 acyl carrier activity
Function GO:0008897 holo-[acyl-carrier-protein] synthase activity

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring not expressed 0.02 0.99
Trophozoite expressed 0.19 0.87
Schizont expressed 0.08 0.94
Gametocyte expressed 0.12 0.92

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0208500

Resistome Missense Mutations: None

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: None

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 0 (0 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS *tentative

MIS: 0.231 | MFS: -3.465 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0305600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.07 ± 0.08
  • Confidence: 6.53

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not tested (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0305600)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-638

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q7KWJ1

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: PAM (palmitoleic acid, Local RMSD=0.02) with 6C0B (Global RMSD=14.54)

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P52505 Acyl carrier protein, mitochondrial Bos taurus OrthoDB CHEMBL208980CHEMBL379529CHEMBL208839CHEMBL464549...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100820

Most Similar Human Ortholog: I3L505

TM-align score: 0.72 | RMSD: 2.56

Seq Identity: 0.38 | Length: 68 / 137

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000004779 NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase subunit AB1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 137 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 15.809

UniProt ID(s): O77077, Q7KWJ1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.31

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR003231 Acyl carrier protein (ACP)
InterPro IPR006162 Phosphopantetheine attachment site
InterPro IPR009081 Phosphopantetheine binding ACP domain
InterPro IPR036736 ACP-like superfamily
PFam PF00550 Phosphopantetheine binding ACP domain
Superfamily SSF47336 ACP-like superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 151

Non-coding: 140 | Synonymous: 7 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 1

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
10775264 Protein trafficking to the plastid of Plasmodium falciparum is via the secretorypathway. Waller RF, Reed MB, Cowman AF, McFadden GI 10.1093/emboj/19.8.1794
12270624 Functional characterization of the acyl carrier protein (PfACP) and beta-ketoacylACP synthase III (PfKASIII) from Plasmodium falciparum. Waters NC, Kopydlowski KM, ..., Prigge ST 10.1016/s0166-6851(02)00140-8
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
17555524 Isothermal unfolding studies on the apo and holo forms of Plasmodium falciparumacyl carrier protein. Role of the 4'-phosphopantetheine group in the stability ofthe holo form of Plasmodium falciparum acyl carrier protein. Modak R, Sinha S, Surolia N 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05856.x
19462023 Catalysis and mechanism of malonyl transferase activity in type II fatty acidbiosynthesis acyl carrier proteins. Misra A, Surolia N, Surolia A 10.1039/b820420a
28462015 Membrane and luminal proteins reach the apicoplast by different traffickingpathways in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Chaudhari R, Dey V, ..., Patankar S 10.7717/peerj.3128
30212465 Integrative proteomics and bioinformatic prediction enable a high-confidenceapicoplast proteome in malaria parasites. Boucher MJ, Ghosh S, ..., Yeh E 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005895
34612205 Divergent acyl carrier protein decouples mitochondrial Fe-S cluster biogenesisfrom fatty acid synthesis in malaria parasites Falekun S, Sepulveda J, ..., Sigala PA 10.7554/eLife.71636