About Gene List

PF3D7_0211600 (ALG14)

Genome location: Pf3D7_02_v3:467,682..468,518(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transferase subunit ALG14, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 4

EC Numbers: 2.4.1.141 (N-acetylglucosaminyldiphosphodolichol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0043541 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transferase complex
Function GO:0004577 N-acetylglucosaminyldiphosphodolichol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase activity
Process GO:0006488 dolichol-linked oligosaccharide biosynthetic process

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite not expressed N/A N/A
Ring not expressed 0.02 0.99
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.14 0.91
Schizont expressed 0.37 0.77
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.17 0.90

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0211600

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

MIS: 0.12 | MFS: -3.101 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0308400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.16 ± 0.05
  • Confidence: 7.34

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0308400)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-1779

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O96196

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.4.1.141 N-acetylglucosaminyldiphosphodolichol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase UDPUTPUMPEDTADiumycinUDPglucosebacitracinAmphomycinShowdomycin5-fluoro N-acetylglucosamineN-acetyl-D-glucosaminyl-diphosphodolicholP1-dolichyl P2-(2-O-ethyl-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl) diphosphate...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102531

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q96F25

TM-align score: 0.85 | RMSD: 2.73

Seq Identity: 0.29 | Length: 202 / 209

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000172339 ALG14 UDP-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase subunit

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 10 2 10
disruptive 2 9 4 17
missense 2 9 4 12

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 15 8 12
disruptive 3 28 23 43
missense 3 17 19 25

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 31

Non-coding: 23 | Synonymous: 6 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 209 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 24.818

UniProt ID(s): O96196

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.98

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR013969 Oligosaccharide biosynthesis protein Alg14-like
PFam PF08660 Oligosaccharide biosynthesis protein Alg14-like
Superfamily N/A N/A

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
12368868 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 2, 10, 11 and 14. Gardner MJ, Shallom SJ, ..., Fraser CM 10.1038/nature01094