About Gene List

PF3D7_0213400 (PK7)

Genome location: Pf3D7_02_v3:540,403..543,807(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: protein kinase 7

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.7.11.1 (Non-specific serine/threonine protein kinase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Function GO:0004708 MAP kinase kinase activity
Function GO:0004672 protein kinase activity
Process GO:0006468 protein phosphorylation
Process GO:0020014 schizogony

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 0.03 0.98
Trophozoite expressed 0.25 0.84
Schizont expressed 0.04 0.97
Gametocyte expressed 0.14 0.91

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0213400

Resistome Missense Mutations: None

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: None

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 2 (0 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: 0.959 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0310300)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.11 ± 0.04
  • Confidence: 7.88

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0310300)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-524

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q7YTF7

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ANP (phosphoaminophosphonic acid-adenylate ester, Local RMSD=0.41) with 2PML (Global RMSD=1.38)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.7.11.1 non-specific serine/threonine protein kinase ATPKClDTTP53DRBEDTATBCAKN-93K252aCKI-7LAALSTAACS...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
O96214 Protein kinase domain-containing protein Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL524106CHEMBL450347CHEMBL522222CHEMBL496113...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_132854

No human ortholog(s)

Protein Information

Protein Length: 343 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 40.963

UniProt ID(s): O96214, Q7YTF7

PDB ID(s): 2PMN, 2PMO

Isoelectric Point: 8.55

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000719 Protein kinase domain
InterPro IPR008271 Serine/threonine-protein kinase, active site
InterPro IPR011009 Protein kinase-like domain superfamily
PFam PF00069 Protein kinase domain
Superfamily SSF56112 Protein kinase-like domain superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 20 15 21
disruptive 6 18 12 34
missense 6 18 11 30

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 37 12 39
disruptive 7 49 35 69
missense 6 41 32 49

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 0

Non-coding: 0 | Synonymous: 0 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

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
15612927 PfPK7, an atypical MEK-related protein kinase, reflects the absence of classicalthree-component MAPK pathways in the human malaria parasite Plasmodiumfalciparum. Dorin D, Semblat JP, ..., Doerig C 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04393.x
18083830 Disruption of the PfPK7 gene impairs schizogony and sporogony in the humanmalaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Dorin-Semblat D, Sicard A, ..., Doerig C 10.1128/EC.00245-07
29480948 Melatonin activates FIS1, DYN1, and DYN2 Plasmodium falciparum related-genes formitochondria fission: Mitoemerald-GFP as a tool to visualize mitochondriastructure. Scarpelli PH, Tessarin-Almeida G, ..., Garcia CRS 10.1111/jpi.12484
29678115 Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum Atypical Kinase PfPK7(-) DependentPhosphoproteome. Pease BN, Huttlin EL, ..., Chakrabarti D 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00062
33247522 Artificial Intelligence Applied to the Rapid Identification of New Antimalarial Candidates with Dual-Stage Activity Lima MNN, Borba JVB, ..., Andrade CH 10.1002/cmdc.202000685
26934697 Biochemical Screening of Five Protein Kinases from Plasmodium falciparum against 14,000 Cell-Active Compounds Crowther GJ, Hillesland HK, ..., Ojo KK 10.1371/journal.pone.0149996