About Gene List

PF3D7_0214600 (STK2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_02_v3:593,374..600,035(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: serine/threonine protein kinase STK2, putative

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
Function GO:0004672 protein kinase activity
Process GO:0006468 protein phosphorylation

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 not expressed 0.54 0.84
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.09 0.95
Schizont expressed 0.71 0.75
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.09 0.95

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0214600

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: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: -2.581 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0311400)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4677

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O96226

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: BU1 (1,4-butanediol, Local RMSD=0.11) with 7XZQ (Global RMSD=3.25)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

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

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_532381

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 10 78 49 98
disruptive 64 292 147 334
missense 41 247 132 286

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 19 156 78 115
disruptive 149 553 242 461
missense 81 462 205 349

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 230

Non-coding: 56 | Synonymous: 101 | Nonsynonymous: 73 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1714 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 204.289

UniProt ID(s): O96226

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.85

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

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
25326719 Phylogenetic analysis of STK gene family and Usp domain in maize Zhou T, Fan M, ..., Feng L 10.1007/s11033-014-3728-y
33259860 Muscle-specific deletion of SLK/Stk2 enhances p38 activity and myogenesis in mdxmice Pryce BR, Labreche C, ..., Sabourin LA 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2020.118917
27667697 A Eukaryotic-like Serine/Threonine Kinase Protects Staphylococci against Phages Depardieu F, Didier JP, ..., Bikard D 10.1016/j.chom.2016.08.010
28986443 Competitive Ability of Maize Pollen Grains Requires Paralogous Serine Threonine Protein Kinases STK1 and STK2 Huang JT, Wang Q, ..., Dooner HK 10.1534/genetics.117.300358
23495751 Comparing immobilized kinase inhibitors and covalent ATP probes for proteomic profiling of kinase expression and drug selectivity Lemeer S, Zorgiebel C, ..., Kuster B 10.1021/pr301073j
25054004 Cell culture of human gingival fibroblasts, oral cancer cells and mesotheliomacells with serum-free media, STK1 and STK2 Tsugeno Y, Sato F, Muragaki Y, Kato Y 10.3892/br.2014.306
33961052 The Ste20-like kinase - a Jack of all trades Garland B, Delisle S, ..., Sabourin LA 10.1242/jcs.258269
29228724 Transforming growth factor beta-induced epithelial to mesenchymal transitionrequires the Ste20-like kinase SLK independently of its catalytic activity Conway J, Al-Zahrani KN, ..., Sabourin LA 10.18632/oncotarget.21928
19252397 [Effectivity of the novel serum-free medium STK2 for proliferating humanmesenchymal stem cells] Ishikawa I, Sawada R, ..., Tsuchiya T 10.1248/yakushi.129.381