About Gene List

PF3D7_0219500

Genome location: Pf3D7_02_v3:776,418..778,478(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: pseudouridine synthase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: 4.2.1.70 (Pseudouridylate synthase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Function GO:0004730 pseudouridylate synthase activity
Process GO:0000154 rRNA modification

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 0.05 0.97
Trophozoite expressed 0.42 0.74
Schizont expressed 0.24 0.85
Gametocyte expressed 0.49 0.72

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0219500

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: -1.492 | #Insertions: 3

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1443200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.02 ± 0.05
  • Confidence: 7.23

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0315900)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-1822

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O96270

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: BU1 (1,4-butanediol, Local RMSD=0.03) with 1VIO (Global RMSD=9.95)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
4.2.1.70 pseudouridylate synthase tRNAiodoacetamide5-fluorouracilthiol reagents1,10-phenanthrolinep-chloromercuribenzoate1-(Tetrahydro-2-furanyl)-5-fluorouracil

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102367

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 15 13 16
disruptive 5 25 14 39
missense 5 24 14 33

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 38 12 22
disruptive 13 59 28 64
missense 8 51 26 37

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 65

Non-coding: 44 | Synonymous: 16 | Nonsynonymous: 5 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 338 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 40.297

UniProt ID(s): O96270

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 10.7

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000748 Pseudouridine synthase, RsuA/RluB/E/F
InterPro IPR002942 RNA-binding S4 domain
InterPro IPR006145 Pseudouridine synthase, RsuA/RluA
InterPro IPR018496 Pseudouridine synthase, RsuA/RluB/E/F, conserved site
InterPro IPR020103 Pseudouridine synthase, catalytic domain superfamily
PFam PF00849 Pseudouridine synthase, RsuA/RluA
PFam PF01479 RNA-binding S4 domain
Superfamily SSF55120 Pseudouridine synthase, catalytic domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF55174

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
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
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