About Gene List

PF3D7_0305600 (APE1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_03_v3:274,618..277,999(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: DNA-(apurinic or apyrimidinic site) endonuclease

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 3.1.-.- (Acting on ester bonds.);4.2.99.18 (DNA-(apurinic or apyrimidinic site) lyase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0008408 3'-5' exonuclease activity
Function GO:0003906 DNA-(apurinic or apyrimidinic site) endonuclease activity
Function GO:0008311 double-stranded DNA 3'-5' exodeoxyribonuclease activity
Function GO:0016791 phosphatase activity
Function GO:0004528 phosphodiesterase I activity
Function GO:0004540 ribonuclease activity
Process GO:0006281 DNA repair
Process GO:0006284 base-excision repair
Process GO:0044409 entry into host

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 0.11 0.95
Trophozoite expressed 0.92 0.53
Schizont expressed 0.91 0.55
Gametocyte expressed 1.23 0.41

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0305600

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: 0.166 | MFS: -2.904 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0404100)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.09 ± 0.19
  • Confidence: 4.68

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0404100)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4986

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O97240

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: PGA (2-phosphoglycolic acid, Local RMSD=3.99) with 5WN2 (Global RMSD=4.79)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.1.-.- Ex: 5-phospho-D-xylono-1,4-lactonase paraoxonatropineethylene terephthalatediisopropyl fluorophosphonatebis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalic acidphosphoric acid-bis-4-nitrophenyl ester
4.2.99.18 DNA-(apurinic or apyrimidinic site) lyase ATPAMPKClCMPUMPP53EDTAdCMPdTMPdAMPdGMPATCA...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_118143

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 32 20 39
disruptive 20 57 43 89
missense 13 52 38 85

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 69 27 36
disruptive 30 146 71 152
missense 21 123 62 121

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 132

Non-coding: 75 | Synonymous: 35 | Nonsynonymous: 21 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 617 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 72.443

UniProt ID(s): O97240

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.66

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR004808 AP endonuclease 1
InterPro IPR005135 Endonuclease/exonuclease/phosphatase
InterPro IPR036691 Endonuclease/exonuclease/phosphatase superfamily
PFam PF03372 Endonuclease/exonuclease/phosphatase
Superfamily SSF56219 Endonuclease/exonuclease/phosphatase superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
10448855 The complete nucleotide sequence of chromosome 3 of Plasmodium falciparum. Bowman S, Lawson D, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/22964
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095
23181666 Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Oehring SC, Woodcroft BJ, ..., Voss TS 10.1186/gb-2012-13-11-r108
29914511 Identification and characterization of DNA endonucleases in Plasmodium falciparum3D7 clone. Jiang N, Tu Z, ..., Chen Q 10.1186/s12936-018-2388-0
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
33743509 Plasmodium Ape1 is a multifunctional enzyme in mitochondrial base excision repairand is required for efficient transition from liver to blood stage infection. Verma N, Shukla H, ..., Habib S 10.1016/j.dnarep.2021.103098
38436697 Apurinic/apyrimidinic endodeoxyribonuclease 1 (APE1) promotes stress granuleformation via YBX1 phosphorylation in ovarian cancer Mao S, Xie C, ..., Xu H 10.1007/s00018-023-05086-y
38244516 Activation of APE1 modulates Nrf2 protected against acute liver injury by inhibithepatocyte ferroptosis and promote hepatocyte autophagy Diao J, Fan H, ..., Wen X 10.1016/j.intimp.2024.111529
38280781 Leveraging CRISPR/Cas12 signal amplifier to sensitive detection of apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 and high-throughput inhibitor screening Ding S, Yuan Y, ..., Tang Z 10.1016/j.aca.2024.342212
38246354 Methionine sulfoxide reductase 2 regulates Cvt autophagic pathway by altering thestability of Atg19 and Ape1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Chatterjee A, Sepuri NBV 10.1016/j.jbc.2024.105662