About Gene List

PF3D7_0309300

Genome location: Pf3D7_03_v3:397,397..401,232(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: N2227-like protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.1.1.22 (Carnosine N-methyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Function GO:0008757 S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferase activity

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.15 0.92
Trophozoite expressed 0.14 0.91
Schizont expressed 0.09 0.93
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.34 0.81

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0309300

Resistome Missense Mutations: D623N

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: BCH070

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

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: -0.694 | #Insertions: 3

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0407500)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.66 ± 0.07
  • Confidence: 6.63

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0407500)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-1871

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O77329

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: SAM (s-adenosylmethionine, Local RMSD=0.42) with 5YF0 (Global RMSD=1.47)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.1.1.22 carnosine N-methyltransferase No BRENDA inhibitors

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102486

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q5T8V1

TM-align score: 0.92 | RMSD: 1.92

Seq Identity: 0.32 | Length: 235 / 955

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000156017 carnosine N-methyltransferase 1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 10 39 10 60
disruptive 16 78 40 118
missense 10 71 35 98

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 15 69 28 54
disruptive 31 168 78 188
missense 21 138 62 107

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 257

Non-coding: 112 | Synonymous: 105 | Nonsynonymous: 40 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 955 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 112.248

UniProt ID(s): O77329

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.1

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR003341 Cysteine rich repeat, tripleX
InterPro IPR012901 N2227-like
InterPro IPR029063 S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase
PFam PF02363 Cysteine rich repeat, tripleX
PFam PF07942 N2227-like
Superfamily SSF53335 S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase

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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104