About Gene List

PF3D7_0321200 (ALG7)

Genome location: Pf3D7_03_v3:886,593..889,386(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: UDP-N-acetylglucosamine--dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 12

EC Numbers: 2.7.8.13 (Phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase);2.7.8.15 (UDP-N-acetylglucosamine--dolichyl-phosphateN-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0043541 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine transferase complex
Component GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
Function GO:0003975 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase activity
Process GO:0006488 dolichol-linked oligosaccharide biosynthetic process
Process GO:0006489 dolichyl diphosphate biosynthetic process
Process GO:0006487 protein N-linked glycosylation

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 0.01 0.99
Trophozoite expressed 0.06 0.96
Schizont expressed 0.02 0.99
Gametocyte expressed 0.06 0.96

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0321200

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: 0.131 | MFS: -2.94 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1217300)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.12 ± 0.08
  • Confidence: 6.45

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O97321

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: P6L ((2s)-3-{[{[(2s)-2,3-dihydroxypropyl]oxy}(hydroxy)phosphoryl]oxy}-2-[(6e)-hexadec-6-enoyloxy]propyl (8e)-octadec-8-enoate, Local RMSD=0.57) with 6FWZ (Global RMSD=4.44)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.7.8.13 phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase EDTANH4+A-94964RU88110RU74854RU77254RU75413RU78695RU88108RU76491RU74709RU88114...
2.7.8.15 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase UDPGTPNEMUMPPCMBDiumycinUDP-GlcNAcUDP-xyloseAmphomycinUDP-glucoseGDP-mannosetunicamycin...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q9H3H5 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine--dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL4797442CHEMBL4753142CHEMBL4752744CHEMBL4776441
O66465 Phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL4286766CHEMBL4284923CHEMBL4283345CHEMBL4279378
Q03521 Phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase Bacillus subtilis OrthoMCL BLAST Muraymycin D2CHEMBL1780217CHEMBL1780218CHEMBL1780219...
P0C1R8 Phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide-transferase Staphylococcus aureus (strain MRSA252) OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL2048826CHEMBL2048825CHEMBL2048827CHEMBL2048828...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101483

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A804HKZ3

TM-align score: 0.90 | RMSD: 1.90

Seq Identity: 0.43 | Length: 298 / 397

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000172269 dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 397 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 46.506

UniProt ID(s): O97321

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.52

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000715 Glycosyl transferase, family 4
InterPro IPR033895 UDP-GlcNAc-dolichyl-phosphate GlcNAc phosphotransferase
PFam PF00953 Glycosyl transferase, family 4
Superfamily N/A N/A

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 23 13 47
disruptive 10 23 10 37
missense 10 23 10 37

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 51 23 37
disruptive 12 59 48 99
missense 12 51 39 66

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 275

Non-coding: 253 | Synonymous: 17 | Nonsynonymous: 5 | Stop Codon: 0

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
11152613 Predicting transmembrane protein topology with a hidden Markov model: applicationto complete genomes. Krogh A, Larsson B, von Heijne G, Sonnhammer EL 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4315
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095
11520056 A comprehensive analysis of gene expression profiles in a yeast N-glycosylationmutant Klebl B, Kozian D, Leberer E, Kukuruzinska MA 10.1006/bbrc.2001.5457
15794922 A hypomorphic allele of the first N-glycosylation gene, ALG7, causesmitochondrial defects in yeast Mendelsohn RD, Helmerhorst EJ, Cipollo JF, Kukuruzinska MA 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.01.017
34465026 Tunicamycin Potentiates Antifungal Drug Tolerance via Aneuploidy in Candida albicans Yang F, Gritsenko V, ..., Berman J 10.1128/mBio.02272-21
14734021 The histidine kinases of Candida albicans: regulation of cell wall mannanbiosynthesis Kruppa M, Jabra-Rizk MA, Meiller TF, Calderone R 10.1016/S1567-1356(03)00201-0
27822701 AglH, a thermophilic UDP-N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate:dolichyl phosphateGlcNAc-1-phosphotransferase initiating protein N-glycosylation pathway inSulfolobus acidocaldarius, is capable of complementing the eukaryal Alg7 Meyer BH, Shams-Eldin H, Albers SV 10.1007/s00792-016-0890-2
30185560 Genetic screen identifies adaptive aneuploidy as a key mediator of ER stressresistance in yeast Beaupere C, Dinatto L, ..., Labunskyy VM 10.1073/pnas.1804264115
35222844 Compounds targeting GPI biosynthesis or N-glycosylation are active againstPlasmodium falciparum Fenollar A, Ros-Lucas A, ..., Izquierdo L 10.1016/j.csbj.2022.01.029
9451016 Cloning and functional expression of the human GlcNAc-1-P transferase, the enzymefor the committed step of the dolichol cycle, by heterologous complementation inSaccharomyces cerevisiae Eckert V, Blank M, ..., Schwarz RT 10.1093/glycob/8.1.77
11003550 Chromosomal promoter replacement in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: construction ofconditional lethal strains for the cloning of glycosyltransferases from variousorganisms Mazhari-Tabrizi R, Blank M, ..., Eckert V 10.1023/a:1007132907235
18178736 Identification of the archaeal alg7 gene homolog (encodingN-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphate transferase) of the N-linked glycosylation systemby cross-domain complementation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Shams-Eldin H, Chaban B, ..., Jarrell KF 10.1128/JB.01778-07
22061998 Alg14 organizes the formation of a multiglycosyltransferase complex involved ininitiation of lipid-linked oligosaccharide biosynthesis Lu J, Takahashi T, ..., Gao XD 10.1093/glycob/cwr162