About Gene List

PF3D7_0404700 (DPAP3)

Genome location: Pf3D7_04_v3:259,944..263,782(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: dipeptidyl aminopeptidase 3

SignalP Peptide: MILIFQLFLINILFLNFIKC

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 3.4.14.1 (Dipeptidyl-peptidase I);3.4.14.4 (Dipeptidyl-peptidase III)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0045177 apical part of cell
Component GO:0005615 extracellular space
Component GO:0044164 host cell cytosol
Component GO:0005764 lysosome
Component GO:0020005 symbiont-containing vacuole membrane
Function GO:0004177 aminopeptidase activity
Function GO:0004197 cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
Function GO:0008234 cysteine-type peptidase activity
Process GO:0044409 entry into host
Process GO:0030163 protein catabolic process
Process GO:0051603 proteolysis involved in cellular protein catabolic process

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 0.94
Trophozoite not expressed 0.19 0.90
Schizont expressed 3.08 0.08
Gametocyte not expressed 0.06 0.97

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0404700

Resistome Missense Mutations: None

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: None

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

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.166 | MFS: -2.81 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1002400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.74 ± 0.13
  • Confidence: 5.47

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1002400)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2709

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I1Y2

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: E64 (n-[n-[1-hydroxycarboxyethyl-carbonyl]leucylamino-butyl]-guanidine, Local RMSD=0.42) with 3BPF (Global RMSD=17.65)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.4.14.1 dipeptidyl-peptidase I NEMPCMBFY01SAK2Leu-NH2Phe-NH2Gly-NH2Arg-NH2Lys-NH2Trp-NH2fluorideantipain...
3.4.14.4 dipeptidyl-peptidase III BRENDA SOAP query unsuccessful

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_533572

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 34 25 61
disruptive 30 87 82 140
missense 12 65 63 116

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 12 84 41 59
disruptive 55 243 116 262
missense 20 176 89 176

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 248

Non-coding: 106 | Synonymous: 76 | Nonsynonymous: 66 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 939 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 110.479

UniProt ID(s): Q8I1Y2

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.24

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000169 Cysteine peptidase, cysteine active site
InterPro IPR000668 Peptidase C1A, papain C-terminal
InterPro IPR014882 Cathepsin C exclusion
InterPro IPR025660 Cysteine peptidase, histidine active site
InterPro IPR036496 Cathepsin C, exclusion domain superfamily
InterPro IPR038765 Papain-like cysteine peptidase superfamily
PFam PF00112 Peptidase C1A, papain C-terminal
PFam PF08773 Cathepsin C exclusion
Superfamily SSF54001 Papain-like cysteine peptidase superfamily
Superfamily SSF75001 Cathepsin C, exclusion domain superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
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
20037583 Transcriptional profiling of growth perturbations of the human malaria parasitePlasmodium falciparum. Hu G, Cabrera A, ..., Bozdech Z 10.1038/nbt.1597
29509772 The cysteine protease dipeptidyl aminopeptidase 3 does not contribute to egressof Plasmodium falciparum from host red blood cells. Ghosh S, Chisholm SA, ..., de Koning-Ward TF 10.1371/journal.pone.0193538
29768491 Plasmodium falciparum dipeptidyl aminopeptidase 3 activity is important forefficient erythrocyte invasion by the malaria parasite. Lehmann C, Tan MSY, ..., Deu E 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007031
31177613 Characterization of P. falciparum dipeptidyl aminopeptidase 3 specificityidentifies differences in amino acid preferences between peptide-based substratesand covalent inhibitors de Vries LE, Sanchez MI, ..., Deu E 10.1111/febs.14953
18246061 Identification of proteases that regulate erythrocyte rupture by the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum Arastu-Kapur S, Ponder EL, ..., Bogyo M 10.1038/nchembio.70
31851699 Identification of Plasmodium dipeptidyl aminopeptidase allosteric inhibitors byhigh throughput screening Sanchez MI, de Vries LE, ..., Deu E 10.1371/journal.pone.0226270
20797610 Functional studies of Plasmodium falciparum dipeptidyl aminopeptidase I usingsmall molecule inhibitors and active site probes Deu E, Leyva MJ, ..., Bogyo M 10.1016/j.chembiol.2010.06.007