About Gene List

PF3D7_0409300

Genome location: Pf3D7_04_v3:440,536..445,079(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: methyltransferase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.1.1.201 (2-methoxy-6-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinol methylase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB): None

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 expressed 0.63 0.70
Trophozoite expressed 0.69 0.63
Schizont expressed 0.13 0.92
Gametocyte expressed 0.53 0.71

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0409300

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: 0.654 | MFS: -3.042 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1006900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.03 ± 0.13
  • Confidence: 5.51

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1006900)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2735

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q9U0J3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: SAH (s-adenosyl-l-homocysteine, Local RMSD=5.21) with 2PXX (Global RMSD=7.83)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.1.1.201 2-methoxy-6-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinol methylase No BRENDA inhibitors

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100611

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P0DPD7

TM-align score: 0.75 | RMSD: 3.26

Seq Identity: 0.19 | Length: 224 / 1010

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000010165 eEF1A lysine and N-terminal methyltransferase
ENSG00000284753 EEF1A lysine methyltransferase 4

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 15 43 28 56
disruptive 54 150 67 186
missense 24 113 50 145

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 18 95 32 64
disruptive 93 276 107 226
missense 44 196 90 161

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 188

Non-coding: 98 | Synonymous: 49 | Nonsynonymous: 41 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1010 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 120.659

UniProt ID(s): Q9U0J3

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.1

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR029063 S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily SSF53335 S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase

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