About Gene List

PF3D7_0412300

Genome location: Pf3D7_04_v3:543,378..545,746(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: phosphopantothenoylcysteine synthetase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 6.3.2.5 (Phosphopantothenate--cysteine ligase (CTP))

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0004632 phosphopantothenate--cysteine ligase activity
Process GO:0015937 coenzyme A biosynthetic 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 0.04 0.98
Trophozoite not expressed 0.24 0.85
Schizont not expressed 0.15 0.91
Gametocyte not expressed 0.15 0.91

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0412300

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: 0.98 | MFS: -2.835 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0613600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.96 ± 0.11
  • Confidence: 5.72

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q9U0G7

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ANP (phosphoaminophosphonic acid-adenylate ester, Local RMSD=0.24) with 7EDZ (Global RMSD=3.73)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
6.3.2.5 phosphopantothenate-cysteine ligase (CTP) ATPAMPGTPCTPUTPKClCMPEDTAL-Cysphosphate

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102247

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9HAB8

TM-align score: 0.85 | RMSD: 2.36

Seq Identity: 0.26 | Length: 289 / 540

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000127125 phosphopantothenoylcysteine synthetase

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 12 8 14
disruptive 22 49 23 85
missense 22 47 23 66

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 22 10 22
disruptive 28 114 54 134
missense 27 91 39 68

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 146

Non-coding: 89 | Synonymous: 32 | Nonsynonymous: 23 | Stop Codon: 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 540 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 64.968

UniProt ID(s): Q9U0G7

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.32

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR007085 DNA/pantothenate metabolism flavoprotein, C-terminal
InterPro IPR035929 CoaB-like superfamily
PFam PF04127 DNA/pantothenate metabolism flavoprotein, C-terminal
Superfamily SSF102645 CoaB-like 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