About Gene List

PF3D7_0512700 (OPRT)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:546,264..547,814(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: orotate phosphoribosyltransferase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.4.2.10 (Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0004588 orotate phosphoribosyltransferase activity
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Function GO:0046983 protein dimerization activity
Process GO:0006207 'de novo' pyrimidine nucleobase biosynthetic process
Process GO:0006221 pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthetic process
Process GO:0046132 pyrimidine ribonucleoside 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 expressed 0.28 0.86
Trophozoite expressed 0.70 0.64
Schizont expressed 0.06 0.97
Gametocyte expressed 0.33 0.81

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0512700

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: 0.214 | MFS: -3.229 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0507400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.30 ± 0.14
  • Confidence: 5.28

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1112400)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-1267

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I3Y0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: OMP (orotidine-5'-monophosphate, Local RMSD=0.45) with 2PRZ (Global RMSD=2.17)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.4.2.10 orotate phosphoribosyltransferase ATPADPUDPAMPUTPNEMUMPGMPIMPEDTAPCMBdUMP...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q8I3Y0 Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST OPRT inhibitor, 1 OPRT inhibitor, 2OPRT inhibitor, 3OPRT inhibitor, 4...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100519

Most Similar Human Ortholog: F2Z303

TM-align score: 0.78 | RMSD: 1.86

Seq Identity: 0.20 | Length: 65 / 281

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000114491 uridine monophosphate synthetase

Protein Information

Protein Length: 281 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 33.006

UniProt ID(s): Q8I3Y0, Q8N0R1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.19

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000836 Phosphoribosyltransferase domain
InterPro IPR023031 Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase
InterPro IPR029057 Phosphoribosyltransferase-like
PFam PF00156 Phosphoribosyltransferase domain
Superfamily SSF53271 Phosphoribosyltransferase-like

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 6 11 11
disruptive 9 21 9 31
missense 3 16 9 24

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 25 12 19
disruptive 14 46 19 57
missense 4 32 17 44

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 104

Non-coding: 70 | Synonymous: 25 | Nonsynonymous: 8 | Stop Codon: 1

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
15571277 Cloning and expression of malarial pyrimidine enzymes. Christopherson RI, Cinquin O, ..., Menz RI 10.1081/NCN-200027678
15683248 A novel enzyme complex of orotate phosphoribosyltransferase and orotidine5'-monophosphate decarboxylase in human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum:physical association, kinetics, and inhibition characterization. Krungkrai SR, DelFraino BJ, ..., Krungkrai J 10.1021/bi048439h
19800871 Kinetic benefits and thermal stability of orotate phosphoribosyltransferase andorotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase enzyme complex in human malaria parasitePlasmodium falciparum. Kanchanaphum P, Krungkrai J 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.09.128
23181666 Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Oehring SC, Woodcroft BJ, ..., Voss TS 10.1186/gb-2012-13-11-r108
24158442 Transition state analogues of Plasmodium falciparum and human orotatephosphoribosyltransferases. Zhang Y, Evans GB, ..., Schramm VL 10.1074/jbc.M113.521955
24507637 A unique insertion of low complexity amino acid sequence underliesprotein-protein interaction in human malaria parasite orotatephosphoribosyltransferase and orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase. Imprasittichail W, Roytrakul S, Krungkrai SR, Krungkrail J 10.1016/S1995-7645(14)60018-3
25945715 Structure of Plasmodium falciparum orotate phosphoribosyltransferase withautologous inhibitory protein-protein interactions. Kumar S, Krishnamoorthy K, Mudeppa DG, Rathod PK 10.1107/S2053230X1500549X