About Gene List

PF3D7_0513300 (PNP)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:568,594..570,527(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: purine nucleoside phosphorylase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.4.2.1 (Purine-nucleoside phosphorylase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Function GO:0004731 purine-nucleoside phosphorylase activity
Process GO:0006148 inosine catabolic process
Process GO:0006152 purine nucleoside catabolic process
Process GO:0009410 response to xenobiotic stimulus

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.33 0.85
Trophozoite expressed 1.12 0.46
Schizont expressed 0.17 0.89
Gametocyte expressed 0.30 0.83

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0513300

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: 1 | MFS: -2.123 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1113000)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.10 ± 0.24
  • Confidence: 1.00

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PY17X_1114100)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-838

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8T9Z7

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: CYT (6-aminopyrimidin-2(1h)-one, Local RMSD=0.09) with 5EFO (Global RMSD=2.65)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.4.2.1 purine-nucleoside phosphorylase NEMPCMBEGTA7KPPHgCl2CuSO4AgNO3folateadenineInosineguaninechrysin...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q2HXR2 Purine nucleoside phosphorylase Toxoplasma gondii HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL438632
Q8T9Z7 Purine nucleoside phosphorylase Plasmodium falciparum OMA, OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST Azetidine based compound, 40Azetidine based compound, (+/-) 41Azetidine based compound, (+/-) 42DADMe-ImmH,7...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_107525

No human ortholog(s)

Protein Information

Protein Length: 245 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 26.858

UniProt ID(s): Q8I3X4, Q8T9Z7

PDB ID(s): 1NW4, 1Q1G, 1SQ6, 2BSX, 3ENZ, 3FOW, 3PHC, 6AQS, 6AQU, 8W7H

Isoelectric Point: 6.47

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000845 Nucleoside phosphorylase domain
InterPro IPR035994 Nucleoside phosphorylase superfamily
PFam PF01048 Nucleoside phosphorylase domain
Superfamily SSF53167 Nucleoside phosphorylase superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 10 11 13
disruptive 9 9 4 10
missense 9 9 4 10

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 25 11 18
disruptive 10 19 13 31
missense 10 19 10 23

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 78

Non-coding: 63 | Synonymous: 6 | Nonsynonymous: 9 | Stop Codon: 0

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
14982926 Plasmodium falciparum purine nucleoside phosphorylase: crystal structures,immucillin inhibitors, and dual catalytic function. Shi W, Ting LM, ..., Schramm VL 10.1074/jbc.C400068200
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
28523625 Identification of a novel putative inhibitor of the Plasmodium falciparum purinenucleoside phosphorylase: exploring the purine salvage pathway to design newantimalarial drugs. Kagami LP, das Neves GM, ..., Kawano DF 10.1007/s11030-017-9745-8
30602534 Identifying purine nucleoside phosphorylase as the target of quinine usingcellular thermal shift assay Dziekan JM, Yu H, ..., Nordlund P 10.1126/scitranslmed.aau3174