About Gene List

PF3D7_0607300 (UROD)

Genome location: Pf3D7_06_v3:304,088..306,392(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 2

EC Numbers: 4.1.1.37 (Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Function GO:0004853 uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase activity
Process GO:0006783 heme 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 0.02 0.99
Trophozoite expressed 0.14 0.92
Schizont possibly expressed 0.02 0.99
Gametocyte expressed 0.39 0.77

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0607300

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: 0.998 | MFS: -2.261 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0105900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.77 ± 0.26
  • Confidence: 4.09

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0105900)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-1629

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C6KSS1

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: BU2 (1,3-butanediol, Local RMSD=0.87) with 4W50 (Global RMSD=13.62)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
4.1.1.37 uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase O2KClNEMSDSPCMBPI-16oleateHaeminethanolacetonemethanollinolate...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100829

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A494BZY8

TM-align score: 0.93 | RMSD: 1.61

Seq Identity: 0.32 | Length: 281 / 413

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000126088 uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 16 7 26
disruptive 2 19 20 56
missense 2 19 19 45

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 33 25 33
disruptive 5 59 41 103
missense 3 48 33 76

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 141

Non-coding: 112 | Synonymous: 22 | Nonsynonymous: 7 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 413 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 48.833

UniProt ID(s): A8CBI1, C6KSS1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.91

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000257 Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (URO-D)
InterPro IPR006361 Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase HemE
InterPro IPR038071 UROD/MetE-like superfamily
PFam PF01208 Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (URO-D)
Superfamily SSF51726 UROD/MetE-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
19041871 Localisation of Plasmodium falciparum uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase of theheme-biosynthetic pathway in the apicoplast and characterisation of its catalyticproperties. Nagaraj VA, Arumugam R, ..., Padmanaban G 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.10.011
30212465 Integrative proteomics and bioinformatic prediction enable a high-confidenceapicoplast proteome in malaria parasites. Boucher MJ, Ghosh S, ..., Yeh E 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005895