About Gene List

PF3D7_0608000 (DPH7)

Genome location: Pf3D7_06_v3:335,107..337,484(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: diphthine methyltransferase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 3.1.1.97 (Methylated diphthine methylhydrolase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005768 endosome
Function GO:0032451 demethylase activity
Process GO:0070988 demethylation

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 0.11 0.95
Trophozoite expressed 0.42 0.75
Schizont expressed 0.11 0.93
Gametocyte expressed 0.35 0.79

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0608000

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: 0.429 | MFS: -2.733 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0106600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.82 ± 0.14
  • Confidence: 5.27

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0106600)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-1635

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C6KSS8

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: SIW (keggin (sta), Local RMSD=0.08) with 6Y7O (Global RMSD=3.41)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.1.1.97 methylated diphthine methylhydrolase No BRENDA inhibitors

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_103086

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9BTV6

TM-align score: 0.85 | RMSD: 2.43

Seq Identity: 0.25 | Length: 320 / 345

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000148399 diphthamide biosynthesis 7

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 23 12 26
disruptive 8 28 19 50
missense 8 27 18 48

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 41 19 27
disruptive 15 56 46 75
missense 11 49 42 57

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 155

Non-coding: 137 | Synonymous: 12 | Nonsynonymous: 6 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 345 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 40.19

UniProt ID(s): C6KSS8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.25

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001680 WD40 repeat
InterPro IPR036322 WD40-repeat-containing domain superfamily
PFam PF00400 WD40 repeat
Superfamily SSF50978 WD40-repeat-containing domain 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
23468660 The amidation step of diphthamide biosynthesis in yeast requires DPH6, a geneidentified through mining the DPH1-DPH5 interaction network Uthman S, Bar C, ..., Schaffrath R 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003334
25352115 The diphthamide modification pathway from Saccharomyces cerevisiae--revisited Schaffrath R, Abdel-Fattah W, Klassen R, Stark MJ 10.1111/mmi.12845
30335802 Importance of diphthamide modified EF2 for translational accuracy and competitivecell growth in yeast Hawer H, Utkur K, ..., Schaffrath R 10.1371/journal.pone.0205870
37675463 DPH1 and DPH2 variants that confer susceptibility to diphthamide deficiencysyndrome in human cells and yeast models Utkur K, Mayer K, ..., Brinkmann U 10.1242/dmm.050207
37662670 Yeast gene KTI13 (alias DPH8) operates in the initiation step of diphthamidesynthesis on elongation factor 2 Arend M, Utkur K, ..., Schaffrath R 10.15698/mic2023.09.804