About Gene List

PF3D7_0618500 (MDH)

Genome location: Pf3D7_06_v3:774,491..776,051(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: malate dehydrogenase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 1.1.1.37 (Malate dehydrogenase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Function GO:0030060 L-malate dehydrogenase activity

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 0.02 0.99
Trophozoite expressed 0.08 0.94
Schizont expressed 0.10 0.92
Gametocyte expressed 0.29 0.82

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0618500

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: 0.12 | MFS: -2.827 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1117700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.86 ± 0.13
  • Confidence: 5.50

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1117700)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3024

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C6KT25

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: NAI (nadh, Local RMSD=0.19) with 4OKN (Global RMSD=2.58)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
1.1.1.37 malate dehydrogenase ATPADPCoAAMPNEMNAD+NADHEDTAcAMPDMSONADP+HgCl2...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q6VVP7 L-lactate dehydrogenase Plasmodium falciparum OMA, OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST Gossypol (C9)Oxamic acid derivative, 5Oxamic acid derivative, 7
P00338 L-lactate dehydrogenase A chain Homo sapiens OMA CHEMBL3318412CHEMBL3318415CHEMBL3318469CHEMBL3358863...
P06151 L-lactate dehydrogenase A chain OMA CHEMBL4081890CHEMBL4864519CHEMBL4873879CHEMBL4855986...
P40926 Malate dehydrogenase, mitochondrial Homo sapiens OrthoDB CHEMBL427092CHEMBL3359141CHEMBL3359147CHEMBL427092...
B9UDZ5 L-lactate dehydrogenase Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL BLAST Gossypol (C9)
Q27743 L-lactate dehydrogenase Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL BLAST Gossypol (C9)Oxamic acid derivative, 5Oxamic acid derivative, 6Oxamic acid derivative, 7...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101212

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P40926

TM-align score: 0.87 | RMSD: 1.88

Seq Identity: 0.24 | Length: 293 / 313

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000146701 malate dehydrogenase 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 313 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 34.041

UniProt ID(s): C6KT25, Q6VVP7

PDB ID(s): 5NFR

Isoelectric Point: 7.34

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001236 Lactate/malate dehydrogenase, N-terminal
InterPro IPR001557 L-lactate/malate dehydrogenase
InterPro IPR011275 Malate dehydrogenase, type 3
InterPro IPR015955 Lactate dehydrogenase/glycoside hydrolase, family 4, C-terminal
InterPro IPR022383 Lactate/malate dehydrogenase, C-terminal
InterPro IPR036291 NAD(P)-binding domain superfamily
PFam PF00056 Lactate/malate dehydrogenase, N-terminal
PFam PF02866 Lactate/malate dehydrogenase, C-terminal
Superfamily SSF51735 NAD(P)-binding domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF56327 Lactate dehydrogenase/glycoside hydrolase, family 4, C-terminal

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 12 9 28
disruptive 1 8 0 14
missense 1 8 0 13

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 30 13 28
disruptive 2 19 13 56
missense 2 14 7 43

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 90

Non-coding: 75 | Synonymous: 10 | Nonsynonymous: 5 | 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
14598170 Functional characterization of an alternative [lactate dehydrogenase-like] malatedehydrogenase in Plasmodium falciparum. Chan M, Sim TS 10.1007/s00436-003-0996-1
22684064 Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction of malate dehydrogenase fromPlasmodium falciparum. Wrenger C, Muller IB, ..., Groves MR 10.1107/S1744309112014571
38296006 Selenium yeast improve growth, serum biochemical indices, metabolic ability,antioxidant capacity and immunity in black carp Mylopharyngodnpiceus Zhang P, Zhang C, ..., Mi H 10.1016/j.fsi.2024.109414