About Gene List

PF3D7_0621200 (PDX1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_06_v3:871,089..873,059(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: pyridoxine biosynthesis protein PDX1

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 4.3.3.6 (Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate synthase (glutamine hydrolyzing))

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:1903561 extracellular vesicle
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0016843 amine-lyase activity
Function GO:0003824 catalytic activity
Function GO:0004359 glutaminase activity
Function GO:0042802 identical protein binding
Process GO:0006520 cellular amino acid metabolic process
Process GO:0042823 pyridoxal phosphate biosynthetic process
Process GO:0008615 pyridoxine biosynthetic process
Process GO:0000304 response to singlet oxygen
Process GO:0042819 vitamin B6 biosynthetic process

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.64 0.72
Trophozoite expressed 1.06 0.55
Schizont expressed 0.10 0.95
Gametocyte expressed 0.59 0.68

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0621200

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: 0.919 | MFS: -2.67 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1120200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.91 ± 0.17
  • Confidence: 4.98

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1120200)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3035

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C6KT50

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: PLP (pyridoxal-5'-phosphate, Local RMSD=0.04) with 5LNR (Global RMSD=0.99)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
4.3.3.6 pyridoxal 5'-phosphate synthase (glutamine hydrolysing) acivicinD-erythroseD-erythronhydrazideD-erythrose 4-phosphate2-deoxy-D-ribose 5-phosphate4-phospho-D-erythronhydrazide

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102840

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 13 7 20
disruptive 0 9 7 13
missense 0 9 7 11

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 25 16 20
disruptive 4 23 15 50
missense 3 20 13 39

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 101

Non-coding: 94 | Synonymous: 5 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 301 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 33.013

UniProt ID(s): C6KT50

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.16

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001852 Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate synthase subunit PdxS/SNZ
InterPro IPR011060 Ribulose-phosphate binding barrel
InterPro IPR033755 PdxS/SNZ N-terminal domain
PFam PF01680 PdxS/SNZ N-terminal domain
Superfamily SSF51366 Ribulose-phosphate binding barrel

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
15590634 Analysis of the vitamin B6 biosynthesis pathway in the human malaria parasitePlasmodium falciparum. Wrenger C, Eschbach ML, ..., Walter RD 10.1074/jbc.M412475200
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
28944300 Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from a Plasmodium falciparum Kenyanclinical isolate defines a core parasite secretome. Abdi A, Yu L, ..., Rayner J 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.11910.2
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596