About Gene List

PF3D7_0627500 (DJ1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_06_v3:1,100,997..1,103,240(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: protein DJ-1

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0009986 cell surface
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0008233 peptidase activity
Function GO:0036524 protein deglycase activity
Process GO:0106046 guanine deglycation, glyoxal removal
Process GO:0036525 protein deglycation
Process GO:0036529 protein deglycation, glyoxal removal
Process GO:0006457 protein folding
Process GO:0009228 thiamine biosynthetic process

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite no data N/A N/A
Ring no data 0.23 0.89
Trophozoite no data 0.47 0.73
Schizont no data 0.04 0.97
Gametocyte no data 0.23 0.87

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0627500

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: 0.297 | MFS: -2.711 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1126200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.93 ± 0.08
  • Confidence: 6.33

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1126200)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3071

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C6KTB1

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ISN (isatin, Local RMSD=0.26) with 6AF9 (Global RMSD=2.09)

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q99497 Parkinson disease protein 7 HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST JYQ88JYQ88CHEMBL5172713CHEMBL406190...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101257

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q99497

TM-align score: 0.93 | RMSD: 1.11

Seq Identity: 0.35 | Length: 183 / 189

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000116288 Parkinsonism associated deglycase

Protein Information

Protein Length: 189 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 20.292

UniProt ID(s): C6KTB1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.3

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002818 DJ-1/PfpI
InterPro IPR006287 Protein/nucleic acid deglycase DJ-1
InterPro IPR029062 Class I glutamine amidotransferase-like
PFam PF01965 DJ-1/PfpI
Superfamily SSF52317 Class I glutamine amidotransferase-like

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 13 8 10
disruptive 2 2 2 12
missense 2 2 2 10

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 23 8 11
disruptive 4 11 11 34
missense 2 7 9 30

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 110

Non-coding: 106 | Synonymous: 2 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | 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
25091419 Genetic ablation of plasmoDJ1, a multi-activity enzyme, attenuates parasitevirulence and reduces oocyst production. Singhal N, Mastan BS, Kumar KA, Sijwali PS 10.1042/BJ20140051
27714937 PlasmoSEP: Predicting surface-exposed proteins on the malaria parasite usingsemisupervised self-training and expert-annotated data. El-Manzalawy Y, Munoz EE, Lindner SE, Honavar V 10.1002/pmic.201600249
29753659 A conserved human DJ1-subfamily motif (DJSM) is critical for anti-oxidative anddeglycase activities of Plasmodium falciparum DJ1. Nair DN, Prasad R, ..., Sijwali PS 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2018.05.003