About Gene List

PF3D7_0629300 (PL)

Genome location: Pf3D7_06_v3:1,204,859..1,208,175(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: phospholipase, putative

SignalP Peptide: MSSILLFFVVFQYLLISFS

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.3.1.43 (Phosphatidylcholine--sterol O-acyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0009986 cell surface
Component GO:0020005 symbiont-containing vacuole membrane
Function GO:0016787 hydrolase activity
Function GO:0016298 lipase activity
Function GO:0004607 phosphatidylcholine-sterol O-acyltransferase activity
Function GO:0004620 phospholipase activity
Function GO:0004806 triglyceride lipase activity
Process GO:0044409 entry into host
Process GO:0035891 exit from host cell
Process GO:0006629 lipid metabolic 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 0.08 0.96
Trophozoite no data 0.05 0.97
Schizont no data 0.41 0.82
Gametocyte no data 0.09 0.94

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0629300

Resistome Missense Mutations: None

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: None

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 1 (0 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.425 | MFS: -2.636 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1128100)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.97 ± 0.07
  • Confidence: 6.84

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1128100)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3082

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C6KTC8

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: MAY (mafp, Local RMSD=0.46) with 4X97 (Global RMSD=3.63)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.3.1.43 phosphatidylcholine-sterol O-acyltransferase DTNBcysteinecarnitinetunicamycinHaptoglobinTriton X-100lysolecithinsphingomyelinantibody 25B7Serum albumindithiothreitolchlorpromazine...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P04180 Phosphatidylcholine-sterol acyltransferase Homo sapiens OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST Difluoroketone phospholipid analogue, 2Difluoroketone phospholipid analogue, 3Difluoroketone phospholipid analogue, 4
A0A068N674 Pgap1 family protein OrthoMCL BLAST US10138240, Example 6US10138240, Example 6

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101376

Most Similar Human Ortholog: J3QKT0

TM-align score: 0.91 | RMSD: 1.59

Seq Identity: 0.35 | Length: 136 / 863

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000103066 phospholipase A2 group XV
ENSG00000213398 lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase

Protein Information

Protein Length: 863 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 99.231

UniProt ID(s): C6KTC8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.64

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR003386 Lecithin:cholesterol/phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase
InterPro IPR029058 Alpha/Beta hydrolase fold
PFam PF02450 Lecithin:cholesterol/phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase
Superfamily SSF53474 Alpha/Beta hydrolase fold

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 14 12 26
disruptive 17 25 18 45
missense 9 20 14 37

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 36 22 35
disruptive 31 56 35 122
missense 16 40 28 86

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 248

Non-coding: 51 | Synonymous: 90 | Nonsynonymous: 103 | Stop Codon: 4

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
15590623 A surface phospholipase is involved in the migration of plasmodium sporozoitesthrough cells. Bhanot P, Schauer K, Coppens I, Nussenzweig V 10.1074/jbc.M411465200
25786000 A Plasmodium phospholipase is involved in disruption of the liver stageparasitophorous vacuole membrane. Burda PC, Roelli MA, ..., Heussler VT 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004760