About Gene List

PF3D7_0702200 (LPL20)

Genome location: Pf3D7_07_v3:91,731..95,602(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: lysophospholipase LPL20

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 3.1.1.5 (Lysophospholipase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0071944 cell periphery
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Component GO:0031982 vesicle
Function GO:0016787 hydrolase activity
Function GO:0016298 lipase activity
Function GO:0004622 lysophospholipase activity
Process GO:0046475 glycerophospholipid catabolic process
Process GO:0006644 phospholipid metabolic process

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite not expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.50 0.77
Trophozoite expressed 0.07 0.96
Schizont expressed 0.05 0.97
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.03 0.98

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0702200

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: 1 | MFS: -0.889 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1220300)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.09 ± 0.18
  • Confidence: 4.84

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IC45

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.1.1.5 lysophospholipase NEMSDSEDTAPCMBEGTAPMSFDMSOCaCl2FeCl3xyleneethanolsulfite...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100231

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A3B3ITT3

TM-align score: 0.86 | RMSD: 1.95

Seq Identity: 0.21 | Length: 242 / 424

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000074416 monoglyceride lipase

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 1 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 0 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 186

Non-coding: 154 | Synonymous: 26 | Nonsynonymous: 4 | Stop Codon: 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 424 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 49.243

UniProt ID(s): Q8IC45

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.03

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR006494 Plasmodium subtelomeric PST-A
InterPro IPR022742 Serine aminopeptidase, S33
InterPro IPR029058 Alpha/Beta hydrolase fold
PFam PF12146 Serine aminopeptidase, S33
Superfamily SSF53474 Alpha/Beta hydrolase fold

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
34133721 GlmS mediated knock-down of a phospholipase expedite alternate pathway togenerate phosphocholine required for phosphatidylcholine synthesis in Plasmodiumfalciparum. Sheokand PK, Narwal M, Thakur V, Mohmmed A 10.1042/BCJ20200549