About Gene List

PF3D7_0717500 (CDPK4)

Genome location: Pf3D7_07_v3:755,098..758,456(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: calcium-dependent protein kinase 4

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.7.11.1 (Non-specific serine/threonine protein kinase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0042555 MCM complex
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0005509 calcium ion binding
Function GO:0009931 calcium-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity
Function GO:0004723 calcium-dependent protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity
Function GO:0005516 calmodulin binding
Function GO:0003824 catalytic activity
Process GO:0006260 DNA replication
Process GO:0035556 intracellular signal transduction
Process GO:0090307 mitotic spindle assembly
Process GO:0018105 peptidyl-serine phosphorylation
Process GO:0036388 pre-replicative complex assembly
Process GO:0046777 protein autophosphorylation
Process GO:0006468 protein phosphorylation

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 0.20 0.90
Trophozoite expressed 0.45 0.74
Schizont expressed 1.66 0.25
Gametocyte expressed 0.68 0.66

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0717500

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: 0.999 | MFS: -2.794 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0615200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.86 ± 0.06
  • Confidence: 7.05

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not tested (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0615200)

Modification: Mutated | RMgm-4868

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IBS5

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: PGO (s-1,2-propanediol, Local RMSD=0.03) with 2VZ6 (Global RMSD=1.79)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.7.11.1 non-specific serine/threonine protein kinase ATPKClDTTP53DRBEDTATBCAKN-93K252aCKI-7LAALSTAACS...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q8IBS5 Calcium-dependent protein kinase 4 Plasmodium falciparum (isolate 3D7) HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL2069957CHEMBL2070050CHEMBL2070050CHEMBL2070081
A3FQ16 Calmodulin-domain protein kinase 1, putative OMA, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL2069954CHEMBL1784959CHEMBL1784960CHEMBL1784961...
A0A7S7LIM2 Uncharacterized protein OMA, OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL3108912CHEMBL2069957CHEMBL3108913CHEMBL2070049...
Q5CTY5 Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase with a kinas domain and 4 calmodulin-like EF hands OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL2069954CHEMBL1784959CHEMBL1784960CHEMBL1784961...
P62343 Calcium-dependent protein kinase 1 Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL BLAST Purfalcamine, 1CID24762167CID24762168CID24762169...
A0A0F7UUA6 CAM kinase, CDPK family TgCDPK1 OrthoMCL BLAST US10632122, Example 1US10632122, Example 2US10632122, Example 3US10632122, Example 4...
Q9BJF5 Calmodulin-domain protein kinase 1 OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL3108912CHEMBL2069957CHEMBL3108913CHEMBL2070049...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100515

Most Similar Human Ortholog: E9PBE8

TM-align score: 0.80 | RMSD: 2.15

Seq Identity: 0.38 | Length: 150 / 528

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000058404 calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II beta
ENSG00000070808 calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II alpha
ENSG00000145349 calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II delta
ENSG00000148660 calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II gamma

Protein Information

Protein Length: 528 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 60.78

UniProt ID(s): Q8IBS5

PDB ID(s): 4QOX, 4RGJ

Isoelectric Point: 6.93

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000719 Protein kinase domain
InterPro IPR002048 EF-hand domain
InterPro IPR008271 Serine/threonine-protein kinase, active site
InterPro IPR011009 Protein kinase-like domain superfamily
InterPro IPR011992 EF-hand domain pair
InterPro IPR017441 Protein kinase, ATP binding site
InterPro IPR018247 EF-Hand 1, calcium-binding site
PFam PF00069 Protein kinase domain
PFam PF13499 EF-hand domain
Superfamily SSF47473 EF-hand domain pair
Superfamily SSF56112 Protein kinase-like domain superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 17 9 33
disruptive 1 6 6 14
missense 1 6 6 9

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 56 28 35
disruptive 5 21 16 60
missense 1 14 9 43

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 217

Non-coding: 187 | Synonymous: 27 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095
12368870 Analysis of the Plasmodium falciparum proteome by high-accuracy massspectrometry. Lasonder E, Ishihama Y, ..., Mann M 10.1038/nature01111
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
16313614 An atypical mitogen-activated protein kinase controls cytokinesis and flagellarmotility during male gamete formation in a malaria parasite. Tewari R, Dorin D, ..., Billker O 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04793.x
18768477 The motor complex of Plasmodium falciparum: phosphorylation by acalcium-dependent protein kinase. Green JL, Rees-Channer RR, ..., Holder AA 10.1074/jbc.M803129200
19307175 Dissection of mechanisms involved in the regulation of Plasmodium falciparumcalcium-dependent protein kinase 4. Ranjan R, Ahmed A, Gourinath S, Sharma P 10.1074/jbc.M900656200
19666141 Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum calcium-dependent protein kinase 4. Kato K, Sudo A, ..., Akashi H 10.1016/j.parint.2009.08.001
28481199 Multiple short windows of calcium-dependent protein kinase 4 activity coordinatedistinct cell cycle events during Plasmodium gametogenesis Fang H, Klages N, ..., Brochet M 10.7554/eLife.26524
33612795 Plasmodium falciparum protein kinase as a potential therapeutic target forantimalarial drugs development Mahmud F, Lee PC, ..., Lai NS 10.47665/tb.37.3.822
26499803 Evaluation of the basic functions of six calcium-dependent protein kinases inToxoplasma gondii using CRISPR-Cas9 system Wang JL, Huang SY, ..., Zhu XQ 10.1007/s00436-015-4791-6
33549149 Bioinformatics analysis of calcium-dependent protein kinase 4 (CDPK4) asToxoplasma gondii vaccine target Foroutan M, Ghaffari AD, ..., Sabaghan M 10.1186/s13104-021-05467-1
31824917 Integrative Multi-Kinase Approach for the Identification of Potent AntiplasmodialHits Lima MNN, Cassiano GC, ..., Andrade CH 10.3389/fchem.2019.00773
30409996 Inducing controlled cell cycle arrest and re-entry during asexual proliferationof Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites van Biljon R, Niemand J, ..., Birkholtz LM 10.1038/s41598-018-34964-w
24123773 A specific inhibitor of PfCDPK4 blocks malaria transmission: chemical-geneticvalidation Ojo KK, Eastman RT, ..., Van Voorhis WC 10.1093/infdis/jit522
29141230 Sub-minute Phosphoregulation of Cell Cycle Systems during Plasmodium GameteFormation Invergo BM, Brochet M, ..., Billker O 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.10.071
26934697 Biochemical Screening of Five Protein Kinases from Plasmodium falciparum against14,000 Cell-Active Compounds Crowther GJ, Hillesland HK, ..., Ojo KK 10.1371/journal.pone.0149996
27425827 Invasion of hepatocytes by Plasmodium sporozoites requires cGMP-dependent proteinkinase and calcium dependent protein kinase 4 Govindasamy K, Jebiwott S, ..., Bhanot P 10.1111/mmi.13466
32866196 Overlapping and distinct roles of CDPK family members in the pre-erythrocyticstages of the rodent malaria parasite, Plasmodium berghei Govindasamy K, Bhanot P 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008131
30315162 Epistasis studies reveal redundancy among calcium-dependent protein kinases inmotility and invasion of malaria parasites Fang H, Gomes AR, ..., Brochet M 10.1038/s41467-018-06733-w
26222913 Global expression profiling reveals shared and distinct transcript signatures inarrested act2(-) and CDPK4(-) Plasmodium berghei gametocytes Andreadaki M, Mollenkopf HJ, ..., Siden-Kiamos I 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2015.07.001
34724830 Plasmodium falciparum Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase 4 is Critical for MaleGametogenesis and Transmission to the Mosquito Vector Kumar S, Haile MT, ..., Swearingen KE 10.1128/mBio.02575-21
37535401 Plasmodium microtubule-binding protein EB1 is critical for partitioning of nucleiin male gametogenesis Mauer S, Camargo N, ..., Kumar S 10.1128/mbio.00822-23
38127294 Structure-based virtual screening against multiple Plasmodium falciparum kinasesreveals antimalarial compounds Godara P, Reddy KS, ..., Prusty D 10.1007/s11030-023-10770-z