About Gene List

PF3D7_0802000 (GDH3)

Genome location: Pf3D7_08_v3:145,632..151,659(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: glutamate dehydrogenase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 1.4.1.2 (Glutamate dehydrogenase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0004352 glutamate dehydrogenase (NAD+) activity
Process GO:0006538 glutamate catabolic process
Process GO:0006536 glutamate metabolic process

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 0.50 0.77
Trophozoite expressed 1.58 0.29
Schizont expressed 0.52 0.70
Gametocyte expressed 0.52 0.72

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0802000

Resistome Missense Mutations: K64Q, D200Y

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: MMV006901, MMV407834, OSM-S-106

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 16 (16 missense, 16 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.956 | MFS: -2.853 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1228200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.96 ± 0.17
  • Confidence: 4.93

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1228200)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4271

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IAM0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: NAD (nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide, Local RMSD=1.50) with 8OWM (Global RMSD=4.46)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
1.4.1.2 glutamate dehydrogenase ATPADPAMPGTPGDPKClCMPKCNNAD+NADHEDTANH4+...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_106160

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 13 70 39 95
disruptive 16 63 45 122
missense 14 62 42 104

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 24 143 68 117
disruptive 27 160 99 261
missense 21 130 79 198

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 249

Non-coding: 207 | Synonymous: 27 | Nonsynonymous: 15 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1397 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 160.425

UniProt ID(s): Q8IAM0, Q9NGT0

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.72

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR006096 Glutamate/phenylalanine/leucine/valine dehydrogenase, C-terminal
InterPro IPR036291 NAD(P)-binding domain superfamily
PFam PF00208 Glutamate/phenylalanine/leucine/valine dehydrogenase, C-terminal
Superfamily SSF51735 NAD(P)-binding domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF53223

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
22342964 Biochemical and structural characterization of Plasmodium falciparum glutamatedehydrogenase 2. Zocher K, Fritz-Wolf K, ..., Becker K 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.01.007
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
24490132 Ebselen induces reactive oxygen species (ROS)-mediated cytotoxicity inSaccharomyces cerevisiae with inhibition of glutamate dehydrogenase being atarget Azad GK, Singh V, ..., Tomar RS 10.1016/j.fob.2014.01.002
23105103 Involvement of GDH3-encoded NADP+-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase in yeast cellresistance to stress-induced apoptosis in stationary phase cells Lee YJ, Kim KJ, ..., Maeng PJ 10.1074/jbc.M112.375360
27864882 Diversification of the kinetic properties of yeast NADP-glutamate-dehydrogenaseisozymes proceeds independently of their evolutionary origin Campero-Basaldua C, Quezada H, ..., Gonzalez A 10.1002/mbo3.419
22068328 Mapping the interaction of Snf1 with TORC1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Zhang J, Vaga S, ..., Nielsen J 10.1038/msb.2011.80
31376105 The NADP(+)-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase Gdh1 is subjected to glucosestarvation-induced reversible aggregation that affects stress resistance inyeast Lee WH, Oh JY, Maeng PJ 10.1007/s12275-019-9065-z
21242068 (1)(3)C-metabolic enrichment of glutamate in glutamate dehydrogenase mutants ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae Tang Y, Sieg A, Trotter PJ 10.1016/j.micres.2010.10.004
30384856 The pleiotropic effects of the glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) pathway inSaccharomyces cerevisiae Mara P, Fragiadakis GS, Gkountromichos F, Alexandraki D 10.1186/s12934-018-1018-4