About Gene List

PF3D7_0805700 (FIKK8)

Genome location: Pf3D7_08_v3:313,371..319,794(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: serine/threonine protein kinase, FIKK family

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:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0004674 protein serine/threonine kinase activity
Process GO:0035556 intracellular signal transduction
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 no data N/A N/A
Ring no data 0.08 0.96
Trophozoite no data 0.67 0.65
Schizont no data 1.21 0.45
Gametocyte no data 0.34 0.80

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0805700

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: 0.998 | MFS: -2.681 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1225000)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.30 ± 0.11
  • Confidence: 5.77

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1225000)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3295

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C0H4R8

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: IPH (phenol, Local RMSD=0.05) with 6Q7S (Global RMSD=8.26)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

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

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_111291

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 67 29 60
disruptive 45 170 72 181
missense 19 130 56 149

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 22 111 49 82
disruptive 84 302 167 340
missense 40 226 142 236

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 381

Non-coding: 223 | Synonymous: 111 | Nonsynonymous: 47 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1457 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 171.805

UniProt ID(s): C0H4R8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.42

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000719 Protein kinase domain
InterPro IPR008266 Tyrosine-protein kinase, active site
InterPro IPR011009 Protein kinase-like domain superfamily
PFam PF00069 Protein kinase domain
Superfamily SSF56112 Protein kinase-like domain superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
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
26112892 Biochemical characterization of FIKK8--A unique protein kinase from the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum and other apicomplexans. Osman KT, Lou HJ, ..., Hui R 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2015.06.002
32284562 An exported kinase family mediates species-specific erythrocyte remodelling andvirulence in human malaria Davies H, Belda H, ..., Treeck M 10.1038/s41564-020-0702-4