About Gene List

PF3D7_0815900 (aLipDH)

Genome location: Pf3D7_08_v3:743,266..745,505(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase, apicoplast

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: 1.8.1.4 (Dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Function GO:0004148 dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase activity
Function GO:0050660 flavin adenine dinucleotide binding
Function GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
Process GO:0006086 acetyl-CoA biosynthetic process from pyruvate
Process GO:0055114 oxidation-reduction 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 not expressed 0.02 0.99
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.09 0.95
Schizont possibly expressed 0.06 0.96
Gametocyte expressed 0.13 0.92

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0815900

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: -0.134 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1446900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.83 ± 0.08
  • Confidence: 6.55

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0714900)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2246

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IAZ6

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: FAD (flavin-adenine dinucleotide, Local RMSD=0.04) with 6UZI (Global RMSD=6.49)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
1.8.1.4 dihydrolipoyl dehydrogenase FADNAD+NADHPCMBNAD(P)+cyanidearseniteLipoamidepromazinefolic acidthioridazinePromethazine...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100523

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P09622

TM-align score: 0.89 | RMSD: 2.20

Seq Identity: 0.32 | Length: 474 / 666

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000091140 dihydrolipoamide dehydrogenase

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 14 21 11 44
disruptive 12 61 36 113
missense 12 60 36 109

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 19 47 32 54
disruptive 25 167 74 182
missense 22 150 61 122

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 47

Non-coding: 27 | Synonymous: 13 | Nonsynonymous: 7 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 666 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 75.587

UniProt ID(s): Q5VGY1, Q8IAZ6

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.54

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR004099 Pyridine nucleotide-disulphide oxidoreductase, dimerisation domain
InterPro IPR012999 Pyridine nucleotide-disulphide oxidoreductase, class I, active site
InterPro IPR016156 FAD/NAD-linked reductase, dimerisation domain superfamily
InterPro IPR023753 FAD/NAD(P)-binding domain
InterPro IPR036188 FAD/NAD(P)-binding domain superfamily
PFam PF02852 Pyridine nucleotide-disulphide oxidoreductase, dimerisation domain
PFam PF07992 FAD/NAD(P)-binding domain
Superfamily SSF51905 FAD/NAD(P)-binding domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF55424 FAD/NAD-linked reductase, dimerisation domain superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
15612914 The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum possesses two distinctdihydrolipoamide dehydrogenases. McMillan PJ, Stimmler LM, ..., Muller S 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04398.x
25387830 Biochemical and structural characterization of the apicoplast dihydrolipoamidedehydrogenase of Plasmodium falciparum Laine LM, Biddau M, Byron O, Muller S 10.1042/BSR20140150
30212465 Integrative proteomics and bioinformatic prediction enable a high-confidenceapicoplast proteome in malaria parasites. Boucher MJ, Ghosh S, ..., Yeh E 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005895