About Gene List

PF3D7_0823000 (VPS15)

Genome location: Pf3D7_08_v3:1,012,878..1,017,485(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: serine/threonine protein kinase VPS15, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:1903561 extracellular vesicle
Component GO:0005770 late endosome
Component GO:0071561 nucleus-vacuole junction
Component GO:0034271 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex, class III, type I
Component GO:0034272 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase complex, class III, type II
Function GO:0004674 protein serine/threonine kinase activity
Process GO:0030242 autophagy of peroxisome
Process GO:0045324 late endosome to vacuole transport
Process GO:0016236 macroautophagy
Process GO:0036092 phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate biosynthetic process
Process GO:0006468 protein phosphorylation
Process GO:0006623 protein targeting to vacuole

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 possibly expressed 0.15 0.92
Trophozoite expressed 0.31 0.81
Schizont expressed 0.18 0.87
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.45 0.74

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0823000

Resistome Missense Mutations: N742Y, N830K

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: BI-2536, MMV085203

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 3 (3 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.137 | MFS: -2.942 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0707600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.04 ± 0.05
  • Confidence: 7.28

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IB64

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ANP (phosphoaminophosphonic acid-adenylate ester, Local RMSD=0.13) with 4EQM (Global RMSD=6.77)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_532954

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 12 58 48 79
disruptive 78 227 114 277
missense 37 173 92 226

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 25 119 64 101
disruptive 152 465 189 391
missense 82 346 146 249

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 259

Non-coding: 88 | Synonymous: 99 | Nonsynonymous: 72 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1332 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 162.313

UniProt ID(s): Q8IB64

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.37

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR011009 Protein kinase-like domain superfamily
InterPro IPR016024 Armadillo-type fold
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily SSF48371 Armadillo-type fold
Superfamily SSF56112 Protein kinase-like domain superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
33608523 20S proteasomes secreted by the malaria parasite promote its growth. Dekel E, Yaffe D, ..., Regev-Rudzki N 10.1038/s41467-021-21344-8
36318587 A VPS15-like kinase regulates apicoplast biogenesis and autophagy by promotingPI3P generation in Toxoplasma gondii Rawat RS, Bansal P, Sharma P 10.1371/journal.ppat.1010922