About Gene List

PF3D7_0823600 (LipB)

Genome location: Pf3D7_08_v3:1,039,724..1,041,357(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: lipoate-protein ligase B

SignalP Peptide: MNKINLLVLISLTFIILLNP

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.3.1.181 (Lipoyl(octanoyl) transferase);6.3.1.20 (Lipoate--protein ligase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Function GO:0016979 lipoate-protein ligase activity
Process GO:0009107 lipoate biosynthetic process
Process GO:0009249 protein lipoylation

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 0.04 0.98
Trophozoite not expressed 0.06 0.96
Schizont not expressed 0.01 0.99
Gametocyte not expressed 0.04 0.97

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0823600

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: 1 | MFS: -0.194 | #Insertions: 5

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0707000)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.95 ± 0.12
  • Confidence: 5.59

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0707000)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2201

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IB70

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: LPA (lipoic acid, Local RMSD=7.00) with 5T8U (Global RMSD=12.33)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.3.1.181 lipoyl(octanoyl) transferase octanoyl-CoA
6.3.1.20 lipoate-protein ligase NSC68342NSC96317NSC164080NSC118483NSC118476NSC118473NSC227190NSC245342Decanoic acid8-thiooctanoate8-bromooctanoate6-seleno-octanoate

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101396

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A6NK58

TM-align score: 0.86 | RMSD: 2.74

Seq Identity: 0.18 | Length: 227 / 434

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000175536 lipoyl(octanoyl) transferase 2

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 38 8 24
disruptive 7 53 31 80
missense 7 52 30 80

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 13 53 14 30
disruptive 19 128 49 103
missense 14 116 41 79

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 57

Non-coding: 31 | Synonymous: 17 | Nonsynonymous: 9 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 434 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 51.638

UniProt ID(s): Q8IB70

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 10.1

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR020605 Octanoyltransferase, conserved site
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily SSF55681 N/A

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
15225307 The human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has distinct organelle-specificlipoylation pathways. Wrenger C, Muller S 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04112.x
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
33713652 Plasmodium falciparum LipB mutants display altered redox and carbon metabolism inasexual stages and cannot complete sporogony in Anopheles mosquitoes Biddau M, Santha Kumar TR, ..., Sheiner L 10.1016/j.ijpara.2020.10.011