About Gene List

PF3D7_0906500

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:317,027..319,614(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: arginase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 3.5.3.1 (Arginase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Function GO:0004053 arginase activity
Function GO:0030145 manganese ion binding
Process GO:0019547 arginine catabolic process to ornithine
Process GO:0006525 arginine 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 0.53 0.73
Trophozoite expressed 0.27 0.84
Schizont possibly expressed 0.09 0.94
Gametocyte expressed 0.49 0.72

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0906500

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: -1.391 | #Insertions: 3

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not tested (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0414800)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4179

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I384

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: AG2 ((4-aminobutyl)guanidine, Local RMSD=0.10) with 7LOL (Global RMSD=6.26)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.5.3.1 arginase BRENDA SOAP query unsuccessful

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P05089 Arginase-1 Homo sapiens HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoDB US11389464, Example 1US11389464, Example 3US11389464, Example 4US11389464, Example 5...
Q2KJ64 Arginase-1 Bos taurus HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoDB CHEMBL1234777
Q6WVP6 Arginase HOGENOM, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL 2(S)-amino-6-boronohexanoic acid (ABH)N-hydroxy-L-arginine (NOHA)
P07824 Arginase-1 HOGENOM, OrthoDB CHEMBL1234777CHEMBL1812661CHEMBL4244287CHEMBL1234777
Q61176 Arginase-1 HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoDB CHEMBL4639162
P78540 Arginase-2, mitochondrial Homo sapiens OrthoDB US11389464, Example 1US11389464, Example 3US11389464, Example 4US11389464, Example 5...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102008

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P05089

TM-align score: 0.91 | RMSD: 1.69

Seq Identity: 0.32 | Length: 305 / 411

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000081181 arginase 2
ENSG00000118520 arginase 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 411 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 46.493

UniProt ID(s): Q8I384, Q8WPZ7

PDB ID(s): 3MMR, 3SL0, 3SL1

Isoelectric Point: 5.63

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR006035 Ureohydrolase
InterPro IPR023696 Ureohydrolase domain superfamily
PFam PF00491 Ureohydrolase
Superfamily SSF52768 Ureohydrolase domain superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 22 9 42
disruptive 11 39 24 44
missense 10 35 21 35

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 56 22 27
disruptive 28 84 35 116
missense 22 64 24 69

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 202

Non-coding: 159 | Synonymous: 33 | Nonsynonymous: 10 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095
15843155 Structural metal dependency of the arginase from the human malaria parasitePlasmodium falciparum. Muller IB, Walter RD, Wrenger C 10.1515/BC.2005.015
20527960 Crystal structure of arginase from Plasmodium falciparum and implications forL-arginine depletion in malarial infection . Dowling DP, Ilies M, ..., Christianson DW 10.1021/bi100390z