About Gene List

PF3D7_0922200 (SAMS)

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:901,584..905,953(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: S-adenosylmethionine synthetase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.5.1.6 (Methionine adenosyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0009986 cell surface
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:1903561 extracellular vesicle
Component GO:0020020 food vacuole
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0004478 methionine adenosyltransferase activity
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Function GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity
Process GO:0006556 S-adenosylmethionine biosynthetic process
Process GO:0045454 cell redox homeostasis

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 0.54 0.74
Trophozoite expressed 1.26 0.41
Schizont expressed 0.84 0.56
Gametocyte expressed 0.34 0.81

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0922200

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: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.207 | MFS: -2.73 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0823100)

Modification: Mutated | RMgm-5315

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q7K6A4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: AMP (adenosine monophosphate, Local RMSD=0.10) with 5T8S (Global RMSD=1.33)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.5.1.6 methionine adenosyltransferase NOMnATPADPAMPGTPGDPCTPUTPGSHTTPEDTA...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P31153 S-adenosylmethionine synthase isoform type-2 OMA, OrthoDB US11084798, Cpd No 2US11084798, Cpd No 36US11084798, Cpd No 70US11084798, Cpd No 3...
B1LDF1 S-adenosylmethionine synthase Escherichia coli OMA FIDAS-3FIDAS-5
P18298 S-adenosylmethionine synthase isoform type-2 Rattus norvegicus OrthoDB Epoxy analogue, I(a)AMP.P[NH]P
P13444 S-adenosylmethionine synthase isoform type-1 Rattus norvegicus OrthoDB CHEMBL611854CHEMBL3706402CHEMBL611854CHEMBL3706402...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100388

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P31153

TM-align score: 0.97 | RMSD: 0.83

Seq Identity: 0.58 | Length: 388 / 402

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000151224 methionine adenosyltransferase 1A
ENSG00000168906 methionine adenosyltransferase 2A

Protein Information

Protein Length: 402 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 44.844

UniProt ID(s): Q7K6A4, Q9GN14

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.71

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002133 S-adenosylmethionine synthetase
InterPro IPR022628 S-adenosylmethionine synthetase, N-terminal
InterPro IPR022629 S-adenosylmethionine synthetase, central domain
InterPro IPR022630 S-adenosylmethionine synthetase, C-terminal
InterPro IPR022631 S-adenosylmethionine synthetase, conserved site
InterPro IPR022636 S-adenosylmethionine synthetase superfamily
PFam PF00438 S-adenosylmethionine synthetase, N-terminal
PFam PF02772 S-adenosylmethionine synthetase, central domain
PFam PF02773 S-adenosylmethionine synthetase, C-terminal
Superfamily SSF55973 S-adenosylmethionine synthetase superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 1
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 1 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 351

Non-coding: 332 | Synonymous: 19 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
10567242 Molecular characterization of Plasmodium falciparum S-adenosylmethioninesynthetase. Chiang PK, Chamberlin ME, ..., Chou JY https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10567242/
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
21136929 Food vacuole proteome of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Lamarque M, Tastet C, ..., Dubremetz JF 10.1002/prca.200700112
27466371 Characterization and redox regulation of Plasmodium falciparum methionineadenosyltransferase. Pretzel J, Gehr M, ..., Jortzik E 10.1093/jb/mvw045
27714937 PlasmoSEP: Predicting surface-exposed proteins on the malaria parasite usingsemisupervised self-training and expert-annotated data. El-Manzalawy Y, Munoz EE, Lindner SE, Honavar V 10.1002/pmic.201600249
28944300 Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from a Plasmodium falciparum Kenyanclinical isolate defines a core parasite secretome. Abdi A, Yu L, ..., Rayner J 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.11910.2
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
31631203 A network-based approach reveals novel invasion and Maurer's clefts-relatedproteins in Plasmodium falciparum. Das D, Krishnan SR, Roy A, Bulusu G 10.1039/c9mo00124g
32310999 Insights into the intracellular localization, protein associations andartemisinin resistance properties of Plasmodium falciparum K13. Gnadig NF, Stokes BH, ..., Fidock DA 10.1371/journal.ppat.1008482
38417836 A long noncoding RNA functions in pumpkin fruit development through S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase Tian J, Zhang F, ..., Li H 10.1093/plphys/kiae099
38361361 Mitochondrial S-adenosylmethionine deficiency induces mitochondrial unfolded protein response and extends lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans Chen TY, Wang FY, ..., Ching TT 10.1111/acel.14103