About Gene List

PF3D7_0922600

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:915,914..918,790(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: glutamine synthetase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 6.3.1.2 (Glutamine synthetase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Function GO:0004356 glutamate-ammonia ligase activity

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.67 0.68
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.47 0.72
Schizont expressed 0.15 0.90
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.62 0.66

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0922600

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: -2.576 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0823500)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.95 ± 0.10
  • Confidence: 6.00

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0823500)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2402

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C0H551

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: PPQ (2-amino-4-(hydroxymethyl-phosphinyl)butanoic acid, Local RMSD=0.04) with 1FPY (Global RMSD=6.48)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
6.3.1.2 glutamine synthetase ATPADPAMPGDPCTPUTPUMPGlyITPAspAlaLeu...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P0A9C5 Glutamine synthetase Escherichia coli OMA, OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL536046CHEMBL536046CHEMBL535377CHEMBL535153...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100656

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q5TDP6

TM-align score: 0.74 | RMSD: 3.46

Seq Identity: 0.20 | Length: 423 / 543

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000146166 lengsin, lens protein with glutamine synthetase domain

Protein Information

Protein Length: 543 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 63.231

UniProt ID(s): C0H551

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.54

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR008146 Glutamine synthetase, catalytic domain
InterPro IPR008147 Glutamine synthetase, beta-Grasp domain
InterPro IPR014746 Glutamine synthetase/guanido kinase, catalytic domain
InterPro IPR027303 Glutamine synthetase, glycine-rich site
InterPro IPR036651 Glutamine synthetase, N-terminal domain superfamily
PFam PF00120 Glutamine synthetase, catalytic domain
PFam PF03951 Glutamine synthetase, beta-Grasp domain
Superfamily SSF54368 Glutamine synthetase, N-terminal domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF55931 Glutamine synthetase/guanido kinase, catalytic domain

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 31 11 24
disruptive 2 18 11 38
missense 2 18 10 35

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 11 61 17 24
disruptive 6 60 40 109
missense 5 46 30 58

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 115

Non-coding: 81 | Synonymous: 29 | Nonsynonymous: 5 | 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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104