About Gene List

PF3D7_0932300 (M18AAP)

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:1,288,799..1,291,543(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: M18 aspartyl aminopeptidase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 3.4.11.21 (Aspartyl aminopeptidase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0005634 nucleus

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 0.28 0.87
Trophozoite expressed 0.91 0.52
Schizont expressed 0.13 0.92
Gametocyte expressed 0.54 0.69

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0932300

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: -2.476 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0833100)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.99 ± 0.12
  • Confidence: 5.66

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0833100)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2455

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I2J3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: NHE (2-[n-cyclohexylamino]ethane sulfonic acid, Local RMSD=0.44) with 4NJQ (Global RMSD=1.78)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.4.11.21 aspartyl aminopeptidase SDSDTTE64EDTAEGTAPMSFDMSOL-GluL-AspethanolacetoneQuinine...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q8I2J3 M18 aspartyl aminopeptidase Plasmodium falciparum (isolate 3D7) HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST MLS000068216MLS000073496MLS000031579MLS000071546...
Q9ULA0 Aspartyl aminopeptidase Homo sapiens OMA CHEMBL309130CHEMBL143589CHEMBL140846CHEMBL142010

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102047

Most Similar Human Ortholog: E7EMB6

TM-align score: 0.95 | RMSD: 1.84

Seq Identity: 0.32 | Length: 405 / 570

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000123992 aspartyl aminopeptidase

Protein Information

Protein Length: 570 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 65.635

UniProt ID(s): Q8I2J3

PDB ID(s): 4EME

Isoelectric Point: 7.05

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001948 Peptidase M18
PFam PF02127 Peptidase M18
Superfamily SSF101821 N/A
Superfamily SSF53187

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 20 15 38
disruptive 6 30 15 47
missense 6 30 15 46

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 45 21 45
disruptive 11 60 34 89
missense 10 57 30 73

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 34

Non-coding: 22 | Synonymous: 8 | Nonsynonymous: 4 | 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
17895246 Roles for two aminopeptidases in vacuolar hemoglobin catabolism in Plasmodiumfalciparum. Dalal S, Klemba M 10.1074/jbc.M703643200
22709581 X-ray crystal structure and specificity of the Plasmodium falciparum malariaaminopeptidase PfM18AAP. Sivaraman KK, Oellig CA, ..., McGowan S 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.06.006
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
30929948 In silico study of M18 aspartyl amino peptidase (M18AAP) of Plasmodium vivax asan antimalarial drug target Rout S, Mahapatra RK 10.1016/j.bmc.2019.03.039
25869318 In silico prediction of anti-malarial hit molecules based on machine learningmethods Kumari M, Chandra S 10.1504/IJCBDD.2015.068783
27534744 3D QSAR, pharmacophore and molecular docking studies of known inhibitors anddesigning of novel inhibitors for M18 aspartyl aminopeptidase of Plasmodiumfalciparum Kumari M, Chandra S, Tiwari N, Subbarao N 10.1186/s12900-016-0063-7