About Gene List

PF3D7_0934800 (PKAc)

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:1,360,721..1,364,051(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.7.11.11 (cAMP-dependent protein kinase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005952 cAMP-dependent protein kinase complex
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0004691 cAMP-dependent protein kinase activity
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0030154 cell differentiation
Process GO:0044409 entry into host
Process GO:0018105 peptidyl-serine phosphorylation
Process GO:0007165 signal transduction

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 possibly expressed 0.08 0.96
Trophozoite expressed 0.16 0.90
Schizont expressed 2.21 0.14
Gametocyte expressed 0.11 0.93

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0934800

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: 0.202 | MFS: -2.607 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0835600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.07 ± 0.10
  • Confidence: 5.90

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PY17X_0839000)

Modification: Mutated | RMgm-5084

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q7K6A0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: NTN (isonicotinamidine, Local RMSD=0.12) with 6ZN0 (Global RMSD=1.03)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.7.11.11 cAMP-dependent protein kinase ADPH89PKIIP20KN-93KT5720HA1077U-73122KT-5720Rp-cAMPnaproxenimatinib...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q86UX6 Serine/threonine-protein kinase 32C Homo sapiens HOGENOM Staurosporine, 8Staurosporine, 8
Q05513 Protein kinase C zeta type Homo sapiens HOGENOM Acyclic Balanol Analog (-)-1pyridine-base inhibitor 1bStaurosporine, 8pyridine-base inhibitor 13a...
P68182 cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit beta Rattus HOGENOM, OrthoDB CAS_140663-38-3HT-89 (H-89)Fasudil (HA-1077)
P05132 cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha Mus musculus HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoDB Fasudil (HA-1077)HydroxyfasudilH-1152PHT-89 (H-89)...
P00517 cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha Bos taurus HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoDB Bisindolylmaleimide deriv. 28Bisindolylmaleimide deriv. 5Bisindolylmaleimide deriv. 8Bisindolyl deriv. 10...
P22694 cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit beta Homo sapiens HOGENOM, OrthoDB Staurosporine, 8Staurosporine, 8Staurosporine, 8
P23443 Ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta-1 Homo sapiens HOGENOM US8637532, 2US8637532, 3US8637532, 5US8637532, 6...
P51817 cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit PRKX Homo sapiens HOGENOM, OrthoDB CHEMBL1667967CHEMBL1667963Staurosporine, 8Staurosporine, 8...
Q9NY57 Serine/threonine-protein kinase 32B Homo sapiens HOGENOM Staurosporine, 8Staurosporine, 8
Q9UBS0 Ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta-2 Homo sapiens HOGENOM CHEMBL364499CHEMBL193162CHEMBL193172CHEMBL193232...
P22612 cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit gamma HOGENOM, OrthoDB Staurosporine, 8UCN-01Staurosporine, 8UCN-01...
O14578 Citron Rho-interacting kinase Homo sapiens HOGENOM CHEBI:90705CHEMBL4248525CHEMBL4245242CHEMBL4249925...
O00141 Serine/threonine-protein kinase Sgk1 Homo sapiens HOGENOM Indirubin-3 -monoximeUS9174993, 1US9174993, 2US9174993, 3...
P17612 cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit alpha Homo sapiens OMA, OrthoDB Debromohymenialdisine (DBH)pyridine-thiazole, 1pyridine-phenyl, 2pyrazole-phenyl, 3...
Q95J97 cAMP-dependent protein kinase Oryctolagus cuniculus OrthoDB 4'',6''-Dideoxybalanol, 65'-Deoxybalanol, 7CHEMBL19369714''-Decarboxybalanol hydrochloride, 5...
Q13976 cGMP-dependent protein kinase 1 Homo sapiens OrthoDB CAS_140663-38-3HT-89 (H-89)Fasudil (HA-1077)H-88...
Q13237 cGMP-dependent protein kinase 2 Homo sapiens OrthoDB Cyclic GMP analogs8-Br-cGMPCyclic GMP analogsPET-cGMP...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100326

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A7I2V5J4

TM-align score: 0.97 | RMSD: 1.35

Seq Identity: 0.48 | Length: 293 / 342

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000072062 protein kinase cAMP-activated catalytic subunit alpha
ENSG00000142875 protein kinase cAMP-activated catalytic subunit beta
ENSG00000165059 protein kinase cAMP-activated catalytic subunit gamma
ENSG00000183943 protein kinase X-linked
ENSG00000288516 protein kinase cAMP-activated catalytic subunit alpha

Protein Information

Protein Length: 342 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 40.196

UniProt ID(s): O15906, O44020, Q7K6A0

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.08

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000719 Protein kinase domain
InterPro IPR000961 AGC-kinase, C-terminal
InterPro IPR008271 Serine/threonine-protein kinase, active site
InterPro IPR011009 Protein kinase-like domain superfamily
InterPro IPR017441 Protein kinase, ATP binding site
PFam PF00069 Protein kinase domain
Superfamily SSF56112 Protein kinase-like domain superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 18 7 27
disruptive 1 5 2 10
missense 1 5 2 8

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 36 12 23
disruptive 2 12 13 45
missense 2 7 10 24

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 202

Non-coding: 198 | Synonymous: 4 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
10960174 Isolation and characterisation of a cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalyticsubunit gene from Plasmodium falciparum. Li J, Cox LS 10.1016/s0166-6851(00)00242-5
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095
22188458 Construction of a Plasmodium falciparum Rab-interactome identifies CK1 and PKA asRab-effector kinases in malaria parasites. Rached FB, Ndjembo-Ezougou C, ..., Langsley G 10.1111/boc.201100081
23181666 Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Oehring SC, Woodcroft BJ, ..., Voss TS 10.1186/gb-2012-13-11-r108
31594816 Protein Kinase A Is Essential for Invasion of Plasmodium falciparum into Human Erythrocytes Wilde ML, Triglia T, ..., Tonkin CJ 10.1128/mBio.01972-19
38030378 Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) activation is associated with increased cAMP/PKAsignaling in castrate-resistant prostate cancer Bennett L, Jaiswal PK, ..., Conzen SD 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-22-0479
37214942 GRK2 Kinases in the Primary Cilium Initiate SMOOTHENED-PKA Signaling in the Hedgehog Cascade Walker MF, Zhang J, ..., Myers BR 10.1101/2023.05.10.540226
36692000 Oncogenic PKA signaling increases c-MYC protein expression through multiple targetable mechanisms Chan GKL, Maisel S, ..., Gordan JD 10.7554/eLife.69521
37745542 The alphaC-beta4 loop controls the allosteric cooperativity between nucleotide and substrate in the catalytic subunit of protein kinase A Olivieri C, Wang Y, ..., Veglia G 10.1101/2023.09.12.557419
37775785 Retraction Note: Effect of hCMSCs and liraglutide combination in ALI through cAMP/PKAc/beta-catenin signaling pathway Feng Y, Wang L, ..., Song Y 10.1186/s13287-023-03474-6
36431013 Functional Insights into Protein Kinase A (PKA) Signaling from C. elegans Sadeghian F, Castaneda PG, Amin MR, Cram EJ 10.3390/life12111878
36892429 An NMR portrait of functional and dysfunctional allosteric cooperativity in cAMP-dependent protein kinase A Olivieri C, Walker C, ..., Veglia G 10.1002/1873-3468.14610