About Gene List

PF3D7_1009700

Genome location: Pf3D7_10_v3:388,599..393,165(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: tubulin--tyrosine ligase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 6.3.2.25 (Tubulin--tyrosine ligase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005929 cilium
Function GO:0015631 tubulin binding
Function GO:0070740 tubulin-glutamic acid ligase activity
Process GO:0000226 microtubule cytoskeleton organization
Process GO:0018095 protein polyglutamylation

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 not expressed 0.04 0.98
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.02 0.99
Schizont expressed 0.91 0.56
Gametocyte expressed 0.29 0.84

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1009700

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: 0.945 | MFS: 0.501 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1208000)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.98 ± 0.12
  • Confidence: 5.60

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1208000)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3204

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IJU8

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ADP (adenosine-5'-diphosphate, Local RMSD=0.38) with 6VZU (Global RMSD=2.36)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
6.3.2.25 tubulin-tyrosine ligase ADPAMPNEML-PheL-TyrL-DopatyraminestathminphosphateL-Tyr-GlyL-Tyr-L-GluL-Ala-L-Tyr...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102355

Most Similar Human Ortholog: F8W9N0

TM-align score: 0.80 | RMSD: 2.89

Seq Identity: 0.32 | Length: 192 / 553

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000170703 tubulin tyrosine ligase like 6
ENSG00000213471 tubulin tyrosine ligase like 13, pseudogene

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 0
disruptive 0 1 0 3
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 0
disruptive 0 4 0 1
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 295

Non-coding: 266 | Synonymous: 20 | Nonsynonymous: 9 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 553 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 65.955

UniProt ID(s): Q8IJU8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.95

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR004344 Tubulin-tyrosine ligase/Tubulin polyglutamylase
PFam PF03133 Tubulin-tyrosine ligase/Tubulin polyglutamylase
Superfamily SSF56059 N/A

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097