About Gene List

PF3D7_1012400 (HGPRT)

Genome location: Pf3D7_10_v3:474,731..477,029(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.4.2.8 (Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0004422 hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase activity
Function GO:0000287 magnesium ion binding
Process GO:0032263 GMP salvage
Process GO:0032264 IMP salvage
Process GO:0006168 adenine salvage
Process GO:0006178 guanine salvage
Process GO:0046100 hypoxanthine metabolic process
Process GO:0006166 purine ribonucleoside salvage
Process GO:0009410 response to xenobiotic stimulus

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 1.41 0.52
Trophozoite expressed 3.23 0.09
Schizont expressed 0.55 0.72
Gametocyte expressed 0.71 0.66

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1012400

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: 0.15 | MFS: -2.897 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1210800)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.29 ± 0.17
  • Confidence: 4.97

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1210800)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3221

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IJS1

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: HPA (hypoxanthine, Local RMSD=0.23) with 3OZF (Global RMSD=0.90)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.4.2.8 hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase ATPADPUDPAMPGTPGDPKClGMPCDPITPIMPIDP...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P00492 Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase Homo sapiens HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST HGXPRT Inhibitor, 2HGXPRT Inhibitor, 3US9200020, Table 1, Compound 1US9200020, Table 1, Compound 2...
P9WHQ9 Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase OMA, OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL4282830CHEMBL4294529CHEMBL4277753CHEMBL4291117...
A0A0J9TE27 Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase OrthoMCL BLAST US9200020, Table 3 compound 1US9200020, Table 3 compound 2US9200020, Table 3 compound 5US9200020, Table 3 compound 6...
P20035 Hypoxanthine-guanine-xanthine phosphoribosyltransferase Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL BLAST HGXPRT Inhibitor, 2HGXPRT Inhibitor, 3US9200020, Table 1, Compound 1US9200020, Table 1, Compound 1B...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101078

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9NRG1

TM-align score: 0.92 | RMSD: 1.35

Seq Identity: 0.44 | Length: 215 / 231

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000099256 phosphoribosyl transferase domain containing 1
ENSG00000165704 hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 231 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 26.362

UniProt ID(s): Q03925, Q8IJS1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.66

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000836 Phosphoribosyltransferase domain
InterPro IPR005904 Hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase
InterPro IPR029057 Phosphoribosyltransferase-like
PFam PF00156 Phosphoribosyltransferase domain
Superfamily SSF53271 Phosphoribosyltransferase-like

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 18 8 9
disruptive 1 1 2 4
missense 0 0 0 2

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 26 10 15
disruptive 1 6 3 19
missense 0 1 1 14

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 157

Non-coding: 153 | Synonymous: 3 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 1

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
2205541 Cloning and expression in Escherichia coli of a hypoxanthine-guaninephosphoribosyltransferase-encoding cDNA from Plasmodium falciparum. Vasanthakumar G, Davis RL Jr, Sullivan MA, Donahue JP 10.1016/0378-1119(90)90163-l
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
31536893 Sulfide, sulfoxide and sulfone bridged acyclic nucleoside phosphonates asinhibitors of the Plasmodium falciparum and human 6-oxopurinephosphoribosyltransferases: Synthesis and evaluation. Klejch T, Keough DT, ..., Hockova D 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.111667
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
38404541 Targeting XGHPRT enzyme to manage Helicobacter pylori induced gastric cancer: Amulti-pronged machine learning, artificial intelligence and biophysics-basedstudy Alabbas AB 10.1016/j.sjbs.2024.103960
37810145 Hypoxanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase 1, a target of miR-125b-5p,promotes cell proliferation and invasion in head and neck squamous cellcarcinoma Yuan L, Xiao Z, Lu R 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20174