About Gene List

PF3D7_1021600 (DPA)

Genome location: Pf3D7_10_v3:870,416..873,015(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: deoxyribose-phosphate aldolase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 4.1.2.4 (Deoxyribose-phosphate aldolase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005622 intracellular
Function GO:0004139 deoxyribose-phosphate aldolase activity
Process GO:0016052 carbohydrate catabolic process
Process GO:0009264 deoxyribonucleotide catabolic process
Process GO:0006098 pentose-phosphate shunt

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 0.13 0.93
Trophozoite expressed 0.39 0.76
Schizont expressed 0.05 0.97
Gametocyte expressed 0.64 0.65

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1021600

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: -0.96 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PY17X_0506900)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-1553

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IJI7

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: PGO (s-1,2-propanediol, Local RMSD=0.07) with 3R12 (Global RMSD=3.25)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
4.1.2.4 deoxyribose-phosphate aldolase NaBH4OctanolacroleinacetaldehydehydroxylaminecrotonaldehydepropionaldehydeChloral hydrateD-glyceraldehydeChloroacetaldehydep-hydroxymercuribenzoate

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102064

Most Similar Human Ortholog: E9PMH9

TM-align score: 0.91 | RMSD: 1.82

Seq Identity: 0.31 | Length: 161 / 263

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000023697 deoxyribose-phosphate aldolase

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 137

Non-coding: 129 | Synonymous: 8 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 263 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 28.98

UniProt ID(s): Q8IJI7

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.13

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002915 DeoC/FbaB/LacD aldolase
InterPro IPR011343 Deoxyribose-phosphate aldolase
InterPro IPR028581 Deoxyribose-phosphate aldolase type I
PFam PF01791 DeoC/FbaB/LacD aldolase
Superfamily SSF51569 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
27503796 Proteome mapping of Plasmodium: identification of the P. yoelii remodellome. Siau A, Huang X, ..., Preiser PR 10.1038/srep31055