About Gene List

PF3D7_1028100 (PPO)

Genome location: Pf3D7_10_v3:1,163,786..1,165,615(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: protoporphyrinogen oxidase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 2

EC Numbers: 1.3.3.4 (Protoporphyrinogen oxidase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0031304 intrinsic component of mitochondrial inner membrane
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Function GO:0016491 oxidoreductase activity
Function GO:0004729 oxygen-dependent protoporphyrinogen oxidase activity
Process GO:0006783 heme biosynthetic process
Process GO:0019353 protoporphyrinogen IX biosynthetic process from glutamate

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 0.06 0.97
Trophozoite not expressed 0.06 0.96
Schizont not expressed 0.05 0.97
Gametocyte not expressed 0.19 0.89

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1028100

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: -0.495 | #Insertions: 3

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0512200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.84 ± 0.16
  • Confidence: 5.09

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0512200)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-1989

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IJC3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: FAD (flavin-adenine dinucleotide, Local RMSD=0.79) with 3I6D (Global RMSD=2.57)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
1.3.3.4 protoporphyrinogen oxidase BRENDA SOAP query unsuccessful

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P32397 Coproporphyrinogen III oxidase Bacillus subtilis OrthoMCL CHEMBL576568CHEMBL577803CHEMBL573126CHEMBL578226...
O24163 Protoporphyrinogen oxidase, chloroplastic OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL2286221CHEMBL2286218CHEMBL2286235CHEMBL2286222...
Q9M629 Protoporphyrinogen oxidase OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL2253320CHEMBL2253455CHEMBL2253454CHEMBL2253323...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101704

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A494C146

TM-align score: 0.85 | RMSD: 2.89

Seq Identity: 0.17 | Length: 405 / 609

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000143224 protoporphyrinogen oxidase

Protein Information

Protein Length: 609 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 72.232

UniProt ID(s): A8CBI4, Q8IJC3

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.32

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002937 Amine oxidase
InterPro IPR036188 FAD/NAD(P)-binding domain superfamily
PFam PF01593 Amine oxidase
Superfamily SSF51905 FAD/NAD(P)-binding domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF54373

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 27 18 45
disruptive 9 53 43 78
missense 9 51 39 71

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 59 36 51
disruptive 27 104 60 128
missense 19 87 55 96

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 33

Non-coding: 0 | Synonymous: 22 | Nonsynonymous: 11 | Stop Codon: 0

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
20603160 Protoporphyrinogen IX oxidase from Plasmodium falciparum is anaerobic and islocalized to the mitochondrion. Nagaraj VA, Arumugam R, ..., Padmanaban G 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.06.012