About Gene List

PF3D7_1030600 (KAE1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_10_v3:1,245,421..1,247,811(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: tRNA N6-adenosine threonylcarbamoyltransferase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.3.1.234 (N(6)-L-threonylcarbamoyladenine synthase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0000408 EKC/KEOPS complex
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Function GO:0005515 protein binding

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 0.41 0.80
Trophozoite expressed 0.50 0.71
Schizont expressed 0.11 0.93
Gametocyte expressed 0.20 0.88

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1030600

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: 0.912 | MFS: -2.195 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1006500)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.10 ± nan
  • Confidence: 1.00

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IJ99

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: AMP (adenosine monophosphate, Local RMSD=0.03) with 6Z81 (Global RMSD=2.42)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.3.1.234 N6-L-threonylcarbamoyladenine synthase No BRENDA inhibitors

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100288

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9NPF4

TM-align score: 0.96 | RMSD: 1.50

Seq Identity: 0.46 | Length: 334 / 598

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000092094 O-sialoglycoprotein endopeptidase
ENSG00000128694 O-sialoglycoprotein endopeptidase like 1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 38 18 55
disruptive 8 45 36 106
missense 5 40 34 95

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 14 76 25 46
disruptive 17 126 70 134
missense 12 102 62 106

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 123

Non-coding: 73 | Synonymous: 25 | Nonsynonymous: 25 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 598 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 69.574

UniProt ID(s): Q8IJ99

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.59

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000905 Gcp-like domain
InterPro IPR017861 Kae1/TsaD family
InterPro IPR034680 tRNA N6-adenosine threonylcarbamoyltransferase Kae1, archaea and eukaryote
InterPro IPR043129 ATPase, nucleotide binding domain
PFam PF00814 Gcp-like domain
Superfamily SSF53067 ATPase, nucleotide binding domain

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
25204654 Kinase-associated endopeptidase 1 (Kae1) participates in an atypicalribosome-associated complex in the apicoplast of Plasmodium falciparum. Mallari JP, Oksman A, Vaupel B, Goldberg DE 10.1074/jbc.M114.586735
34033682 Boosting endoplasmic reticulum folding capacity reduces unfolded protein responseactivation and intracellular accumulation of human kidney anion exchanger 1 inSaccharomyces cerevisiae Li X, Cordat E, Schmitt MJ, Becker B 10.1002/yea.3652
31996424 Saccharomyces cerevisiae: First Steps to a Suitable Model System To Study theFunction and Intracellular Transport of Human Kidney Anion Exchanger 1 Sarder HAM, Li X, ..., Becker B 10.1128/mSphere.00802-19
31417508 KAE1 Allelic Variants Affect TORC1 Activation and Fermentation Kinetics inSaccharomyces cerevisiae Kessi-Perez EI, Salinas F, ..., Martinez C 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01686
36416748 Kae1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae KEOPS complex possesses ADP/GDP nucleotidaseactivity Li QX, Liu JC, He MH, Zhou JQ 10.1042/BCJ20220290