About Gene List

PF3D7_1102400 (PPCS)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:114,236..118,021(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: phosphopantothenate--cysteine ligase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 6.3.2.5 (Phosphopantothenate--cysteine ligase (CTP))

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0004632 phosphopantothenate--cysteine ligase activity
Process GO:0015937 coenzyme A biosynthetic process

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 0.19 0.90
Trophozoite expressed 0.32 0.80
Schizont expressed 0.33 0.79
Gametocyte expressed 0.21 0.87

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1102400

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: 0.997 | MFS: -0.546 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0613600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.96 ± 0.11
  • Confidence: 5.72

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PY17X_0616300)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4182

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IIX6

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ANP (phosphoaminophosphonic acid-adenylate ester, Local RMSD=0.19) with 7EDZ (Global RMSD=3.42)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
6.3.2.5 phosphopantothenate-cysteine ligase (CTP) ATPAMPGTPCTPUTPKClCMPEDTAL-Cysphosphate

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102247

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9HAB8

TM-align score: 0.85 | RMSD: 2.38

Seq Identity: 0.30 | Length: 290 / 660

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000127125 phosphopantothenoylcysteine synthetase

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 12 23 11 22
disruptive 47 100 51 100
missense 37 83 45 88

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 19 33 18 34
disruptive 79 180 73 153
missense 61 139 59 112

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 198

Non-coding: 132 | Synonymous: 23 | Nonsynonymous: 43 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 660 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 78.535

UniProt ID(s): Q8IIX6

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.04

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR035929 CoaB-like superfamily
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily SSF102645 CoaB-like superfamily

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