About Gene List

PF3D7_1104000

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:175,085..178,257(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: phenylalanine--tRNA ligase beta subunit

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 6.1.1.20 (Phenylalanine--tRNA ligase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005622 intracellular
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Component GO:0009328 phenylalanine-tRNA ligase complex
Function GO:0004826 phenylalanine-tRNA ligase activity
Process GO:0006432 phenylalanyl-tRNA aminoacylation

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 expressed 0.52 0.75
Trophozoite expressed 1.14 0.43
Schizont expressed 0.20 0.87
Gametocyte expressed 0.30 0.84

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1104000

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: 0.13 | MFS: -2.954 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0942900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.33 ± 0.43
  • Confidence: 3.08

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PY17X_0945400)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-1558

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IIW2

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
6.1.1.20 phenylalanine-tRNA ligase BRENDA SOAP query unsuccessful

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101233

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9NSD9

TM-align score: 0.78 | RMSD: 4.51

Seq Identity: 0.35 | Length: 565 / 623

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000116120 phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase subunit beta

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 37 20 50
disruptive 3 75 36 80
missense 3 75 36 75

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 9 62 28 55
disruptive 17 140 60 133
missense 12 135 58 107

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 79

Non-coding: 49 | Synonymous: 17 | Nonsynonymous: 13 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 623 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 72.502

UniProt ID(s): Q8IIW2

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.57

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR004531 Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase, class IIc, beta subunit, archae/euk cytosolic
InterPro IPR005146 B3/B4 tRNA-binding domain
InterPro IPR005147 tRNA synthetase, B5-domain
InterPro IPR009061 Putative DNA-binding domain superfamily
InterPro IPR040659 Phenylalanine--tRNA ligase beta subunit, B1 domain
InterPro IPR041616 Phenylalanyl tRNA synthetase beta chain, core domain
PFam PF03483 B3/B4 tRNA-binding domain
PFam PF03484 tRNA synthetase, B5-domain
PFam PF17759 Phenylalanyl tRNA synthetase beta chain, core domain
PFam PF18262 Phenylalanine--tRNA ligase beta subunit, B1 domain
Superfamily SSF46955 Putative DNA-binding domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF55681
Superfamily SSF56037

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
23181666 Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Oehring SC, Woodcroft BJ, ..., Voss TS 10.1186/gb-2012-13-11-r108
27503796 Proteome mapping of Plasmodium: identification of the P. yoelii remodellome. Siau A, Huang X, ..., Preiser PR 10.1038/srep31055