About Gene List

PF3D7_1115300 (FP2B)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:580,697..583,509(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: cysteine proteinase falcipain 2b

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: 3.4.22.- (Cysteine endopeptidases.)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005615 extracellular space
Component GO:0020020 food vacuole
Component GO:0005764 lysosome
Function GO:0004197 cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
Process GO:0051603 proteolysis involved in cellular protein catabolic process

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 0.42 0.80
Trophozoite expressed 0.47 0.75
Schizont expressed 0.04 0.97
Gametocyte not expressed 0.11 0.94

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1115300

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: 0.91 | MFS: -2.729 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1321700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.46 ± 0.09
  • Confidence: 6.30

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I6U5

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: MHA (n-(2-acetamido)iminodiacetic acid, Local RMSD=0.10) with 6QLM (Global RMSD=2.97)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.4.22.- Ex: staphylococcal cysteine proteinase NEME64SpiSDSCysEDTAPCMBEGTAPMSFTLCKTPCKMENT...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P25774 Cathepsin S Homo sapiens HOGENOM US8524710, 841, 2, 3 -Triazole Nitrile Inhibitor, 11a1, 2, 3 -Triazole Nitrile Inhibitor, 11b1, 2, 3 -Triazole Nitrile Inhibitor, 11c...
O60911 Cathepsin L2 Homo sapiens HOGENOM Azepan-3-one compound 1Azepan-3-one compound 10Dipeptidyl nitrile inhibitor, 1Dipeptidyl nitrile inhibitor, 4...
P07711 Procathepsin L Homo sapiens HOGENOM Aldehyde Inhibitor, 2Aldehyde Inhibitor, 12dL-873724trifluoroethylamine inhibitor, 1...
P43236 Cathepsin K Oryctolagus cuniculus HOGENOM L-873724trifluoroethylamine inhibitor, 1CHEMBL400387trifluoroethylamine inhibitor, 3...
O70370 Cathepsin S HOGENOM CHEMBL426819BalicatibCHEMBL184514aryl-morpholino-containing analogue, 12...
P07154 Procathepsin L Rattus norvegicus HOGENOM CHEMBL116910CHEMBL115734CHEMBL419772CHEMBL113761...
O35186 Cathepsin K Rattus norvegicus HOGENOM Azepan-3-one compound 1Azepan-3-one compound 7Azepan-3-one compound 9Azepan-3-one compound 10...
Q8IIL0 Cysteine proteinase falcipain 3 Plasmodium falciparum HOGENOM, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST Ac-Leu-Leu-Arg-HAc-Leu-Leu-Arg-HE-64CHEMBL3120849...
P25975 Procathepsin L Bos taurus HOGENOM dipeptide-derived nitrile, 5dipeptide-derived nitrile, 7dipeptidyl nitrile, 1dipeptide-derived nitrile, 9...
P06797 Procathepsin L Mus musculus HOGENOM CID644294Gallinamide ACHEMBL4594870CHEMBL4598338...
P43235 Cathepsin K Homo sapiens HOGENOM 1, 2, 3 -Triazole Nitrile Inhibitor, 11a1, 2, 3 -Triazole Nitrile Inhibitor, 11b1, 2, 3 -Triazole Nitrile Inhibitor, 11dAldehyde Inhibitor, 2...
P25805 Trophozoite cysteine proteinase OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL2237705CHEMBL2237700CHEMBL146137CHEMBL146192...
P07688 Cathepsin B Bos taurus OrthoDB epoxysuccinyl derivative 2epoxysuccinyl derivative 3epoxysuccinyl derivative 4epoxysuccinyl derivative 5...
P10605 Cathepsin B Mus musculus OrthoDB CID644294
P07858 Cathepsin B Homo sapiens OrthoDB L-873724trifluoroethylamine inhibitor, 1CHEMBL400387trifluoroethylamine inhibitor, 3...
H9B8T9 Cathepsin B OrthoDB N-formyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazoline (1a)N-formyl-5-(-2'-chlorophenyl)-3-phenylpyrazoline (1b)N-formyl-5-(-3'-chlorophenyl)-3-phenylpyrazoline (1c)N-formyl-5-(-4'-chlorophenyl)-3-phenylpyrazoline (1d)...
Q9NBD4 Cysteine proteinase falcipain 2a Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL BLAST Trisubsituted thiazole, 14Ac-Leu-Leu-Arg-HAc-Leu-Leu-Arg-HCHEMBL3120848...
Q9NAW4 Cysteine protease falcipain-3 [5-492] Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL BLAST GNF-PF-5434CHEMBL224801CHEMBL221833CHEMBL222870...
Q3HTL5 Falcipain 2B Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL207102MDL-28170
Q9NAW2 Falcipain-2 Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL BLAST Phenylurenyl Chalcone deriv. 23Phenylurenyl Chalcone deriv. 24Phenylurenyl Chalcone deriv. 25Phenylurenyl Chalcone deriv. 26...
Q9N6S8 Falcipain 2 Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL BLAST thiosemicarbazone derivative, 3bthiosemicarbazone derivative, 3cthiosemicarbazone derivative, 3f4-aminoquinoline semicarbazone derivative, 8a...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100116

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A7P0TAQ0

TM-align score: 0.90 | RMSD: 1.92

Seq Identity: 0.34 | Length: 261 / 482

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000135047 cathepsin L
ENSG00000136943 cathepsin V
ENSG00000143387 cathepsin K
ENSG00000163131 cathepsin S
ENSG00000174080 cathepsin F

Protein Information

Protein Length: 482 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 55.803

UniProt ID(s): A0A346CMD7, A0A346CMJ4, A0A346CMJ6, A0A346CMJ7, A0A346CMK3, A0A346CML2, A0A346CML3, A0A5J6BZR0, A0A5J6BZS4, Q56CY9, Q8I6U5

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.03

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000169 Cysteine peptidase, cysteine active site
InterPro IPR000668 Peptidase C1A, papain C-terminal
InterPro IPR013201 Cathepsin propeptide inhibitor domain (I29)
InterPro IPR025660 Cysteine peptidase, histidine active site
InterPro IPR038765 Papain-like cysteine peptidase superfamily
InterPro IPR039417 Papain-like cysteine endopeptidase
PFam PF00112 Peptidase C1A, papain C-terminal
PFam PF08246 Cathepsin propeptide inhibitor domain (I29)
Superfamily SSF54001 Papain-like cysteine peptidase superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 5 2 8
disruptive 10 28 18 28
missense 10 28 17 26

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 6 4 12
disruptive 17 46 14 26
missense 17 44 12 24

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 185

Non-coding: 57 | Synonymous: 63 | Nonsynonymous: 65 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
9343345 Hemoglobin metabolism in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Francis SE, Sullivan DJ Jr, Goldberg DE 10.1146/annurev.micro.51.1.97
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
16095562 Characterization of amino acid variation at strategic positions in parasite andhuman proteases for selective inhibition of falcipains in Plasmodium falciparum Goh LL, Sim TS 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.07.147
16722625 Novel peptidomimetic cysteine protease inhibitors as potential antimalarialagents Micale N, Kozikowski AP, ..., Chishti AH 10.1021/jm060405f