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PF3D7_1115700 (FP2A)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:591,136..594,805(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: cysteine proteinase falcipain 2a

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
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Function GO:0004197 cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0006508 proteolysis
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 0.51 0.76
Trophozoite expressed 0.93 0.60
Schizont expressed 0.07 0.96
Gametocyte not expressed 0.23 0.87

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1115700

Resistome Missense Mutations: R185K

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: MMV665794

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 3 (1 missense, 1 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.12 | MFS: -2.998 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1321700)

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

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0932400)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-817

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I6U4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: MHA (n-(2-acetamido)iminodiacetic acid, Local RMSD=0.10) with 6QLM (Global RMSD=2.96)

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: 1.94

Seq Identity: 0.35 | Length: 261 / 484

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: 484 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 55.927

UniProt ID(s): A0A346CM80, A0A5J6BZ75, A0A5J6BZ93, A0A5J6BZ94, A0A5J6C066, A0A5J6C0E3, A0A5J6C0H6, A0A5J6C2I4, A0A5J6C3C3, A0A5J6C4G4, Q8I6U4

PDB ID(s): 1YVB, 2OUL, 7EI0, 8GT7

Isoelectric Point: 7.39

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 2 2 0 5
disruptive 2 14 7 11
missense 2 14 7 11

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 3 6 5
disruptive 6 22 13 22
missense 5 20 10 12

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 238

Non-coding: 136 | Synonymous: 70 | Nonsynonymous: 32 | 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
11152613 Predicting transmembrane protein topology with a hidden Markov model: applicationto complete genomes. Krogh A, Larsson B, von Heijne G, Sonnhammer EL 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4315
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
15664655 Biosynthesis, localization, and processing of falcipain cysteine proteases ofPlasmodium falciparum. Dahl EL, Rosenthal PJ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15664655/
15964982 The Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2 captures its substrate,hemoglobin, via a unique motif. Pandey KC, Wang SX, ..., Rosenthal PJ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15964982/
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
16777845 Structural and functional characterization of Falcipain-2, a hemoglobinase fromthe malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Hogg T, Nagarajan K, ..., Schmidt CL 10.1074/jbc.M603776200
16864794 Structural basis for unique mechanisms of folding and hemoglobin binding by amalarial protease. Wang SX, Pandey KC, ..., McKerrow JH 10.1073/pnas.0600489103
16890302 Gene disruptions demonstrate independent roles for the four falcipain cysteineproteases of Plasmodium falciparum. Sijwali PS, Koo J, Singh N, Rosenthal PJ 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2006.06.013
17565983 Falcipain cysteine proteases require bipartite motifs for trafficking to thePlasmodium falciparum food vacuole. Subramanian S, Sijwali PS, Rosenthal PJ 10.1074/jbc.M703316200
17698213 Food vacuole targeting and trafficking of falcipain-2, an important cysteineprotease of human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Dasaradhi PV, Korde R, ..., Malhotra P https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17698213/
19357776 Hemoglobin cleavage site-specificity of the Plasmodium falciparum cysteineproteases falcipain-2 and falcipain-3. Subramanian S, Hardt M, ..., Rosenthal PJ 10.1371/journal.pone.0005156
23077573 The Ionic and hydrophobic interactions are required for the auto activation ofcysteine proteases of Plasmodium falciparum. Sundararaj S, Singh D, ..., Pandey KC 10.1371/journal.pone.0047227
23471987 Protein complex directs hemoglobin-to-hemozoin formation in Plasmodiumfalciparum. Chugh M, Sundararaman V, ..., Malhotra P 10.1073/pnas.1218412110
24943200 Dynamical footprint of falcipain-2 catalytic triad in hemoglobin-beta-bound state. Omotuyi IO, Hamada T 10.1080/07391102.2014.924878
31247344 Inhibition of Plasmodium falciparum cysteine protease falcipain-2 by a humancross-class inhibitor serpinB3: A mechanistic insight. Alam B, Biswas S 10.1016/j.bbapap.2019.06.012
34974303 New insights of falcipain 2 structure from Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 strain. Chakraborty S, Alam B, Biswas S https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34974303/
16041608 Cysteine protease falcipain 1 in Plasmodium falciparum is biochemically distinctfrom its isozymes Goh SL, Goh LL, Sim TS 10.1007/s00436-005-1430-7
26439304 Independent amino acid residues in the S2 pocket of falcipain-3 determine itsspecificity for P2 residues in substrates Kolla VK, Prasad R, ..., Sijwali PS 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2015.09.005
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
29659945 Plasmodium falciparum Falcipain-2a Polymorphisms in Southeast Asia and TheirAssociation With Artemisinin Resistance Siddiqui FA, Cabrera M, ..., Cui L 10.1093/infdis/jiy188
15369788 Homology modeling and mutagenesis analyses of Plasmodium falciparum falcipain 2A:implications for rational drug design Goh LL, Sim TS 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.08.130