About Gene List

PF3D7_1117500 (TyrRSapi)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:666,027..667,977(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: tyrosine--tRNA ligase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 6.1.1.1 (Tyrosine--tRNA ligase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Function GO:0005524 ATP binding
Function GO:0004831 tyrosine-tRNA ligase activity
Process GO:0043039 tRNA aminoacylation
Process GO:0006437 tyrosyl-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 not expressed 0.25 0.88
Trophozoite possibly expressed 1.02 0.48
Schizont possibly expressed 0.33 0.79
Gametocyte not expressed 0.32 0.83

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1117500

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: 0.122 | MFS: -3.112 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IIJ2

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: YSA (tyrosyladenylate, Local RMSD=0.70) with 6I5Y (Global RMSD=5.92)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
6.1.1.1 tyrosine-tRNA ligase AMPPCMBsulfatefisetintRNATyrchrysinchlorideacacetintyrosinoldiphosphateresveratrolkaempferide...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P0AGJ9 Tyrosine--tRNA ligase OrthoMCL CHEMBL4208126CHEMBL1163085CHEMBL4518549CHEMBL4460886...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101423

Most Similar Human Ortholog: H0YHS6

TM-align score: 0.89 | RMSD: 2.17

Seq Identity: 0.28 | Length: 276 / 561

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000139131 tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 561 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 66.419

UniProt ID(s): Q8IIJ2

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.28

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002305 Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, class Ic
InterPro IPR002307 Tyrosine-tRNA ligase
InterPro IPR024088 Tyrosine-tRNA ligase, bacterial-type
PFam PF00579 Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase, class Ic
Superfamily SSF52374 N/A
Superfamily SSF55174

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 20 18 39
disruptive 11 48 26 83
missense 7 39 24 73

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 52 29 34
disruptive 26 109 50 120
missense 17 86 41 88

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 42

Non-coding: 4 | Synonymous: 27 | Nonsynonymous: 11 | Stop Codon: 0

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
20042123 A genomic glimpse of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases in malaria parasite Plasmodiumfalciparum. Bhatt TK, Kapil C, ..., Sharma A 10.1186/1471-2164-10-644
22068597 Malaria parasite tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase secretion triggers pro-inflammatoryresponses. Bhatt TK, Khan S, ..., Sharma A 10.1038/ncomms1522
30212465 Integrative proteomics and bioinformatic prediction enable a high-confidenceapicoplast proteome in malaria parasites. Boucher MJ, Ghosh S, ..., Yeh E 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005895
30592748 Plasmodium apicoplast tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase recognizes an unusual, simplifiedidentity set in cognate tRNATyr. Cela M, Paulus C, ..., Rudinger-Thirion J 10.1371/journal.pone.0209805