About Gene List

PF3D7_1122800 (CDPK6)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:871,050..877,707(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: calcium-dependent protein kinase 6

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.7.11.13 (Protein kinase C);2.7.11.17 (Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:1903561 extracellular vesicle
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0009931 calcium-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity
Function GO:0005516 calmodulin binding
Process GO:0035556 intracellular signal transduction
Process GO:0018105 peptidyl-serine phosphorylation
Process GO:0046777 protein autophosphorylation

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.48 0.79
Trophozoite expressed 0.30 0.82
Schizont expressed 0.45 0.74
Gametocyte expressed 0.41 0.77

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1122800

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: 1 | MFS: -0.818 | #Insertions: 6

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0925500)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.81 ± 0.07
  • Confidence: 6.85

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0925500)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4548

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IID5

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: D1D ((4s,5s)-1,2-dithiane-4,5-diol, Local RMSD=0.14) with 2YA9 (Global RMSD=2.04)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.7.11.13 protein kinase C BRENDA SOAP query unsuccessful
2.7.11.17 Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase NOADPGTPW13AIPEDTAEGTADTNBKN93KN62KN-93KN-62...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_136893

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 14 62 42 86
disruptive 38 132 67 231
missense 19 108 57 197

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 21 143 51 83
disruptive 74 280 174 341
missense 41 221 144 218

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 243

Non-coding: 131 | Synonymous: 77 | Nonsynonymous: 34 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1617 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 191.814

UniProt ID(s): Q8IID5

PDB ID(s): 3MSE

Isoelectric Point: 5.17

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000719 Protein kinase domain
InterPro IPR002048 EF-hand domain
InterPro IPR008271 Serine/threonine-protein kinase, active site
InterPro IPR011009 Protein kinase-like domain superfamily
InterPro IPR011992 EF-hand domain pair
InterPro IPR018247 EF-Hand 1, calcium-binding site
PFam PF00069 Protein kinase domain
PFam PF13202 EF-hand domain
Superfamily SSF47473 EF-hand domain pair
Superfamily SSF56112 Protein kinase-like domain 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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
33608523 20S proteasomes secreted by the malaria parasite promote its growth. Dekel E, Yaffe D, ..., Regev-Rudzki N 10.1038/s41467-021-21344-8
26499803 Evaluation of the basic functions of six calcium-dependent protein kinases inToxoplasma gondii using CRISPR-Cas9 system Wang JL, Huang SY, ..., Zhu XQ 10.1007/s00436-015-4791-6
26755159 Analysis of Noncanonical Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases in Toxoplasma gondiiby Targeted Gene Deletion Using CRISPR/Cas9 Long S, Wang Q, Sibley LD 10.1128/IAI.01173-15
27923926 Reduced Activity of Mutant Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase 1 Is Compensated inPlasmodium falciparum through the Action of Protein Kinase G Bansal A, Ojo KK, ..., Miller LH 10.1128/mBio.02011-16
25526188 Identification and bioinformatic analysis of a putative calcium-dependent proteinkinase (CDPK6) from Toxoplasma gondii Zhang NZ, Huang SY, ..., Zhu XQ 10.4238/2014.December.18.9