About Gene List

PF3D7_1124600 (EK)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:968,959..973,122(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: ethanolamine kinase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.7.1.82 (Ethanolamine kinase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Function GO:0004305 ethanolamine kinase activity
Process GO:0006629 lipid metabolic process
Process GO:0006656 phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic process
Process GO:0006646 phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthetic process

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.26 0.88
Trophozoite expressed 0.54 0.69
Schizont expressed 0.69 0.62
Gametocyte expressed 0.29 0.82

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1124600

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: 0.121 | MFS: -3.067 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0923700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.31 ± 0.19
  • Confidence: 4.68

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0923700)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2590

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IIB7

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: AMP (adenosine monophosphate, Local RMSD=0.17) with 3FEG (Global RMSD=4.10)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.7.1.82 ethanolamine kinase ATPADPAMPCTPKClEDTAEGTAMgATP2-cholinebetainecysteineInositol...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P35790 Choline kinase alpha Homo sapiens OrthoDB CHEMBL163319Bis-pyridinium cyclophaneCHEMBL125148CHEMBL332621...
Q9Y259 Choline/ethanolamine kinase Homo sapiens OrthoDB CHEMBL5076272CHEMBL5094399CHEMBL5084844CHEMBL5087533...
Q8IM71 Choline kinase OrthoDB Bisquinolinium derivative

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101726

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q5SXX7

TM-align score: 0.85 | RMSD: 2.11

Seq Identity: 0.35 | Length: 139 / 423

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000139163 ethanolamine kinase 1
ENSG00000143845 ethanolamine kinase 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 423 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 49.914

UniProt ID(s): Q8IIB7

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.55

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR011009 Protein kinase-like domain superfamily
PFam PF01633 N/A
Superfamily SSF56112 Protein kinase-like domain superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 205

Non-coding: 191 | Synonymous: 7 | Nonsynonymous: 7 | 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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
19845508 Comparison of the cellular and biochemical properties of Plasmodium falciparumcholine and ethanolamine kinases. Alberge B, Gannoun-Zaki L, ..., Cerdan R 10.1042/BJ20091119
31631203 A network-based approach reveals novel invasion and Maurer's clefts-relatedproteins in Plasmodium falciparum. Das D, Krishnan SR, Roy A, Bulusu G 10.1039/c9mo00124g
38410391 Saccharomyces cerevisiae derived postbiotic alters gut microbiome metabolism inthe human distal colon resulting in immunomodulatory potential in vitro Duysburgh C, Miclotte L, ..., Marzorati M 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1358456