About Gene List

PF3D7_1132800 (AQP)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:1,270,935..1,273,096(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: aquaglyceroporin

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 6

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0009986 cell surface
Component GO:0048471 perinuclear region of cytoplasm
Component GO:0005886 plasma membrane
Function GO:0008519 ammonium transmembrane transporter activity
Process GO:0051475 glucosylglycerol transport
Process GO:0009247 glycolipid biosynthetic process
Process GO:0015791 polyol transport
Process GO:0006833 water transport

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 0.03 0.99
Trophozoite expressed 0.12 0.92
Schizont expressed 0.51 0.70
Gametocyte expressed 0.29 0.84

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1132800

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: 0.151 | MFS: -2.791 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0915600)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-790

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8WPZ6

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: PEE (dope, Local RMSD=0.04) with 2ZZ9 (Global RMSD=2.33)

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
O43315 Aquaporin-9 OMA, OrthoDB US10730865, Example 1US10730865, Example 2US10730865, Example 3US10730865, Example 4...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100415

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q96PS8

TM-align score: 0.91 | RMSD: 2.02

Seq Identity: 0.34 | Length: 252 / 258

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000103569 aquaporin 9
ENSG00000143595 aquaporin 10
ENSG00000165272 aquaporin 3 (Gill blood group)

Protein Information

Protein Length: 258 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 28.297

UniProt ID(s): Q8II36, Q8WPZ6

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.28

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000425 Major intrinsic protein
InterPro IPR023271 Aquaporin-like
PFam PF00230 Major intrinsic protein
Superfamily SSF81338 Aquaporin-like

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 113

Non-coding: 108 | Synonymous: 4 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
11729204 A single, bi-functional aquaglyceroporin in blood-stage Plasmodium falciparummalaria parasites. Hansen M, Kun JF, Schultz JE, Beitz E 10.1074/jbc.M110683200
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
16889642 Ammonia permeability of the aquaglyceroporins from Plasmodium falciparum,Toxoplasma gondii and Trypansoma brucei. Zeuthen T, Wu B, ..., Beitz E 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05325.x
17284593 Aquaglyceroporin PbAQP during intraerythrocytic development of the malariaparasite Plasmodium berghei. Promeneur D, Liu Y, ..., Kumar N 10.1073/pnas.0610843104
18500352 Crystal structure of the aquaglyceroporin PfAQP from the malarial parasitePlasmodium falciparum. Newby ZE, O'Connell J 3rd, ..., Stroud RM 10.1038/nsmb.1431
22326891 Molar concentrations of sorbitol and polyethylene glycol inhibit the Plasmodiumaquaglyceroporin but not that of E. coli: involvement of the channel vestibules. Song J, Almasalmeh A, Krenc D, Beitz E 10.1016/j.bbamem.2012.01.025
27128092 Interrogating the Plasmodium Sporozoite Surface: Identification ofSurface-Exposed Proteins and Demonstration of Glycosylation on CSP and TRAP byMass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics. Swearingen KE, Lindner SE, ..., Sinnis P 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005606
29330527 Aquaglyceroporin PbAQP is required for efficient progression through the liverstage of Plasmodium infection. Promeneur D, Mlambo G, Agre P, Coppens I 10.1038/s41598-017-18987-3
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