About Gene List

PF3D7_1200700 (ACS7)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:60,857..65,703(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: acyl-CoA synthetase

SignalP Peptide: MNITLSLFFSVIYVVYVLPCCTQLSNS

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 6.2.1.3 (Long-chain-fatty-acid--CoA ligase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Function GO:0004467 long-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity

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 2.42 0.22
Trophozoite expressed 0.45 0.77
Schizont expressed 0.44 0.76
Gametocyte not expressed 0.23 0.88

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1200700

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: -2.229 | #Insertions: 3

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1453300)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.41 ± 0.29
  • Confidence: 3.84

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I638

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: COA (coenzyme a, Local RMSD=0.16) with 5BSR (Global RMSD=3.95)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
6.2.1.3 long-chain-fatty-acid-CoA ligase ATPAMPNEMSDSEDTAsaltsoleateGW1929Brij 58Tween 80naproxentriacsin...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100152

Most Similar Human Ortholog: B7Z3Z9

TM-align score: 0.90 | RMSD: 2.74

Seq Identity: 0.25 | Length: 516 / 926

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000151726 acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 1
ENSG00000164398 acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 6
ENSG00000197142 acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 5
ENSG00000281938 novel transcript

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 18 11 24
disruptive 31 33 22 81
missense 28 29 18 61

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 9 32 23 41
disruptive 44 121 83 162
missense 34 77 55 103

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 158

Non-coding: 77 | Synonymous: 41 | Nonsynonymous: 40 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 926 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 104.621

UniProt ID(s): Q8I638

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.02

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000873 AMP-dependent synthetase/ligase
InterPro IPR020845 AMP-binding, conserved site
PFam PF00501 AMP-dependent synthetase/ligase
Superfamily SSF56801 N/A

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
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