About Gene List

PF3D7_1222500 (DPH6)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:898,838..903,247(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: diphthine--ammonia ligase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 6.3.1.14 (Diphthine--ammonia ligase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Function GO:0017178 diphthine-ammonia ligase activity
Process GO:0017183 peptidyl-diphthamide biosynthetic process from peptidyl-histidine

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 0.13 0.93
Trophozoite expressed 0.12 0.92
Schizont expressed 0.13 0.91
Gametocyte expressed 0.22 0.87

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1222500

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: 0.149 | MFS: -3.171 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I5J0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ATP (adenosine-5'-triphosphate, Local RMSD=3.78) with 3RK1 (Global RMSD=2.83)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
6.3.1.14 diphthine-ammonia ligase No BRENDA inhibitors

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101395

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q7L8W6

TM-align score: 0.98 | RMSD: 0.83

Seq Identity: 0.45 | Length: 246 / 247

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000134146 diphthamine biosynthesis 6

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 0
disruptive 0 1 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 1 0
disruptive 1 0 0 1
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 337

Non-coding: 318 | Synonymous: 17 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 247 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 28.481

UniProt ID(s): Q8I5J0

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.23

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002761 Diphthamide synthase domain
InterPro IPR030662 Diphthine--ammonia ligase/Uncharacterised protein MJ0570
PFam PF01902 Diphthamide synthase domain
Superfamily SSF52402 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
23468660 The amidation step of diphthamide biosynthesis in yeast requires DPH6, a geneidentified through mining the DPH1-DPH5 interaction network Uthman S, Bar C, ..., Schaffrath R 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003334