About Gene List

PF3D7_1237000 (UBA2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,537,454..1,540,646(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: SUMO-activating enzyme subunit 2

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 6.2.1.45 (E1 ubiquitin-activating enzyme)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0031510 SUMO activating enzyme complex
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Function GO:0019948 SUMO activating enzyme activity
Function GO:0004839 ubiquitin activating enzyme activity
Process GO:0032446 protein modification by small protein conjugation
Process GO:0016925 protein sumoylation

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 0.11 0.95
Trophozoite expressed 0.51 0.70
Schizont expressed 0.14 0.91
Gametocyte not expressed 0.22 0.87

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1237000

Resistome Missense Mutations: Q62L, H184D, A391E

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: AN13762, AN13956

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 4 (4 missense, 4 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.159 | MFS: -2.872 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1451600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.04 ± 0.05
  • Confidence: 7.43

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I553

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ATP (adenosine-5'-triphosphate, Local RMSD=0.18) with 1Y8Q (Global RMSD=3.25)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
6.2.1.45 E1 ubiquitin-activating enzyme LMO2PYR-41AtMUB3largazoletrichostatin Aginsenoside Reginsenoside Rg1[ubiquitin carrier protein Ubc4]-L-cysteine5'-[[(L-cysteinylglycylglycyl)sulfamoyl]amino]-5'-deoxyadenosine1-(3-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)-4-[(5-nitro-2-furyl)methylene]-3,5-pyrazolidinedione4[4-(5-nitro-furan-2-ylmethylene)-3,5-dioxo-pyrazolidin-1-yl]-benzoic acid ethyl ester(5R,8S)-11-ethenyl-5-methyl-8-(propan-2-yl)-10-oxa-3,17-dithia-7,14,19,20-tetraazatricyclo[14.2.1.1~2,5~]icosa-1(18),2(20),16(19)-triene-6,9,13-trione...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q9UBT2 SUMO-activating enzyme subunit 2 OMA, OrthoDB US9796725, Compound I-001US9796725, Compound I-098US9796725, Compound I-003US9796725, Compound I-004...
A0AVT1 Ubiquitin-like modifier-activating enzyme 6 Homo sapiens OrthoDB US9593121, 1-01US9593121, I-02US9593121, I-03US9593121, I-04...
P41226 Ubiquitin-like modifier-activating enzyme 7 Homo sapiens OrthoDB CHEMBL2017005
P22314 Ubiquitin-like modifier-activating enzyme 1 Homo sapiens OrthoDB Compound ICompound ICompound IUS9796725, Compound I-001...
Q8TBC4 NEDD8-activating enzyme E1 catalytic subunit OrthoDB MITOXANTRONEPevonedistatCHEMBL4878088CHEMBL4865086...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101769

Most Similar Human Ortholog: K7EPL2

TM-align score: 0.79 | RMSD: 2.62

Seq Identity: 0.34 | Length: 228 / 686

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000126261 ubiquitin like modifier activating enzyme 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 686 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 81.12

UniProt ID(s): Q8I553

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.05

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000594 THIF-type NAD/FAD binding fold
InterPro IPR028077 Ubiquitin/SUMO-activating enzyme ubiquitin-like domain
InterPro IPR030661 SUMO-activating enzyme subunit Uba2
InterPro IPR035985 Ubiquitin-activating enzyme
PFam PF00899 THIF-type NAD/FAD binding fold
PFam PF14732 Ubiquitin/SUMO-activating enzyme ubiquitin-like domain
Superfamily SSF69572 Ubiquitin-activating enzyme

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 22 15 47
disruptive 20 75 48 112
missense 10 63 41 98

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 56 28 57
disruptive 39 176 72 169
missense 15 143 59 110

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 151

Non-coding: 112 | Synonymous: 18 | Nonsynonymous: 21 | 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
23943616 Identification of biochemically distinct properties of the smallubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) conjugation pathway in Plasmodium falciparum. Reiter K, Mukhopadhyay D, ..., Matunis MJ 10.1074/jbc.M113.498410