About Gene List

PF3D7_1238600 (NSM)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,600,643..1,603,876(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 3.1.4.12 (Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0004518 nuclease activity
Function GO:0004620 phospholipase activity
Function GO:0004767 sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase activity
Process GO:0006684 sphingomyelin metabolic process

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 not expressed 0.07 0.96
Trophozoite expressed 0.03 0.98
Schizont expressed 0.11 0.92
Gametocyte expressed 0.02 0.99

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1238600

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: -1.894 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I537

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: DGA (diacyl glycerol, Local RMSD=0.22) with 3I5V (Global RMSD=2.64)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.1.4.12 sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase BRENDA SOAP query unsuccessful

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P11889 Sphingomyelinase C OrthoMCL BLAST RY221B-aSMY-471SMY-540SMY-610

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_151994

No human ortholog(s)

Protein Information

Protein Length: 393 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 46.013

UniProt ID(s): Q8I537, Q8WSF5

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.27

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR036691 Endonuclease/exonuclease/phosphatase superfamily
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily SSF56219 Endonuclease/exonuclease/phosphatase superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 23 15 23
disruptive 0 8 2 29
missense 0 8 2 26

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 47 19 30
disruptive 2 28 34 108
missense 1 23 30 78

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 91

Non-coding: 86 | Synonymous: 5 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
11781362 Plasmodium falciparum phospholipase C hydrolyzing sphingomyelin andlysocholinephospholipids is a possible target for malaria chemotherapy. Hanada K, Palacpac NM, ..., Mitamura T 10.1084/jem.20010724
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
23181666 Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Oehring SC, Woodcroft BJ, ..., Voss TS 10.1186/gb-2012-13-11-r108
29914511 Identification and characterization of DNA endonucleases in Plasmodium falciparum3D7 clone. Jiang N, Tu Z, ..., Chen Q 10.1186/s12936-018-2388-0