About Gene List

PF3D7_1239600 (ThzK)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,652,687..1,654,402(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: hydroxyethylthiazole kinase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.7.1.50 (Hydroxyethylthiazole kinase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Function GO:0004417 hydroxyethylthiazole kinase activity
Process GO:0009228 thiamine biosynthetic process

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring possibly expressed 0.02 0.99
Trophozoite expressed 0.14 0.91
Schizont expressed 0.03 0.98
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.04 0.98

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1239600

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: 0.969 | MFS: -2.164 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I527

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: TZE (2-(4-methyl-thiazol-5-yl)-ethanol, Local RMSD=0.56) with 1C3Q (Global RMSD=4.17)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.7.1.50 hydroxyethylthiazole kinase PCMB2-Aminohydroxyethylthiazole

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102838

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 16 10 15
disruptive 5 25 19 39
missense 5 25 19 36

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 33 12 20
disruptive 11 55 37 66
missense 11 50 37 44

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 49

Non-coding: 36 | Synonymous: 6 | Nonsynonymous: 7 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 302 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 33.882

UniProt ID(s): Q8I527, Q8I7Z3

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.76

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000417 Hydroxyethylthiazole kinase
InterPro IPR029056 Ribokinase-like
PFam PF02110 Hydroxyethylthiazole kinase
Superfamily SSF53613 Ribokinase-like

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
12368868 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 2, 10, 11 and 14. Gardner MJ, Shallom SJ, ..., Fraser CM 10.1038/nature01094
26049116 Isolation, characterization, interaction of a thiazolekinase (Plasmodiumfalciparum) with silver nanoparticles. Yao J, van Marwijk J, Wilhelmi B, Whiteley CG 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.05.033