About Gene List

PF3D7_1245000

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:1,879,903..1,881,465(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 5-formyltetrahydrofolate cyclo-ligase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 6.3.3.2 (5-formyltetrahydrofolate cyclo-ligase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Function GO:0030272 5-formyltetrahydrofolate cyclo-ligase activity
Process GO:0009396 folic acid-containing compound biosynthetic process
Process GO:0035999 tetrahydrofolate interconversion
Process GO:0046653 tetrahydrofolate 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 0.09 0.96
Trophozoite not expressed 0.39 0.77
Schizont expressed 0.25 0.84
Gametocyte expressed 1.14 0.45

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1245000

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: -0.624 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I4Y1

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
6.3.3.2 5-formyltetrahydrofolate cyclo-ligase AMPNEMSO42-AgNO3MgADP-oxalateMaleateLY309887phosphatesuccinate(NH4)2SO4pemetrexed...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101474

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P49914

TM-align score: 0.82 | RMSD: 2.86

Seq Identity: 0.18 | Length: 197 / 456

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000136371 methenyltetrahydrofolate synthetase
ENSG00000259332 ST20-MTHFS readthrough

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 12 10 28
disruptive 9 53 39 68
missense 9 53 38 64

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 33 21 33
disruptive 21 119 57 113
missense 17 104 54 85

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 33

Non-coding: 5 | Synonymous: 18 | Nonsynonymous: 10 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 456 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 55.268

UniProt ID(s): Q8I4Y1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.99

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002698 5-formyltetrahydrofolate cyclo-ligase
InterPro IPR037171 NagB/RpiA transferase-like
PFam PF01812 5-formyltetrahydrofolate cyclo-ligase
Superfamily SSF100950 NagB/RpiA transferase-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