About Gene List

PF3D7_1253400 (ACS3)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:2,179,909..2,182,869(+)

Genome classification: SubtelomericHypervariable

Function and Localization

Product Description: acyl-CoA synthetase

SignalP Peptide: MSIILTFLALFVFLICVFPCIT

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 6.2.1.3 (Long-chain-fatty-acid--CoA ligase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
Component GO:0030430 host cell cytoplasm
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Function GO:0030506 ankyrin binding
Function GO:0004467 long-chain fatty acid-CoA ligase activity

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 possibly expressed 0.01 1.00
Trophozoite expressed 0.13 0.90
Schizont expressed 0.04 0.97
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.00 1.00

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1253400

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: -2.772 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1453300)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.41 ± 0.29
  • Confidence: 3.84

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I0X2

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: DYD ((2s,5s)-hexane-2,5-diol, Local RMSD=0.24) with 6Q2M (Global RMSD=3.79)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
6.2.1.3 long-chain-fatty-acid-CoA ligase ATPAMPNEMSDSEDTAsaltsoleateGW1929Brij 58Tween 80naproxentriacsin...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100152

Most Similar Human Ortholog: B7Z3Z9

TM-align score: 0.91 | RMSD: 2.62

Seq Identity: 0.23 | Length: 516 / 816

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000151726 acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 1
ENSG00000164398 acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 6
ENSG00000197142 acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 5
ENSG00000281938 novel transcript

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 103

Non-coding: 13 | Synonymous: 56 | Nonsynonymous: 32 | Stop Codon: 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 816 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 93.866

UniProt ID(s): Q8I0X2

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.1

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000873 AMP-dependent synthetase/ligase
InterPro IPR020845 AMP-binding, conserved site
PFam PF00501 AMP-dependent synthetase/ligase
Superfamily SSF56801 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
12554091 The Plasmodium falciparum fatty acyl-CoA synthetase family (PfACS) anddifferential stage-specific expression in infected erythrocytes. Matesanz F, Tellez Md, Alcina A 10.1016/s0166-6851(02)00242-6
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
31631203 A network-based approach reveals novel invasion and Maurer's clefts-relatedproteins in Plasmodium falciparum. Das D, Krishnan SR, Roy A, Bulusu G 10.1039/c9mo00124g