About Gene List

PF3D7_1315700 (GCD14)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:657,523..659,870(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: tRNA (adenine(58)-N(1))-methyltransferase catalytic subunit TRM61, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.1.1.220 (tRNA (adenine(58)-N(1))-methyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Component GO:0031515 tRNA (m1A) methyltransferase complex
Process GO:0030488 tRNA methylation

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 0.20 0.90
Trophozoite expressed 0.34 0.80
Schizont expressed 0.07 0.95
Gametocyte expressed 0.21 0.88

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1315700

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: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.134 | MFS: -3.057 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IEF7

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: SAH (s-adenosyl-l-homocysteine, Local RMSD=0.52) with 5CCB (Global RMSD=1.58)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.1.1.220 tRNA (adenine58-N1)-methyltransferase

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100880

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q96FX7

TM-align score: 0.86 | RMSD: 2.20

Seq Identity: 0.30 | Length: 266 / 316

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000166166 tRNA methyltransferase 61A
ENSG00000171103 tRNA methyltransferase 61B

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 15 9 18
disruptive 8 41 18 40
missense 8 41 17 34

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 28 18 20
disruptive 20 78 33 78
missense 18 70 28 52

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 155

Non-coding: 132 | Synonymous: 12 | Nonsynonymous: 11 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 316 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 37.204

UniProt ID(s): Q8IEF7

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.9

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR014816 tRNA (1-methyladenosine) methyltransferase catalytic subunit Gcd14
InterPro IPR029063 S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase
PFam PF08704 tRNA (1-methyladenosine) methyltransferase catalytic subunit Gcd14
Superfamily SSF53335 S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
10779558 The Gcd10p/Gcd14p complex is the essential two-subunit tRNA(1-methyladenosine)methyltransferase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Anderson J, Phan L, Hinnebusch AG 10.1073/pnas.090102597
10330157 GCD14p, a repressor of GCN4 translation, cooperates with Gcd10p and Lhp1p in thematuration of initiator methionyl-tRNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Calvo O, Cuesta R, ..., Tamame M 10.1128/MCB.19.6.4167
16043508 The bipartite structure of the tRNA m1A58 methyltransferase from S. cerevisiae is conserved in humans Ozanick S, Krecic A, Andersland J, Anderson JT 10.1261/rna.5040605
17932071 Conserved amino acids in each subunit of the heteroligomeric tRNA m1A58 Mtasefrom Saccharomyces cerevisiae contribute to tRNA binding Ozanick SG, Bujnicki JM, Sem DS, Anderson JT 10.1093/nar/gkm574
22102254 Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction crystallographic study of tRNAm(1)A58 methyltransferase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae Qiu X, Huang K, Ma J, Gao Y 10.1107/S174430911103733X
9539420 Identification of GCD14 and GCD15, novel genes required for translationalrepression of GCN4 mRNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cuesta R, Hinnebusch AG, Tamame M 10.1093/genetics/148.3.1007
15302822 Role of a 300-kilodalton nuclear complex in the maturation of Trypanosoma bruceiinitiator methionyl-tRNA Arhin GK, Shen S, ..., Tschudi C 10.1128/EC.3.4.893-899.2004
27582183 Crystal structure of the two-subunit tRNA m(1)A58 methyltransferase TRM6-TRM61from Saccharomyces cerevisiae Wang M, Zhu Y, ..., Li X 10.1038/srep32562
8948101 Sequencing analysis of a 40.2 kb fragment of yeast chromosome X reveals 19 openreading frames including URA2 (5' end), TRK1, PBS2, SPT10, GCD14, RPE1, PHO86,NCA3, ASF1, CCT7, GZF3, two tRNA genes, three remnant delta elements and a Ty4transposon Cziepluch C, Kordes E, Pujol A, Jauniaux JC 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199611)12:14<1471::AID-YEA30>3.0.CO;2-4