About Gene List

PF3D7_1318200 (G3PAT)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:750,316..751,518(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: glycerol-3-phosphate 1-O-acyltransferase

SignalP Peptide: MIKFSVLSFLTTLFLVVLKFHVVKN

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.3.1.15 (Glycerol-3-phosphate 1-O-acyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Function GO:0004366 glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase activity
Process GO:0045017 glycerolipid 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 0.01 1.00
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.04 0.98
Schizont not expressed 0.03 0.98
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.05 0.97

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1318200

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: 0.463 | #Insertions: 3

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1416700)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-1469

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IED4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.3.1.15 glycerol-3-phosphate 1-O-acyltransferase NEMEDTAMgCl2CaCl2oleatepapainacetonecholatePronaseTrypsinspermineacyl-CoA...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_114319

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 13 7 35
disruptive 4 30 18 48
missense 4 29 17 47

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 23 25 31
disruptive 11 76 32 78
missense 10 65 29 59

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 20

Non-coding: 0 | Synonymous: 8 | Nonsynonymous: 12 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 400 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 47.12

UniProt ID(s): Q8IED4

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.84

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002123 Phospholipid/glycerol acyltransferase
InterPro IPR016222 Glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase, chloroplast
PFam PF01553 Phospholipid/glycerol acyltransferase
Superfamily SSF69593 N/A

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
27324409 Characterization of the Plasmodium falciparum and P. berghei glycerol 3-phosphateacyltransferase involved in F ASII fatty acid utilization in the malaria parasiteapicoplast Shears MJ, MacRae JI, ..., McFadden GI 10.1111/cmi.12633
30212465 Integrative proteomics and bioinformatic prediction enable a high-confidenceapicoplast proteome in malaria parasites. Boucher MJ, Ghosh S, ..., Yeh E 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005895
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