About Gene List

PF3D7_1325100

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:1,043,646..1,046,792(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: phosphoribosylpyrophosphate synthetase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.7.6.1 (Ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Component GO:0002189 ribose phosphate diphosphokinase complex
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0004749 ribose phosphate diphosphokinase activity
Process GO:0006015 5-phosphoribose 1-diphosphate biosynthetic process
Process GO:0009165 nucleotide biosynthetic process
Process GO:0006098 pentose-phosphate shunt
Process GO:0006164 purine nucleotide biosynthetic process
Process GO:0006166 purine ribonucleoside salvage

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 expressed 1.01 0.55
Trophozoite expressed 1.36 0.36
Schizont expressed 0.29 0.82
Gametocyte expressed 0.47 0.75

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1325100

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: 0.218 | MFS: -2.546 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IE67

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ADP (adenosine-5'-diphosphate, Local RMSD=0.14) with 6NFE (Global RMSD=1.17)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.7.6.1 ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase ATPADPFADUDPAMPGTPGDPCTPUTPUMPGSHGMP...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P60891 Ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase 1 Homo sapiens OMA, OrthoDB US10981917, Example 1US10981917, Example 2US10981917, Example 4US10981917, Example 5...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100356

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A6Q8PHK9

TM-align score: 0.96 | RMSD: 1.23

Seq Identity: 0.50 | Length: 121 / 437

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000101911 phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase 2
ENSG00000147224 phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase 1
ENSG00000229937 phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate synthetase 1 like 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 437 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 49.383

UniProt ID(s): Q27726, Q8IE67, Q9U465

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.8

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000836 Phosphoribosyltransferase domain
InterPro IPR005946 Ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase
InterPro IPR029057 Phosphoribosyltransferase-like
InterPro IPR029099 Ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase, N-terminal domain
PFam PF13793 Ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase, N-terminal domain
PFam PF14572 Ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase
Superfamily SSF53271 Phosphoribosyltransferase-like

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 9 31 7 22
disruptive 2 9 9 22
missense 1 7 6 18

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 15 52 10 26
disruptive 8 40 15 46
missense 3 22 11 31

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 172

Non-coding: 138 | Synonymous: 29 | Nonsynonymous: 5 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
30204084 Elucidating the mitochondrial proteome of Toxoplasma gondii reveals the presenceof a divergent cytochrome c oxidase Seidi A, Muellner-Wong LS, ..., van Dooren GG 10.7554/eLife.38131
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
34494883 A Prioritized and Validated Resource of Mitochondrial Proteins in PlasmodiumIdentifies Unique Biology. van Esveld SL, Meerstein-Kessel L, ..., Huynen MA 10.1128/mSphere.00614-21