About Gene List

PF3D7_1327800

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:1,162,463..1,165,039(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: ribose-phosphate pyrophosphokinase, putative

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:0004749 ribose phosphate diphosphokinase activity
Process GO:0006015 5-phosphoribose 1-diphosphate biosynthetic process
Process GO:0000105 histidine biosynthetic process
Process GO:0009116 nucleoside metabolic process
Process GO:0009165 nucleotide biosynthetic process
Process GO:0006164 purine nucleotide biosynthetic process
Process GO:0000162 tryptophan biosynthetic 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 expressed 0.44 0.79
Trophozoite expressed 0.48 0.72
Schizont expressed 0.07 0.95
Gametocyte expressed 0.23 0.86

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1327800

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: 0.992 | MFS: -1.359 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1343000)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.88 ± 0.11
  • Confidence: 5.84

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1343000)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3605

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IE40

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ADP (adenosine-5'-diphosphate, Local RMSD=0.13) with 6NFE (Global RMSD=8.69)

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 OrthoDB US10981917, Example 1US10981917, Example 2US10981917, Example 4US10981917, Example 5...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_159065

No human ortholog(s)

Protein Information

Protein Length: 560 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 64.019

UniProt ID(s): Q8IE40

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.89

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 15 22 6 18
disruptive 5 16 13 41
missense 5 16 11 34

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 19 33 11 27
disruptive 9 55 21 87
missense 6 44 15 51

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 53

Non-coding: 31 | Synonymous: 16 | Nonsynonymous: 6 | Stop Codon: 0

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
23181666 Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Oehring SC, Woodcroft BJ, ..., Voss TS 10.1186/gb-2012-13-11-r108
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