About Gene List

PF3D7_1342800 (PEPCK)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:1,678,802..1,682,001(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 4.1.1.49 (Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (ATP))

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0004612 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (ATP) activity
Process GO:0006094 gluconeogenesis

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 0.08 0.96
Trophozoite expressed 0.35 0.80
Schizont expressed 0.04 0.97
Gametocyte expressed 0.32 0.81

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1342800

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: 0.265 | MFS: -2.655 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1355900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.94 ± 0.17
  • Confidence: 4.98

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1355900)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4082

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IDR1

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: PYR (pyruvic acid, Local RMSD=0.26) with 1AQ2 (Global RMSD=1.99)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
4.1.1.49 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (ATP) ATPKClNEMIDPNADHDTNBazideMnCl2malateoxalate(NH4)2SO4iodoacetamide...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102030

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 29 23 39
disruptive 0 14 14 38
missense 0 14 14 32

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 9 91 26 27
disruptive 4 46 26 85
missense 2 37 25 65

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 112

Non-coding: 94 | Synonymous: 14 | Nonsynonymous: 4 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 583 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 66.209

UniProt ID(s): Q8IDR1, Q9U750

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.39

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001272 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, ATP-utilising
InterPro IPR008210 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, N-terminal
InterPro IPR015994 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (ATP), conserved site
PFam PF01293 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, ATP-utilising
Superfamily SSF53795 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase, N-terminal
Superfamily SSF68923

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
28726641 A plant/fungal-type phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase located in the parasitemitochondrion ensures glucose-independent survival of Toxoplasma gondii. Nitzsche R, Gunay-Esiyok O, ..., Gupta N 10.1074/jbc.M117.802702
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596