About Gene List

PF3D7_1343600

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:1,721,704..1,724,056(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.7.7.23 (UDP-N-acetylglucosamine diphosphorylase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Function GO:0003977 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine diphosphorylase activity
Process GO:0006048 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process
Process GO:0006047 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process
Process GO:0009226 nucleotide-sugar 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 not expressed 0.17 0.91
Trophozoite expressed 0.37 0.77
Schizont possibly expressed 0.06 0.96
Gametocyte expressed 0.23 0.87

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1343600

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: 0.129 | MFS: -3.188 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1356600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.81 ± 0.07
  • Confidence: 6.73

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1356600)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4617

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IDQ3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: PPV (pyrophosphate, Local RMSD=0.08) with 6G9V (Global RMSD=3.34)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.7.7.23 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine diphosphorylase BRENDA SOAP query unsuccessful

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101381

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q3KQV9

TM-align score: 0.85 | RMSD: 2.66

Seq Identity: 0.28 | Length: 466 / 593

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000117143 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase 1
ENSG00000197355 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase 1 like 1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 28 13 38
disruptive 16 94 65 122
missense 13 93 61 115

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 55 31 47
disruptive 29 205 97 174
missense 23 189 85 137

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 80

Non-coding: 31 | Synonymous: 25 | Nonsynonymous: 24 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 593 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 69.984

UniProt ID(s): Q8IDQ3

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.56

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002618 UDPGP family
InterPro IPR029044 Nucleotide-diphospho-sugar transferases
InterPro IPR039741 UDP-sugar pyrophosphorylase
PFam PF01704 UDPGP family
Superfamily SSF53448 Nucleotide-diphospho-sugar transferases

Associated Publications

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