About Gene List

PF3D7_1347700 (ECT)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:1,907,067..1,911,493(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: ethanolamine-phosphate cytidylyltransferase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.7.7.14 (Ethanolamine-phosphate cytidylyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Function GO:0004306 ethanolamine-phosphate cytidylyltransferase activity
Process GO:0008654 phospholipid 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 expressed 1.35 0.45
Trophozoite expressed 0.70 0.61
Schizont expressed 0.58 0.65
Gametocyte expressed 0.91 0.52

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1347700

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: 0.622 | MFS: -2.514 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1360500)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.57 ± 0.23
  • Confidence: 4.36

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1360500)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3701

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IDM2

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: CHT (choline ion, Local RMSD=0.42) with 4ZCQ (Global RMSD=2.23)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.7.7.14 ethanolamine-phosphate cytidylyltransferase CTPNEMPCMBoleatediphosphateiodoacetamidephosphocholineCDP-ethanolamine2-aminoethylphosphonate1-Aminoethylphosphonate3-Aminopropylphosphonatephosphodimethylethanolamine...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100945

Most Similar Human Ortholog: I3L1F9

TM-align score: 0.90 | RMSD: 0.54

Seq Identity: 0.41 | Length: 34 / 573

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000185813 phosphate cytidylyltransferase 2, ethanolamine

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 32 18 34
disruptive 12 48 24 50
missense 9 38 19 41

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 13 53 25 37
disruptive 29 94 58 147
missense 16 68 44 77

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 151

Non-coding: 134 | Synonymous: 9 | Nonsynonymous: 8 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 573 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 66.039

UniProt ID(s): Q8IDM2

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.55

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR004821 Cytidyltransferase-like domain
PFam PF01467 Cytidyltransferase-like domain
Superfamily SSF52374 N/A

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
23198904 Biochemical characterization of Plasmodium falciparum CTP:phosphoethanolaminecytidylyltransferase shows that only one of the two cytidylyltransferase domainsis active. Maheshwari S, Lavigne M, ..., Cerdan R 10.1042/BJ20121480