About Gene List

PF3D7_1355300 (SET6)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:2,195,099..2,197,551(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: histone-lysine N-methyltransferase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.1.1.43 (Transferred entry: 2.1.1.354)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0034399 nuclear periphery
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0018024 histone-lysine N-methyltransferase activity
Process GO:0034968 histone lysine methylation

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 0.24 0.88
Trophozoite not expressed 0.15 0.90
Schizont not expressed 0.03 0.98
Gametocyte not expressed 0.17 0.90

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1355300

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: 0.131 | MFS: -3.323 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1131800)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.78 ± 0.09
  • Confidence: 6.25

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1131800)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3096

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IDE8

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: BU3 ((r,r)-2,3-butanediol, Local RMSD=0.07) with 5KJN (Global RMSD=2.77)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.1.1.43 histone-lysine N-methyltransferase BRENDA SOAP query unsuccessful

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q9NRG4 N-lysine methyltransferase SMYD2 OrthoDB CHEMBL3818083CHEMBL3819277US10023539, Example 1US10023539, Example 2...
Q9H7B4 Histone-lysine N-methyltransferase SMYD3 OrthoDB US10106510, Compound 1US10106510, Compound 2US10106510, Compound 3US10106510, Compound 4...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101699

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9H7B4

TM-align score: 0.85 | RMSD: 3.09

Seq Identity: 0.23 | Length: 406 / 509

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000143499 SET and MYND domain containing 2
ENSG00000185420 SET and MYND domain containing 3

Protein Information

Protein Length: 509 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 60.023

UniProt ID(s): Q8IDE8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.8

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001214 SET domain
InterPro IPR002893 Zinc finger, MYND-type
PFam PF00856 SET domain
PFam PF01753 Zinc finger, MYND-type
Superfamily SSF144232 N/A
Superfamily SSF82199

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 19 15 26
disruptive 0 10 10 30
missense 0 10 9 26

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 62 20 29
disruptive 3 50 29 95
missense 0 36 22 51

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 152

Non-coding: 126 | Synonymous: 24 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
19765590 Potential epigenetic regulatory proteins localise to distinct nuclearsub-compartments in Plasmodium falciparum. Volz J, Carvalho TG, ..., Cowman AF 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.09.002