About Gene List

PF3D7_1360500 (GCbeta)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:2,413,324..2,425,261(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: guanylyl cyclase beta

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 21

EC Numbers: 4.6.1.2 (Guanylate cyclase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005886 plasma membrane
Function GO:0004383 guanylate cyclase activity
Process GO:0071976 cell gliding

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 0.06 0.97
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.24 0.87
Schizont possibly expressed 0.05 0.97
Gametocyte expressed 0.90 0.56

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1360500

Resistome Missense Mutations: D2939N, F3060I

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: Desoxyepothilone B, MMV665794

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 6 (4 missense, 4 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: -1.392 | #Insertions: 6

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1136700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.65 ± 0.27
  • Confidence: 4.00

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PY17X_1138200)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4795

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: N/A

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
4.6.1.2 guanylate cyclase BRENDA SOAP query unsuccessful

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_139203

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 26 185 93 212
disruptive 101 292 184 392
missense 78 271 173 347

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 50 356 150 220
disruptive 162 624 275 636
missense 120 528 236 489

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 620

Non-coding: 353 | Synonymous: 169 | Nonsynonymous: 98 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 3179 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 376.99

UniProt ID(s): Q8IDA0, Q9GVB8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.77

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001054 Adenylyl cyclase class-3/4/guanylyl cyclase
InterPro IPR008250 P-type ATPase, A domain superfamily
InterPro IPR023298 P-type ATPase, transmembrane domain superfamily
InterPro IPR029787 Nucleotide cyclase
InterPro IPR032630 P-type ATPase, C-terminal
InterPro IPR036412 HAD-like superfamily
PFam PF00211 Adenylyl cyclase class-3/4/guanylyl cyclase
PFam PF16212 P-type ATPase, C-terminal
Superfamily SSF55073 Nucleotide cyclase
Superfamily SSF56784 HAD-like superfamily
Superfamily SSF81653 P-type ATPase, A domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF81665 P-type ATPase, transmembrane domain superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
10747978 Guanylyl cyclase activity associated with putative bifunctional integral membraneproteins in Plasmodium falciparum. Carucci DJ, Witney AA, ..., Baker DA 10.1074/jbc.M001021200
11152613 Predicting transmembrane protein topology with a hidden Markov model: applicationto complete genomes. Krogh A, Larsson B, von Heijne G, Sonnhammer EL 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4315
30146157 ISP1-Anchored Polarization of GCbeta/CDC50A Complex Initiates Malaria OokineteGliding Motility. Gao H, Yang Z, ..., Yuan J 10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.069
19779564 A cyclic GMP signalling module that regulates gliding motility in a malariaparasite Moon RW, Taylor CJ, ..., Billker O 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000599