About Gene List

PF3D7_1366500 (NDK)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:2,660,521..2,662,797(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: nucleoside diphosphate kinase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.7.4.6 (Nucleoside-diphosphate kinase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Function GO:0005524 ATP binding
Function GO:0000287 magnesium ion binding
Function GO:0004550 nucleoside diphosphate kinase activity
Process GO:0006241 CTP biosynthetic process
Process GO:0006183 GTP biosynthetic process
Process GO:0006228 UTP 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 possibly expressed 0.04 0.98
Trophozoite expressed 0.40 0.76
Schizont expressed 0.05 0.96
Gametocyte expressed 0.19 0.89

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1366500

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 *tentative

MIS: 0.119 | MFS: -2.705 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1142400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.57 ± 0.08
  • Confidence: 6.46

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1142400)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3145

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8ID43

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: TAM (tris(hydroxyethyl)aminomethane, Local RMSD=0.02) with 6QA2 (Global RMSD=0.58)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.7.4.6 nucleoside-diphosphate kinase ATPUDPAMPGDPGMPEDTAcAMPcGMPdTDPDTNBdCDPMgADP-...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
O00746 Nucleoside diphosphate kinase, mitochondrial HOGENOM, OrthoDB CHEMBL5204662

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100304

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P15531

TM-align score: 0.99 | RMSD: 0.36

Seq Identity: 0.59 | Length: 149 / 149

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000011052 NME1-NME2 readthrough
ENSG00000103024 NME/NM23 nucleoside diphosphate kinase 3
ENSG00000103202 NME/NM23 nucleoside diphosphate kinase 4
ENSG00000239672 NME/NM23 nucleoside diphosphate kinase 1
ENSG00000243678 NME/NM23 nucleoside diphosphate kinase 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 149 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 17.012

UniProt ID(s): Q8ID43

PDB ID(s): 1XIQ

Isoelectric Point: 9.42

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001564 Nucleoside diphosphate kinase
InterPro IPR023005 Nucleoside diphosphate kinase, active site
InterPro IPR034907 Nucleoside diphosphate kinase-like domain
InterPro IPR036850 Nucleoside diphosphate kinase-like domain superfamily
PFam PF00334 Nucleoside diphosphate kinase-like domain
Superfamily SSF54919 Nucleoside diphosphate kinase-like domain superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 143

Non-coding: 133 | Synonymous: 7 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
19652368 Bioinformatics, enzymologic properties, and comprehensive tracking of Plasmodiumfalciparum nucleoside diphosphate kinase. Kandeel M, Miyamoto T, Kitade Y 10.1248/bpb.32.1321