About Gene List

PF3D7_1366800 (PSS)

Genome location: Pf3D7_13_v3:2,668,028..2,671,369(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: phosphatidylserine synthase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 9

EC Numbers: 2.7.8.8 (CDP-diacylglycerol--serine O-phosphatidyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Function GO:0016780 phosphotransferase activity, for other substituted phosphate groups
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0006659 phosphatidylserine biosynthetic process

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.06 0.97
Trophozoite expressed 0.09 0.94
Schizont expressed 0.08 0.94
Gametocyte expressed 0.07 0.96

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1366800

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: 0.123 | MFS: -3.123 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C0H5K9

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.7.8.8 CDP-diacylglycerol-serine O-phosphatidyltransferase Triton X-100

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101724

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9BVG9

TM-align score: 0.73 | RMSD: 3.13

Seq Identity: 0.24 | Length: 293 / 357

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000156471 phosphatidylserine synthase 1
ENSG00000174915 phosphatidylserine synthase 2
ENSG00000282367 phosphatidylserine synthase 2

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 24 13 22
disruptive 20 24 17 29
missense 20 24 17 29

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 12 47 14 28
disruptive 23 54 36 75
missense 23 49 34 54

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 262

Non-coding: 231 | Synonymous: 9 | Nonsynonymous: 22 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 357 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 41.979

UniProt ID(s): C0H5K9

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.18

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR004277 Phosphatidyl serine synthase
PFam PF03034 Phosphatidyl serine synthase
Superfamily N/A N/A

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
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
35623558 Defining ER-mitochondria contact dynamics in Plasmodium falciparum by targetingcomponent of phospholipid synthesis pathway, phosphatidylserine synthase (PfPSS). Anwar MO, Islam MM, ..., Mohmmed A 10.1016/j.mito.2022.05.005