About Gene List

PF3D7_1407900 (PMI)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:287,116..291,277(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: plasmepsin I

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: 3.4.23.38 (Plasmepsin I)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020020 food vacuole
Function GO:0004190 aspartic-type endopeptidase activity
Process GO:0042540 hemoglobin catabolic 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 expressed 1.03 0.56
Trophozoite expressed 0.28 0.83
Schizont expressed 0.10 0.94
Gametocyte not expressed 0.13 0.92

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1407900

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: 0.594 | MFS: -2.401 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1034400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.67 ± 0.01
  • Confidence: 10.00

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q7KQM4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: CPS (chaps, Local RMSD=0.15) with 7VE0 (Global RMSD=6.50)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.4.23.38 plasmepsin I LV-928SC-50083quercetinpepstatinRo40-4388Ro40-5576KNI-10743KNI-10333gossypetinRo 40-4388hibiscetinpepstatin A...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q8IM16 Plasmepsin IV [1-448] HOGENOM, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST phenyl-substituted sulfonamides, 6dphenyl-substituted sulfonamides, 6eCHEMBL588662US9353089, 117...
O60989 Plasmepsin IV, putative Plasmodium vivax HOGENOM, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL575115CHEMBL584189CHEMBL575150CHEMBL584190...
P39898 Plasmepsin I Plasmodium falciparum OMA, OrthoMCL BLAST Statine-like inhibitor AStatine-like inhibitor 14Statine-like inhibitor 15Statine-like inhibitor 16...
P14091 Cathepsin E OrthoDB US9242943, 36CHEMBL588662US9353089, 117US9353089, 176...
P00797 Renin Homo sapiens OrthoDB 2-aminoquinazoline, 3aCGP 38560Renin nonpeptide inhibitor, 2Renin nonpeptide inhibitor, 3...
P06281 Renin-1 Mus musculus OrthoDB CHEMBL318242CHEMBL321937CHEMBL97865CHEMBL98582...
Q6DLW5 Renin Macaca mulatta OrthoDB CHEMBL1276271Aliskiren HemifumarateIMARIKIREN
P07339 Cathepsin D Homo sapiens OrthoDB Statine-like inhibitor AStatine-like inhibitor 14Statine-like inhibitor 15Statine-like inhibitor 16...
P08424 Renin Rattus norvegicus OrthoDB CHEMBL357253CHEMBL414795CHEMBL265833CHEMBL412950...
P0DJD9 Pepsin A-5 Homo sapiens OrthoDB CHEMBL326831CHEMBL432424Boc-Phe-His-Leu-CF3-Ile-AmpBoc-Phe-His-Leu-CF3-Ile-Amp...
P20142 Gastricsin Homo sapiens OrthoDB CHEMBL313773CHEMBL418948CHEMBL287423CHEMBL62380...
P04073 Gastricsin Rattus norvegicus OrthoDB CHEMBL28888CHEMBL424222CHEMBL28738
P46925 Plasmepsin II Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL BLAST Statine-like inhibitor AStatine-like inhibitor 14Statine-like inhibitor 15Statine-like inhibitor 16...
Q9Y006 Plasmepsin III Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL BLAST KNI-10006

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100536

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P14091

TM-align score: 0.79 | RMSD: 3.01

Seq Identity: 0.28 | Length: 350 / 452

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000117984 cathepsin D
ENSG00000131400 napsin A aspartic peptidase
ENSG00000196188 cathepsin E
ENSG00000250644 novel protein

Protein Information

Protein Length: 452 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 51.461

UniProt ID(s): A0A144A171, P39898, Q17SC7, Q7KQM4

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.15

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001461 Aspartic peptidase A1 family
InterPro IPR001969 Aspartic peptidase, active site
InterPro IPR021109 Aspartic peptidase domain superfamily
InterPro IPR033121 Peptidase family A1 domain
InterPro IPR034164 Pepsin-like domain
PFam PF00026 Peptidase family A1 domain
Superfamily SSF50630 Aspartic peptidase domain superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 206

Non-coding: 174 | Synonymous: 16 | Nonsynonymous: 16 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
2007860 Hemoglobin degradation in the human malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum: acatabolic pathway initiated by a specific aspartic protease. Goldberg DE, Slater AF, ..., Henderson GB 10.1084/jem.173.4.961
11782538 Four plasmepsins are active in the Plasmodium falciparum food vacuole, includinga protease with an active-site histidine. Banerjee R, Liu J, ..., Goldberg DE 10.1073/pnas.022630099
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
12368868 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 2, 10, 11 and 14. Gardner MJ, Shallom SJ, ..., Fraser CM 10.1038/nature01094
18073224 Expression and enzymatic characterization of the soluble recombinant plasmepsin Ifrom Plasmodium falciparum. Xiao H, Tanaka T, Ogawa M, Yada RY 10.1093/protein/gzm066
21136929 Food vacuole proteome of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Lamarque M, Tastet C, ..., Dubremetz JF 10.1002/prca.200700112