About Gene List

PF3D7_1417300 (ATG4)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:708,755..713,627(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: cysteine protease ATG4, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 3.4.22.- (Cysteine endopeptidases.)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Function GO:0004197 cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
Process GO:0006914 autophagy

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 0.09 0.96
Trophozoite not expressed 0.13 0.92
Schizont expressed 0.80 0.56
Gametocyte expressed 0.19 0.88

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1417300

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: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.999 | MFS: -2.802 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8ILS3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: COA (coenzyme a, Local RMSD=0.84) with 5W40 (Global RMSD=12.34)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.4.22.- Ex: staphylococcal cysteine proteinase NEME64SpiSDSCysEDTAPCMBEGTAPMSFTLCKTPCKMENT...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q9Y4P1 Cysteine protease ATG4B Homo sapiens OrthoDB MLS000074446MLS000069428flufenamic acid analogue, 32MLS000054131...
Q8WYN0 Cysteine protease ATG4A OrthoDB TIOCONAZOLE

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100501

Most Similar Human Ortholog: C9J1C1

TM-align score: 0.84 | RMSD: 1.80

Seq Identity: 0.21 | Length: 66 / 1124

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000101844 autophagy related 4A cysteine peptidase
ENSG00000125703 autophagy related 4C cysteine peptidase
ENSG00000130734 autophagy related 4D cysteine peptidase
ENSG00000168397 autophagy related 4B cysteine peptidase

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1124 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 132.716

UniProt ID(s): Q8ILS3

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.77

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR005078 Peptidase C54
InterPro IPR038765 Papain-like cysteine peptidase superfamily
PFam PF03416 Peptidase C54
Superfamily SSF54001 Papain-like cysteine peptidase superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 10 45 26 84
disruptive 36 170 134 267
missense 26 130 114 221

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 20 96 64 96
disruptive 101 437 196 421
missense 56 340 156 255

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 186

Non-coding: 63 | Synonymous: 80 | Nonsynonymous: 43 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
37910326 Regulation of Atg8 membrane deconjugation by cysteine proteases in the malariaparasite Plasmodium berghei Mishra A, Varshney A, Mishra S 10.1007/s00018-023-05004-2