About Gene List

PF3D7_1426700 (PEPC)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,035,905..1,042,216(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 4.1.1.31 (Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0008964 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase activity
Process GO:0015977 carbon fixation

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 0.27 0.86
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.28 0.83
Schizont expressed 0.98 0.49
Gametocyte expressed 0.85 0.56

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1426700

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: 1 | MFS: -2.966 | #Insertions: 4

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1017900)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-1271

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8ILJ7

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: PGA (2-phosphoglycolic acid, Local RMSD=0.29) with 6MGI (Global RMSD=3.01)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
4.1.1.31 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase ATPADPAMPGTPGDPCTPUTPKClNEMNaFAspGlu...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_104577

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 29 24 60
disruptive 17 24 16 78
missense 17 23 15 62

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 11 91 42 65
disruptive 23 109 83 216
missense 21 76 61 127

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 222

Non-coding: 170 | Synonymous: 31 | Nonsynonymous: 21 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1148 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 133.96

UniProt ID(s): Q8ILJ7

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.85

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR015813 Pyruvate/Phosphoenolpyruvate kinase-like domain superfamily
InterPro IPR021135 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase
InterPro IPR033129 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, His active site
PFam PF00311 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase
Superfamily SSF51621 Pyruvate/Phosphoenolpyruvate kinase-like domain superfamily

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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
23181666 Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Oehring SC, Woodcroft BJ, ..., Voss TS 10.1186/gb-2012-13-11-r108
24453970 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase identified as a key enzyme in erythrocyticPlasmodium falciparum carbon metabolism. Storm J, Sethia S, ..., Muller S 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003876