About Gene List

PF3D7_1432700

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,289,379..1,291,696(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: protein-L-isoaspartate(D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.1.1.77 (Protein-L-isoaspartate(D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0004719 protein-L-isoaspartate (D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase activity
Process GO:0030091 protein repair

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 0.09 0.95
Trophozoite expressed 0.75 0.59
Schizont expressed 0.29 0.82
Gametocyte expressed 0.87 0.54

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1432700

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: 0.992 | MFS: -0.826 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: A0A144A3E6

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: SAH (s-adenosyl-l-homocysteine, Local RMSD=0.35) with 2PBF (Global RMSD=0.49)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.1.1.77 protein-L-isoaspartate(D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase adenosinesinefunginadenosine dialdehydeS-adenosylhomocysteineS-adenosyl-L-homocysteine5'-deoxy-5'-methylthioadenosineNalpha-benzyloxycarbonyl-O-benzyl-L-Asp-Nepsilon-L-Lys-L-Tyr-L-Ala-amide

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100731

Most Similar Human Ortholog: C9J0F2

TM-align score: 0.97 | RMSD: 0.64

Seq Identity: 0.47 | Length: 96 / 224

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000120265 protein-L-isoaspartate (D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 14 5 18
disruptive 0 1 3 12
missense 0 1 2 9

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 24 7 16
disruptive 3 11 9 34
missense 0 8 7 25

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 90

Non-coding: 82 | Synonymous: 8 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 224 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 25.543

UniProt ID(s): A0A144A3E6

PDB ID(s): 2PBF

Isoelectric Point: 7.43

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000682 Protein-L-isoaspartate(D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase
InterPro IPR029063 S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase
PFam PF01135 N/A
Superfamily SSF53335 S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase

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
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
31631203 A network-based approach reveals novel invasion and Maurer's clefts-relatedproteins in Plasmodium falciparum. Das D, Krishnan SR, Roy A, Bulusu G 10.1039/c9mo00124g