About Gene List

PF3D7_1436000 (GPI)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,456,374..1,460,503(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: glucose-6-phosphate isomerase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 5.3.1.9 (Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Function GO:0004347 glucose-6-phosphate isomerase activity
Function GO:0048029 monosaccharide binding
Process GO:0006094 gluconeogenesis
Process GO:0051156 glucose 6-phosphate metabolic process
Process GO:0006096 glycolytic process
Process GO:0006098 pentose-phosphate shunt

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 0.40 0.81
Trophozoite expressed 0.74 0.61
Schizont expressed 0.07 0.96
Gametocyte expressed 0.28 0.84

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1436000

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: 0.177 | MFS: -3.115 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1008800)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.18 ± 0.46
  • Confidence: 2.95

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8ILA4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: G6Q (glucose-6-phosphate, Local RMSD=0.12) with 3UJH (Global RMSD=2.90)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
5.3.1.9 glucose-6-phosphate isomerase GTPEDTAMaleatesuraminmalonatephosphateoxaloacetateoxoglutarateAgaricic acidMaleic anhydride3-phosphoglycerate6-phosphogluconate...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q9N1E2 Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase Oryctolagus cuniculus OrthoDB CHEMBL1235136

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100716

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P06744

TM-align score: 0.95 | RMSD: 1.38

Seq Identity: 0.38 | Length: 541 / 579

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000105220 glucose-6-phosphate isomerase
ENSG00000282019 glucose-6-phosphate isomerase

Protein Information

Protein Length: 579 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 67.368

UniProt ID(s): P18240, Q8ILA4

PDB ID(s): 3PR3, 3QKI

Isoelectric Point: 7.21

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001672 Phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI)
InterPro IPR018189 Phosphoglucose isomerase, conserved site
InterPro IPR035476 Phosphoglucose isomerase, SIS domain 1
InterPro IPR035482 Phosphoglucose isomerase, SIS domain 2
PFam PF00342 Phosphoglucose isomerase (PGI)
Superfamily SSF53697 N/A

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 25 12 54
disruptive 4 37 28 71
missense 4 36 28 62

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 60 24 37
disruptive 12 90 61 131
missense 8 76 54 94

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 135

Non-coding: 108 | Synonymous: 18 | Nonsynonymous: 8 | Stop Codon: 1

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
2197273 Cloning metabolic pathway genes by complementation in Escherichia coli. Isolationand expression of Plasmodium falciparum glucose phosphate isomerase. Kaslow DC, Hill S https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2197273/
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
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
38396332 Overcoming the egress block of Plasmodium sporozoites expressing fluorescentlytagged circumsporozoite protein Thieleke-Matos C, Walz K, Frischknecht F, Singer M 10.1111/mmi.15230
38395606 Protein sorting upon exit from the endoplasmic reticulum dominates Golgibiogenesis in budding yeast Sasaki S, Schlarmann P, ..., Funato K 10.1002/1873-3468.14830
38360646 Stable expression of mucin glycoproteins GP40 and GP15 of Cryptosporidium parvumin Toxoplasma gondii Li M, Sun X, ..., Guo Y 10.1186/s13071-024-06159-y