About Gene List

PF3D7_1437000 (NAT8)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,502,507..1,505,459(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: N-acetyltransferase, GNAT family

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 2

EC Numbers: 2.3.1.- (Transferring groups other than amino-acyl groups.);2.3.1.1 (Amino-acid N-acetyltransferase);2.3.1.48 (Histone acetyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0008080 N-acetyltransferase activity
Process GO:0020014 schizogony

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.50 0.76
Trophozoite expressed 0.68 0.62
Schizont expressed 0.48 0.70
Gametocyte expressed 0.54 0.69

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1437000

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: 0.12 | MFS: -3.046 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0611800)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.10 ± 0.69
  • Confidence: 1.00

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IL96

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ACO (acetyl coenzyme *a, Local RMSD=3.12) with 6AO7 (Global RMSD=14.12)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.3.1.- Ex: [myelin-proteolipid] O-palmitoyltransferase CoAKClArgATPADPEDTAMgCl2CaCl2MnCl2AgNO3CoCl2FeSO4...
2.3.1.1 amino-acid N-acetyltransferase CoAKClArgEDTAMgCl2CaCl2MnCl2AgNO3CoCl2FeSO4FeCl3BaCl2...
2.3.1.48 histone acetyltransferase CoADNARNABF1EDTAMB-3LTK14PU139A-485TTK21CPTH2CPTH6...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_129779

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 42 18 39
disruptive 16 87 30 83
missense 12 59 19 60

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 18 70 25 33
disruptive 47 176 71 214
missense 30 110 55 128

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 215

Non-coding: 150 | Synonymous: 44 | Nonsynonymous: 21 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 544 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 64.188

UniProt ID(s): Q8IL96

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.08

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000182 GNAT domain
InterPro IPR016181 Acyl-CoA N-acyltransferase
PFam PF00583 GNAT domain
Superfamily SSF55729 Acyl-CoA N-acyltransferase

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
12368868 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 2, 10, 11 and 14. Gardner MJ, Shallom SJ, ..., Fraser CM 10.1038/nature01094
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
35621049 N-acetylation of secreted proteins in Apicomplexa is widespread and isindependent of the E R acetyl-Co A transporter A T1 Nyonda MA, Boyer JB, ..., Giglione C 10.1242/jcs.259811
36744402 An essential endoplasmic reticulum-resident N-acetyltransferase ortholog in Plasmodium falciparum Polino AJ, Hasan MM, ..., Goldberg DE 10.1242/jcs.260551