About Gene List

PF3D7_1439700

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,613,546..1,617,193(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: leucine carboxyl methyltransferase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.1.1.- (Methyltransferases.);2.1.1.233 ([Phosphatase 2A protein]-leucine-carboxy methyltransferase);2.3.1.231 (tRNA(Phe) (7-(3-amino-3-(methoxycarbonyl)propyl)wyosine(37)-N)-methoxycarbonyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB): None

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 0.05 0.97
Trophozoite expressed 0.47 0.71
Schizont expressed 0.12 0.91
Gametocyte not expressed 0.34 0.80

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1439700

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: 0.121 | MFS: -3.182 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1303600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.06 ± 0.13
  • Confidence: 5.43

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IL72

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: SAH (s-adenosyl-l-homocysteine, Local RMSD=0.77) with 3IEI (Global RMSD=2.14)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.1.1.- Ex: homocysteine S-methyltransferase EDTACTABNickelA9145CtylosintacrineTween 80FTI-2628macrocinadenosineRelomycinphosphate...
2.1.1.233 [phosphatase 2A protein]-leucine-carboxy methyltransferase alpha-synucleinS-adenosyl-L-homocysteine
2.3.1.231 tRNAPhe {7-[3-amino-3-(methoxycarbonyl)propyl]wyosine37-N}-methoxycarbonyltransferase No BRENDA inhibitors

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100931

Most Similar Human Ortholog: O60294

TM-align score: 0.93 | RMSD: 1.71

Seq Identity: 0.32 | Length: 319 / 327

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000168806 leucine carboxyl methyltransferase 2
ENSG00000205629 leucine carboxyl methyltransferase 1

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 122

Non-coding: 115 | Synonymous: 4 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 327 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 39.136

UniProt ID(s): Q8IL72

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.78

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR007213 Methyltransferase Ppm1/Ppm2/Tcmp
InterPro IPR016651 Leucine carboxyl methyltransferase 1
InterPro IPR029063 S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase
PFam PF04072 Methyltransferase Ppm1/Ppm2/Tcmp
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