About Gene List

PF3D7_1440500

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,653,495..1,655,996(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: allantoicase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 3.5.3.4 (Allantoicase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0004037 allantoicase activity
Process GO:0000256 allantoin catabolic process

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 0.05 0.97
Trophozoite expressed 0.11 0.94
Schizont expressed 0.07 0.95
Gametocyte expressed 0.31 0.81

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1440500

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: -0.154 | #Insertions: 11

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1304400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.00 ± 0.14
  • Confidence: 5.35

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1304400)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3423

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IL65

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: NDP (nadph dihydro-nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide phosphate, Local RMSD=0.90) with 7XWU (Global RMSD=21.28)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.5.3.4 allantoicase EDTANH4+phosphateAllantoateiodoacetateL-asparagineglycolic acidHydantoic acidN-Acetylimidazolediethyldicarbonate(-)-ureidoglycolatep-hydroxymercuribenzoate...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_105441

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q8N6M5

TM-align score: 0.73 | RMSD: 4.01

Seq Identity: 0.23 | Length: 350 / 553

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000151360 allantoicase

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 36 25 45
disruptive 5 30 25 57
missense 5 29 23 51

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 83 28 49
disruptive 17 85 38 113
missense 11 72 28 86

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 58

Non-coding: 22 | Synonymous: 29 | Nonsynonymous: 7 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 553 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 64.799

UniProt ID(s): Q8IL65

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.9

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR005164 Allantoicase
InterPro IPR008979 Galactose-binding-like domain superfamily
InterPro IPR015908 Allantoicase domain
PFam PF03561 Allantoicase domain
Superfamily SSF49785 Galactose-binding-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
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