About Gene List

PF3D7_1444300 (LPAAT)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,828,404..1,830,177(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 2

EC Numbers: 2.3.1.51 (1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
Function GO:0003841 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase activity
Process GO:0006654 phosphatidic acid biosynthetic process

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 0.17 0.91
Trophozoite expressed 0.51 0.69
Schizont expressed 0.48 0.69
Gametocyte expressed 0.33 0.81

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1444300

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: 0.22 | MFS: -2.951 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PY17X_1312000)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-980

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IL28

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.3.1.51 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase EDTAMgCl2CaCl2CHAPSCI-976Triton X-100stearoyl-CoAPhospholipidsN-ethylmaleimide2-mercaptoethanolsodium deoxycholatelysophosphatidylcholine...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100535

Most Similar Human Ortholog: O15120

TM-align score: 0.74 | RMSD: 2.94

Seq Identity: 0.17 | Length: 241 / 292

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000169692 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 2
ENSG00000204310 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 1
ENSG00000206324 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 1
ENSG00000226467 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 1
ENSG00000227642 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 1
ENSG00000228892 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 1
ENSG00000235758 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 1
ENSG00000236873 1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase 1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 14 15 25
disruptive 3 11 8 24
missense 3 11 8 21

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 34 10 34
disruptive 6 36 24 76
missense 6 30 20 43

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 84

Non-coding: 78 | Synonymous: 3 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 292 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 33.747

UniProt ID(s): Q8IL28

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.66

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002123 Phospholipid/glycerol acyltransferase
PFam PF01553 Phospholipid/glycerol acyltransferase
Superfamily SSF69593 N/A

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
24330260 Enzymes involved in plastid-targeted phosphatidic acid synthesis are essentialfor Plasmodium yoelii liver-stage development. Lindner SE, Sartain MJ, ..., Vaughan AM 10.1111/mmi.12485
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
34982825 Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferases: a link with intracellular proteintrafficking in Arabidopsis root cells Wattelet-Boyer V, Le Guedard M, ..., Moreau P 10.1093/jxb/erab504