About Gene List

PF3D7_1444800 (FBPA)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:1,843,368..1,846,989(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: fructose-bisphosphate aldolase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 4.1.2.13 (Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0009986 cell surface
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:1903561 extracellular vesicle
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0003779 actin binding
Function GO:0004332 fructose-bisphosphate aldolase activity
Process GO:0008154 actin polymerization or depolymerization
Process GO:0030388 fructose 1,6-bisphosphate metabolic process
Process GO:0006096 glycolytic process

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 2.10 0.31
Trophozoite expressed 2.55 0.09
Schizont expressed 1.18 0.44
Gametocyte expressed 1.04 0.51

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1444800

Resistome Missense Mutations: G177V

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: Cipargamin/KAE609/NITD609

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 1 (1 missense, 1 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.268 | MFS: -2.718 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1308600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.12 ± 0.19
  • Confidence: 4.72

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q7KQL9

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: G3H (glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, Local RMSD=0.14) with 5TK3 (Global RMSD=3.22)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
4.1.2.13 fructose-bisphosphate aldolase ATPADPAMPKClIMPCysEDTAHgCl2MgCl2CaCl2CuSO4MnCl2...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P00883 Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase A Oryctolagus cuniculus OMA, OrthoMCL BLAST Phosphoglycolohydroxamic AcidCHEMBL258208CHEMBL2017785

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100527

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A3B3IS80

TM-align score: 0.97 | RMSD: 1.10

Seq Identity: 0.51 | Length: 340 / 369

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000109107 aldolase, fructose-bisphosphate C
ENSG00000136872 aldolase, fructose-bisphosphate B
ENSG00000149925 aldolase, fructose-bisphosphate A

Protein Information

Protein Length: 369 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 40.105

UniProt ID(s): A0A144A3T1, A0A4Y5WWU3, A0A4Y5WWU6, A1BY85, B7SSG8, B7SSG9, B7SSH0, B7SSH1, P14223, Q27744, Q7KQL9, Q9U6R2

PDB ID(s): 4TR9

Isoelectric Point: 8.14

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000741 Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase, class-I
InterPro IPR029768 Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase class-I active site
PFam PF00274 Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase, class-I
Superfamily SSF51569 N/A

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 1 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 1 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 171

Non-coding: 164 | Synonymous: 4 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
2190085 Plasmodium falciparum aldolase: gene structure and localization. Knapp B, Hundt E, Kupper HA 10.1016/0166-6851(90)90074-v
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
17426153 Aldolase provides an unusual binding site for thrombospondin-related anonymousprotein in the invasion machinery of the malaria parasite. Bosch J, Buscaglia CA, ..., Hol WG 10.1073/pnas.0605301104
25261592 Plasmodium falciparum aldolase and the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain of certainapical organellar proteins promote actin polymerization. Diaz SA, Martin SR, ..., Holder AA 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.09.006
26289816 Inhibition by stabilization: targeting the Plasmodium falciparum aldolase-TRAPcomplex. Nemetski SM, Cardozo TJ, ..., Bosch J 10.1186/s12936-015-0834-9
27714937 PlasmoSEP: Predicting surface-exposed proteins on the malaria parasite usingsemisupervised self-training and expert-annotated data. El-Manzalawy Y, Munoz EE, Lindner SE, Honavar V 10.1002/pmic.201600249
28944300 Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from a Plasmodium falciparum Kenyanclinical isolate defines a core parasite secretome. Abdi A, Yu L, ..., Rayner J 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.11910.2
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21