About Gene List

PF3D7_1451400 (Sir2B)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:2,107,995..2,113,322(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: transcriptional regulatory protein sir2b

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.3.1.286 (Protein acetyllysine N-acetyltransferase);3.5.1.98 (Histone deacetylase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0019213 deacetylase activity
Function GO:0004407 histone deacetylase activity
Function GO:0003714 transcription corepressor activity
Process GO:0070932 histone H3 deacetylation
Process GO:0000122 negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
Process GO:0006355 regulation of transcription, DNA-templated

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 0.21 0.90
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.50 0.70
Schizont not expressed 0.07 0.95
Gametocyte not expressed 0.27 0.84

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1451400

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: -0.804 | #Insertions: 4

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1315100)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.87 ± 0.17
  • Confidence: 4.93

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1315100)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4437

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IKW2

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: NCA (nicotinamide, Local RMSD=0.04) with 1YC2 (Global RMSD=5.56)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.3.1.286 protein acetyllysine N-acetyltransferase Ex257EX-527suraminfisetinpropofolPyridinesirtinolcambinolBenzamidetenovin-1tenovin-6resveratrol...
3.5.1.98 histone deacetylase EDTAPAOASAHAFOXPFK228MCP30shRNAsiRNAMS-275LAQ824MC1575MC1568...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q8N6T7 NAD-dependent protein deacylase sirtuin-6 OrthoDB CHEMBL4128547Trichostatin A (TSA)CHEMBL4438193CHEMBL4440955...
Q9NRC8 NAD-dependent protein deacetylase sirtuin-7 OrthoDB CHEMBL4438364

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_104149

Most Similar Human Ortholog: M0R1F6

TM-align score: 0.91 | RMSD: 1.70

Seq Identity: 0.34 | Length: 182 / 1304

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000077463 sirtuin 6

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1304 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 154.72

UniProt ID(s): A0A144A2E0, Q8IKW2

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.01

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR003000 Sirtuin family
InterPro IPR029035 DHS-like NAD/FAD-binding domain superfamily
PFam PF02146 Sirtuin family
Superfamily SSF52467 DHS-like NAD/FAD-binding domain superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 21 88 42 98
disruptive 73 255 103 269
missense 46 208 89 205

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 34 165 62 111
disruptive 141 499 203 414
missense 89 385 159 229

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 259

Non-coding: 60 | Synonymous: 103 | Nonsynonymous: 96 | Stop Codon: 0

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
18525026 Differential association of Orc1 and Sir2 proteins to telomeric domains inPlasmodium falciparum. Mancio-Silva L, Rojas-Meza AP, ..., Hernandez-Rivas R 10.1242/jcs.026427
19402747 Sir2 paralogues cooperate to regulate virulence genes and antigenic variation inPlasmodium falciparum. Tonkin CJ, Carret CK, ..., Cowman AF 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000084
19666023 The effect of Plasmodium falciparum Sir2a histone deacetylase on clonal andlongitudinal variation in expression of the var family of virulence genes. Merrick CJ, Dzikowski R, ..., Duraisingh MT 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.06.012
23443558 Sir2a regulates rDNA transcription and multiplication rate in the human malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Mancio-Silva L, Lopez-Rubio JJ, Claes A, Scherf A 10.1038/ncomms2539
33538363 Febrile temperature causes transcriptional downregulation of Plasmodiumfalciparum Sirtuins through Hsp90-dependent epigenetic modification. Tabassum W, Bhattacharyya S, Varunan SM, Bhattacharyya MK 10.1111/mmi.14692
35031386 Alteration of the expression of sirtuins and var genes by heat shock in themalaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum Anagu LO, Hulse DR, Horrocks PD, Chakravorty SJ 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2022.111458
21379342 Expression of P. falciparum var genes involves exchange of the histone variantH2A.Z at the promoter Petter M, Lee CC, ..., Duffy MF 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001292