About Gene List

PF3D7_1454700 (6PGD)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:2,240,977..2,243,543(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 1.1.1.44 (Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (NADP(+)-dependent, decarboxylating))

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0005622 intracellular
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0050661 NADP binding
Function GO:0004616 phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) activity
Process GO:0046177 D-gluconate catabolic process
Process GO:0006098 pentose-phosphate shunt
Process GO:0009051 pentose-phosphate shunt, oxidative branch
Process GO:0009410 response to xenobiotic stimulus

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 0.32 0.84
Trophozoite expressed 0.83 0.55
Schizont expressed 0.21 0.86
Gametocyte expressed 0.37 0.79

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1454700

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: 0.119 | MFS: -3.063 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1318400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.26 ± 0.47
  • Confidence: 2.90

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PY17X_1322200)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-1572

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IKT2

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: NAP (nadp nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide phosphate, Local RMSD=0.01) with 8I4Q (Global RMSD=1.67)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
1.1.1.44 phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (NADP+-dependent, decarboxylating) ATPADPUDPCO2AMPGTPGDPCTPUTPCMPUMPGMP...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P52209 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating Homo sapiens HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoDB Sulfonamide derivative, 5KETOTIFENCHEMBL323922CHEMBL116018...
Q38DI7 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating Trypanosoma brucei brucei (strain 927/4 GUTat10.1) OMA, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL1235136CHEMBL324609CHEMBL114269CHEMBL116018...
P00349 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating Ovis aries OrthoDB CHEMBL324609CHEMBL114269CHEMBL116018CHEMBL114269...
P85968 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating OrthoDB CHEMBL5174714CHEMBL5174714

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100975

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P52209

TM-align score: 0.97 | RMSD: 1.20

Seq Identity: 0.44 | Length: 465 / 468

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000142657 phosphogluconate dehydrogenase

Protein Information

Protein Length: 468 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 52.994

UniProt ID(s): Q8IKT2

PDB ID(s): 6FQX, 6FQY, 6FQZ

Isoelectric Point: 6.9

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR006113 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, decarboxylating
InterPro IPR006114 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, C-terminal
InterPro IPR006115 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, NADP-binding
InterPro IPR006183 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
InterPro IPR008927 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase-like, C-terminal domain superfamily
InterPro IPR036291 NAD(P)-binding domain superfamily
PFam PF00393 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, C-terminal
PFam PF03446 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase, NADP-binding
Superfamily SSF48179 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase-like, C-terminal domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF51735 NAD(P)-binding domain superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 23 9 25
disruptive 2 17 16 27
missense 2 17 15 24

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 9 42 21 24
disruptive 4 43 22 70
missense 3 41 19 44

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 104

Non-coding: 80 | Synonymous: 19 | Nonsynonymous: 5 | 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
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
27503796 Proteome mapping of Plasmodium: identification of the P. yoelii remodellome. Siau A, Huang X, ..., Preiser PR 10.1038/srep31055
30098336 Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum 6-Phosphogluconate Dehydrogenase as anAntimalarial Drug Target. Haeussler K, Fritz-Wolf K, ..., Becker K 10.1016/j.jmb.2018.07.030
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
37599457 Structural and functional characterization of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase inPlasmodium falciparum (3D7) and identification of its potent inhibitors Karthika A, Hemavathy N, ..., Jeyakanthan J 10.1080/07391102.2023.2248271