About Gene List

PF3D7_1455200

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:2,253,099..2,257,505(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: methyltransferase AAMT

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 2.1.1.201 (2-methoxy-6-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinol methylase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0045177 apical part of cell

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 nd nd
Trophozoite expressed nd nd
Schizont expressed nd nd
Gametocyte expressed nd nd

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1455200.2

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: 0.763 | MFS: -2.051 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1006900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.03 ± 0.13
  • Confidence: 5.51

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: A0A144A2R4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: SAH (s-adenosyl-l-homocysteine, Local RMSD=0.61) with 2PXX (Global RMSD=1.65)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
2.1.1.201 2-methoxy-6-polyprenyl-1,4-benzoquinol methylase No BRENDA inhibitors

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100611

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q8N6R0

TM-align score: 0.89 | RMSD: 2.04

Seq Identity: 0.30 | Length: 199 / 205

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000010165 eEF1A lysine and N-terminal methyltransferase
ENSG00000284753 EEF1A lysine methyltransferase 4

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 219

Non-coding: 206 | Synonymous: 9 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 205 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 23.99

UniProt ID(s): A0A144A2R4

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.97

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR013216 Methyltransferase type 11
InterPro IPR029063 S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase
PFam PF08241 Methyltransferase type 11
Superfamily SSF53335 S-adenosyl-L-methionine-dependent methyltransferase

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