About Gene List

PF3D7_1458000 (FP1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:2,387,106..2,389,942(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: cysteine proteinase falcipain 1

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: 3.4.22.- (Cysteine endopeptidases.)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005615 extracellular space
Component GO:0005764 lysosome
Function GO:0004197 cysteine-type endopeptidase activity
Function GO:0008234 cysteine-type peptidase activity
Process GO:0044409 entry into host
Process GO:0042540 hemoglobin catabolic process
Process GO:0006508 proteolysis
Process GO:0051603 proteolysis involved in cellular protein catabolic 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 1.45 0.39
Trophozoite expressed 0.79 0.57
Schizont expressed 0.32 0.80
Gametocyte expressed 0.62 0.65

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1458000

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: 0.138 | MFS: -3.008 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1321700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.46 ± 0.09
  • Confidence: 6.30

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1321700)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-4362

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I6V0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: E64 (n-[n-[1-hydroxycarboxyethyl-carbonyl]leucylamino-butyl]-guanidine, Local RMSD=0.10) with 3BPF (Global RMSD=2.26)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.4.22.- Ex: staphylococcal cysteine proteinase NEME64SpiSDSCysEDTAPCMBEGTAPMSFTLCKTPCKMENT...

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P25805 Trophozoite cysteine proteinase HOGENOM, OMA, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL2237705CHEMBL2237700CHEMBL146137CHEMBL146192...
P07688 Cathepsin B Bos taurus OrthoDB epoxysuccinyl derivative 2epoxysuccinyl derivative 3epoxysuccinyl derivative 4epoxysuccinyl derivative 5...
P10605 Cathepsin B Mus musculus OrthoDB CID644294
P07858 Cathepsin B Homo sapiens OrthoDB L-873724trifluoroethylamine inhibitor, 1CHEMBL400387trifluoroethylamine inhibitor, 3...
Q8IIL0 Cysteine proteinase falcipain 3 Plasmodium falciparum OrthoDB, OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST Ac-Leu-Leu-Arg-HAc-Leu-Leu-Arg-HE-64CHEMBL3120849...
H9B8T9 Cathepsin B OrthoDB N-formyl-3,5-diphenylpyrazoline (1a)N-formyl-5-(-2'-chlorophenyl)-3-phenylpyrazoline (1b)N-formyl-5-(-3'-chlorophenyl)-3-phenylpyrazoline (1c)N-formyl-5-(-4'-chlorophenyl)-3-phenylpyrazoline (1d)...
Q9NBD4 Cysteine proteinase falcipain 2a Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST Trisubsituted thiazole, 14Ac-Leu-Leu-Arg-HAc-Leu-Leu-Arg-HCHEMBL3120848...
Q3ZKN1 Cathepsin K Canis familiaris OrthoMCL CHEMBL2070937CHEMBL2163587
P25779 Cruzipain Trypanosoma cruzi OrthoMCL FukugetinCHEMBL39253CHEMBL38981CHEMBL39814...
Q9NAW4 Cysteine protease falcipain-3 [5-492] Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST GNF-PF-5434CHEMBL224801CHEMBL221833CHEMBL222870...
Q9NAW2 Falcipain-2 Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST Phenylurenyl Chalcone deriv. 23Phenylurenyl Chalcone deriv. 24Phenylurenyl Chalcone deriv. 25Phenylurenyl Chalcone deriv. 26...
Q9N6S8 Falcipain 2 Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL, OrthoMCL BLAST thiosemicarbazone derivative, 3bthiosemicarbazone derivative, 3cthiosemicarbazone derivative, 3f4-aminoquinoline semicarbazone derivative, 8a...
Q3HTL5 Falcipain 2B Plasmodium falciparum OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL207102MDL-28170

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100116

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A7P0TAQ0

TM-align score: 0.90 | RMSD: 1.89

Seq Identity: 0.34 | Length: 261 / 569

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000135047 cathepsin L
ENSG00000136943 cathepsin V
ENSG00000143387 cathepsin K
ENSG00000163131 cathepsin S
ENSG00000174080 cathepsin F

Protein Information

Protein Length: 569 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 66.914

UniProt ID(s): A0A346CMG7, A0A346CMG9, A0A346CMH0, P25805, Q8I6V0

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.61

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000169 Cysteine peptidase, cysteine active site
InterPro IPR000668 Peptidase C1A, papain C-terminal
InterPro IPR013201 Cathepsin propeptide inhibitor domain (I29)
InterPro IPR025660 Cysteine peptidase, histidine active site
InterPro IPR025661 Cysteine peptidase, asparagine active site
InterPro IPR038765 Papain-like cysteine peptidase superfamily
InterPro IPR039417 Papain-like cysteine endopeptidase
PFam PF00112 Peptidase C1A, papain C-terminal
PFam PF08246 Cathepsin propeptide inhibitor domain (I29)
Superfamily SSF54001 Papain-like cysteine peptidase superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 37 15 41
disruptive 22 90 71 145
missense 22 90 71 122

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 63 35 48
disruptive 34 225 104 184
missense 30 210 91 117

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 141

Non-coding: 96 | Synonymous: 19 | Nonsynonymous: 26 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
1565129 Isolation and characterization of a cysteine proteinase gene of Plasmodiumfalciparum. Rosenthal PJ, Nelson RG 10.1016/0166-6851(92)90209-3
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
12368868 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 2, 10, 11 and 14. Gardner MJ, Shallom SJ, ..., Fraser CM 10.1038/nature01094
12471262 A role for the protease falcipain 1 in host cell invasion by the human malariaparasite. Greenbaum DC, Baruch A, ..., Bogyo M 10.1126/science.1077426