About Gene List

PF3D7_1470400 (MPC2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_14_v3:2,879,948..2,881,746(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: mitochondrial pyruvate carrier protein 2, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion

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 0.01 1.00
Trophozoite expressed 0.09 0.94
Schizont expressed 0.10 0.94
Gametocyte expressed 0.08 0.95

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1470400

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: 0.331 | MFS: -2.167 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IKD4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
O95563 Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 2 OMA, OrthoDB US9562012, mitoglitazoneCHEMBL4291468

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101975

Most Similar Human Ortholog: O95563

TM-align score: 0.77 | RMSD: 2.91

Seq Identity: 0.26 | Length: 123 / 129

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000143158 mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 129 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 15.255

UniProt ID(s): Q8IKD4

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 10.3

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR005336 Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier
PFam PF03650 Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier
Superfamily N/A N/A

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 103

Non-coding: 89 | Synonymous: 12 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | 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
25032958 BCKDH: the missing link in apicomplexan mitochondrial metabolism is required forfull virulence of Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium berghei. Oppenheim RD, Creek DJ, ..., Soldati-Favre D 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004263
34494883 A Prioritized and Validated Resource of Mitochondrial Proteins in PlasmodiumIdentifies Unique Biology. van Esveld SL, Meerstein-Kessel L, ..., Huynen MA 10.1128/mSphere.00614-21
37238591 NMR and Patch-Clamp Characterization of Yeast Mitochondrial Pyruvate CarrierComplexes Wang Z, Ding W, ..., Li Y 10.3390/biom13050719
36920199 The Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier Coupling Glycolysis and the Tricarboxylic AcidCycle Is Required for the Asexual Reproduction of Toxoplasma gondii Lyu C, Chen Y, ..., Shen B 10.1128/spectrum.05043-22
36295675 Experimental Investigations on the Structure of Yeast Mitochondrial PyruvateCarriers Li L, Wen M, ..., OuYang B 10.3390/membranes12100916