Essential metabolic genes
Carey MA, Papin JA, Guler JL. Novel Plasmodium falciparum metabolic network reconstruction identifies shifts associated with clinical antimalarial resistance. BMC Genomics. 2017 18(1):543. PMID: 28724354
PfID Enzyme EC In vitro method Transcript
40840 PF3D7_1420600
pantothenate kinase 1 2.7.1.33 Inhibitors (several)
40842 PF3D7_1437400
pantothenate kinase 2 2.7.1.33 Inhibitors (several)
40795 PF3D7_0810800
hydroxymethyldihydropterin pyrophosphokinase-dihydropteroate synthase 2.5.1.15 Inhibitors (several)
40786 PF3D7_0417200
bifunctional dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase 1.5.1.3 Inhibitor (1843U89)
40824 PF3D7_1324900 L-lactate dehydrogenase 1.1.1.27 Inhibitors (Gossypol, others)
40825 PF3D7_1325200
lactate dehydrogenase 1.1.1.27 Inhibitors (Gossypol, others)
40847 PF3D7_1467300
1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase 1.1.1.267 Inhibitor (Fosmidomycin)
40807 PF3D7_1033100
S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase/ornithine decarboxylase 4.1.1.17 Inhibitors (3-Aminooxy-1-aminopropane, DFMO)
40813 PF3D7_1129000
spermidine synthase 2.5.1.16 Inhibitors (4MCHA and others)
40792 PF3D7_0615100 enoyl-acyl carrier reductase 1.3.1.9 Inhibitor (Triclosan)*
40794 PF3D7_0626300
3-oxoacyl-acyl-carrier protein synthase I/II 2.3.1.41 Inhibitor (Cerulenin)
40801 PF3D7_1012400
hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase 2.4.2.8 Antisense oligos
40833 PF3D7_1354500
adenylosuccinate synthetase 6.3.4.4 Inhibitor (hadacidin)
40784 PF3D7_0206700
adenylosuccinate lyase 4.3.2.2 Inhibitors (5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleoside)
40788 PF3D7_0603300
dihydroorotate dehydrogenase 1.3.5.2 RNAi; Inhibitors (several)
40806 PF3D7_1029600
adenosine deaminase 3.5.4.4 Inhibitor (methylthiocoformycin)
40787 PF3D7_0513300
purine nucleoside phosphorylase 2.4.2.1 Inhibitor (immucillin-H)
40802 PF3D7_1015800
ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase small chain, putative 1.17.4.1 Oligodeoxynucleotide phosphorothioate
40835 PF3D7_1405600
ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase small chain, putative 1.17.4.1 Oligodeoxynucleotide phosphorothioate
40841 PF3D7_1437200
ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase large subunit, putative 1.17.4.1 Oligodeoxynucleotide phosphorothioate
40892 PF3D7_1140000
carbonic anhydrase 4.2.1.1 Inhibitors (several)
40823 PF3D7_1308200
carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 6.3.5.5 Ribozymes
40811 PF3D7_1127100
deoxyuridine 5'-triphosphate nucleotidohydrolase dUTP pyrophosphatase 3.6.1.23 Inhibitors (several)
40810 PF3D7_1113700
glyoxalase I 4.4.1.5 Inhibitor (S-p-bromobenzylglutathione diethyl ester)
40789 PF3D7_0604700
glyoxalase I-like protein gilp Inhibitor (S-p-bromobenzylglutathione diethyl ester)
40800 PF3D7_0923800 thioredoxin reductase 1.8.1.9 Gene KO
40849 PF3D7_0206400 pentafunctional AROM polypeptide, putative, pseudogene Inhibitor (glyphosate)
40793 PF3D7_0623000
chorismate synthase 4.2.3.5 RNAi
40818 PF3D7_1238600
sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 3.1.4.12 Inhibitor (Scyphostatin)
40836 PF3D7_1408000
plasmepsin II 3.4.23.39 Inhibitors (several)
40817 PF3D7_1225100
isoleucine--tRNA ligase, putative 6.1.1.5 Inhibitor (mupirocin)
40827 PF3D7_1332900
isoleucine--tRNA ligase, putative 6.1.1.5 Inhibitor (Thiaisoleucine)
40797 PF3D7_0918900
gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase 6.3.2.2 Inhibitor (L-buthionine sulfoximine);  fail to Gene KO
40838 PF3D7_1419300
glutathione S-transferase 2.5.1.18 Inhibitors (ellagic acid, others)
40839 PF3D7_1419800
glutathione reductase 1.8.1.7 Inhibitors (several) fail to KO
40812 PF3D7_1128400
geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase, putative 2.5.1.29 Inhibitors (many)
40812 PF3D7_1128400
geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase, putative 2.5.1.29 Inhibitors (many)
40832 PF3D7_1351600
glycerol kinase 2.7.1.30 Gene KO
40844 PF3D7_1444800
fructose-bisphosphate aldolase 4.1.2.13 Antisense oligos
40820 PF3D7_1246100
delta-aminolevulinic acid synthetase 2.3.1.37 Gene KO
40834 PF3D7_1364900
ferrochelatase, HemH 4.99.1.1 Gene KO
40829 PF3D7_1342100
aconitate hydratase 4.2.1.3 Gene KO ; Inhibitor (Sodium fluoroacetate)
40837 PF3D7_1416500
NADP-specific glutamate dehydrogenase 1.4.1.4 Gene KO
40796 PF3D7_0820700
2-oxoglutarate dehydrogenase E1 component 1.2.4.2 Gene KO
40809 PF3D7_1108500 succinate--CoA ligase [ADP-forming] subunit alpha, putative 6.2.1.4 Gene KO
40808 PF3D7_1034400
flavoprotein subunit of succinate dehydrogenase 1.3.5.1 Gene KO
40803 PF3D7_1022500
citrate synthase, mitochondrial, putative 2.3.3.1 Gene KO
40831 PF3D7_1345700 isocitrate dehydrogenase [NADP], mitochondrial 1.1.1.42 Gene KO
40805 PF3D7_1028100
protoporphyrinogen oxidase 1.3.3.4 Inhibitor (Acifluorfen)
40804 PF3D7_1026900
biotin-protein ligase 1 6.4.1.2 Inhibitor (Haloxyfops, Fluazifops, Quizalofops)
40848 PF3D7_1469600
acetyl-coa carboxylase 6.3.4.14 Inhibitor (Haloxyfops, Fluazifops, Quizalofops)
40843 PF3D7_1440300
delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase porphobilinogen synthase, HemB 4.2.1.24 Inhibitor (Succinyl acetone)
Bold = conflicting experimental results
Additional essential metabolic genes
Oyelade J, Isewon I, Uwoghiren E, Aromolaran O, Oladipupo O. In Silico Knockout Screening of Plasmodium falciparum Reactions and Prediction of Novel Essential Reactions by Analysing the Metabolic Network. Biomed Res Int. 2018 29;2018:8985718. PMID:2978980
40814 PF3D7_1142400
coproporphyrinogen-III oxidase HemF 1.3.3.3
40846 PF3D7_1450900 acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase, putative 2.3.1.9
40798 PF3D7_0922200
S-adenosylmethionine synthetase 2.5.1.6
40815 PF3D7_1209600
porphobilinogen deaminase 2.5.1.61
40791 PF3D7_0608800
ornithine aminotransferase 2.6.1.13
40799 PF3D7_0922400
para-aminobenzoic acid synthetase 2.6.1.85
40821 PF3D7_1251300
thymidylate kinase 2.7.4.9
40826 PF3D7_1327600
nicotinamide/nicotinic acid mononucleotide adenylyltransferase 2.7.7.18
40830 PF3D7_1343600 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine pyrophosphorylase, putative 2.7.7.23
40785 PF3D7_0321200
UDP-N-acetylglucosamine--dolichyl-phosphate n-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase, putative 2.7.8.15
40819 PF3D7_1240000 3-hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase, putative 4.2.1.17
40816 PF3D7_1224000
GTP cyclohydrolase I 3.5.4.16
40790 PF3D7_0607300
uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase 4.1.1.37
40828 PF3D7_1336900
tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase tryptophan--tRNA ligase 6.1.1.2
40822 PF3D7_1251700
tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase, putative tryptophan--tRNA ligase, putative 6.1.1.2
40845 PF3D7_1445100 histidine--tRNA ligase, putative 6.1.1.21
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