Detailed view for LmjF.26.1690

Basic information

TDR Targets ID: 24840
Leishmania major, fatty acid desaturase, putative,sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase, putative
Source Database / ID:  TriTrypDB  GeneDB

pI: 8.7355 | Length (AA): 324 | MW (Da): 37646 | Paralog Number: 3

Signal peptide: N | GPI Anchor: N | Predicted trans-membrane segments: 4

Druggability Group : DG2

Targets have been classified into druggability groups (DG) according to their druggability score in network driven prioritizations. DGs range from 1 to 5; the higher the group number, the higher the chance of the target to be druggable

Pfam domains

PF00487   Fatty acid desaturase

Gene Ontology

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GO:0042284   sphingolipid delta-4 desaturase activity  
GO:0030148   sphingolipid biosynthetic process  
GO:0016021   integral to membrane  
GO:0016491   oxidoreductase activity  
GO:0055114   oxidation reduction  
GO:0006633   fatty acid biosynthetic process  
GO:0006629   lipid metabolic process  

Metabolic Pathways

Sphingolipid metabolism (KEGG)
Global map (KEGG)

Structural information

Modbase 3D models:

No model available for this protein in Modbase.

PDB Structures:

No structure availble in the PDB for this protein

Expression

Upregulation Percent Ranking Stage Dataset
NA% percentile amastigotes, metacyclic. Fernandes MC
Show/Hide expression data references
  • Fernandes MC Dual Transcriptome Profiling of Leishmania-Infected Human Macrophages Reveals Distinct Reprogramming Signatures.

Orthologs

Ortholog group members (OG5_128204)

Species Accession Gene Product
Arabidopsis thaliana AT4G04930   sphingolipid delta-4 desaturase
Brugia malayi Bm1_54630   Fatty acid desaturase family protein
Candida albicans CaO19.11530   sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase similar to S. pombe dsd1 (SPBC3B8.07c)
Candida albicans CaO19.4048   sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase similar to S. pombe dsd1 (SPBC3B8.07c)
Caenorhabditis elegans CELE_Y54E5A.1   Protein TTM-5
Caenorhabditis elegans CELE_F33D4.4   Protein F33D4.4
Dictyostelium discoideum DDB_G0269738   dihydroceramide desaturase
Drosophila melanogaster Dmel_CG9078   infertile crescent
Echinococcus granulosus EgrG_002000500   Fatty acid desaturase type 1
Echinococcus multilocularis EmuJ_000357100   Peptidase M, neutral zinc metallopeptidases, zinc binding site
Echinococcus multilocularis EmuJ_000346400   Sphingolipid delta(4) desaturase DES1
Echinococcus multilocularis EmuJ_000357200   Peptidase M, neutral zinc metallopeptidases, zinc binding site
Echinococcus multilocularis EmuJ_000006800   Fatty acid desaturase, type 1
Homo sapiens ENSG00000143753   delta(4)-desaturase, sphingolipid 1
Homo sapiens 123099   delta(4)-desaturase, sphingolipid 2
Leishmania braziliensis LbrM.23.1980   fatty acid desaturase
Leishmania infantum LinJ.26.1680   fatty acid desaturase, putative,sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase, putative
Leishmania major LmjF.26.1670   fatty acid desaturase, putative,sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase, putative
Leishmania major LmjF.26.1690   fatty acid desaturase, putative,sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase, putative
Leishmania major LmjF.26.1700   fatty acid desaturase, putative,sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase, putative
Leishmania major LmjF.26.1680   fatty acid desaturase, putative,sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase, putative
Leishmania mexicana LmxM.26.1700   fatty acid desaturase, putative,sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase, putative
Leishmania mexicana LmxM.26.1670   fatty acid desaturase, putative,sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase, putative
Leishmania mexicana LmxM.26.1690  
Loa Loa (eye worm) LOAG_10890   fatty acid desaturase
Mus musculus ENSMUSG00000038633   degenerative spermatocyte homolog 1 (Drosophila)
Mus musculus ENSMUSG00000021263   degenerative spermatocyte homolog 2 (Drosophila), lipid desaturase
Neospora caninum NCLIV_051070   membrane fatty acid desaturase, putative
Oryza sativa 4330104   Os02g0639600
Schistosoma japonicum Sjp_0317130   expressed protein
Schmidtea mediterranea mk4.001493.02   Dihydroceramide desaturase
Schmidtea mediterranea mk4.021730.00  
Schmidtea mediterranea mk4.021680.00   Putative sphingolipid delta(4)-desaturase/C4-hydroxylase
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Tbg972.6.2790   fatty acid desaturase, putative,sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase, putative
Trypanosoma brucei Tb927.6.3000   sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase, putative
Trypanosoma congolense TcIL3000_6_2510   sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase, putative
Trypanosoma cruzi TcCLB.510565.20   fatty acid desaturase, putative
Toxoplasma gondii TGME49_237200   sphingolipid delta 4 desaturase/c-4 hydroxylase protein des2 family protein

Essentiality

LmjF.26.1690 has one or more orthologs with essentiality data
Gene/Ortholog Organism Phenotype Source Study
Tb927.6.3000 Trypanosoma brucei no significant loss or gain of fitness in bloodstream forms (3 days) alsford
Tb927.6.3000 Trypanosoma brucei no significant loss or gain of fitness in bloodstream forms (6 days) alsford
Tb927.6.3000 Trypanosoma brucei no significant loss or gain of fitness in procyclic forms alsford
Tb927.6.3000 Trypanosoma brucei significant gain of fitness in differentiation of procyclic to bloodstream forms alsford
TGME49_237200 Toxoplasma gondii Probably non-essential sidik
Show/Hide essentiality data references
  • blattner Systematic mutagenesis of the E. coli (MG1655) genome J Bacteriol 2004, 186:4921-4930
  • wormbase C. elegans RNAi experiments WormBase web site, http://www.wormbase.org, release WS170
  • sidik A Genome-wide CRISPR Screen in Toxoplasma Identifies Essential Apicomplexan Genes. Sidik, Saima M., et al. "A genome-wide CRISPR screen in toxoplasma identifies essential apicomplexan genes." Cell 166.6 (2016): 1423-1435.
  • keio Systematic single-gene knock-out mutants of E. coli K12 The Keio Collection
  • plasmo Functional Profiling of a Plasmodium Genome Reveals an Abundance of Essential Genes. Bushell, Ellen, et al. "Functional profiling of a Plasmodium genome reveals an abundance of essential genes." Cell 170.2 (2017): 260-272.
  • neb C. elegans RNAi phenotypes Data obtained from Wormbase WS150, curated by K. Chaudary and T. Carlow, New England Biolabs
  • nmpdr Genome-scale essentiality datasets from published studies (M. tuberculosis) National Microbial Pathogen Data Resource
  • alsford High-throughput phenotyping using parallel sequencing of RNA interference targets in the African trypanosome Genome Res 2011, 21:915-924
  • gerdes Experimental determination and system-level analysis of essential genes in E. coli MG1655 Gerdes et al., J Bacteriol. 2003 185:5673-84
  • goodall The Essential Genome of Escherichia coli K-12 (Transposon directed high-throughput mutagenesis) Goodall, Emily CA, et al. "The essential genome of Escherichia coli K-12." mBio 9.1 (2018): e02096-17.
  • yeastgenome Systematic deletion of yeast genes Saccharomyces Genome Database
  • shigen Profiling of E. coli Chromosome (PEC) National Institute of Genetics, Japan

Phenotypes and Validation (curated)

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Annotated validation

No validation data for this target

Associated compounds / Druggability

Known modulators for this target

No chemical compounds associated to this gene

Predicted associations

By orthology with druggable targets
Species Known druggable target Linked compounds Reference
Homo sapiens delta(4)-desaturase, sphingolipid 1 Compounds References
By sequence similarity to non orthologous druggable targets
No additional associated druggable targets
Obtained from network model
No druggable targets predicted through repurposing network model

Assayability

Assay information

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Reagent availability

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