Detailed view for TGME49_241870

Basic information

TDR Targets ID: 261931
Toxoplasma gondii, tRNA ligase class I (E and Q), catalytic domain-containing protein
Source Database / ID:  ToxoDB 

pI: 6.4941 | Length (AA): 1420 | MW (Da): 156451 | Paralog Number: 0

Signal peptide: Y | GPI Anchor: N | Predicted trans-membrane segments: 0

Druggability Group : DG5

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

PF00749   tRNA synthetases class I (E and Q), catalytic domain

Gene Ontology

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GO:0005737   cytoplasm  
GO:0005524   ATP binding  
GO:0004812   aminoacyl-tRNA ligase activity  
GO:0000166   nucleotide binding  
GO:0043039   tRNA aminoacylation  
GO:0006418   tRNA aminoacylation for protein translation  
GO:0006412   translation  

Metabolic Pathways

This gene is not mapped to any metabolic pathway in KEGG.

Structural information

Modbase 3D models:

There are 7 models calculated for this protein. More info on these models, including the models themselves is available at: Modbase

Target Beg Target End Template Template Beg Template End Identity Evalue Model Score MPQS zDope
230 749 1j09 (A) 2 468 28.00 0 1 0.33 1.37
62 139 4ycb (A) 54 124 32.00 0.81 0.83 0.32033 0.41
179 844 3al0 (C) 54 556 27.00 0 0.92 0.149014 2.08
229 423 5tgt (A) 3 150 53.00 0 0.73 -0.0672761 1.61
230 794 2o5r (A) 2 412 32.00 0 1 0.201887 1.52
720 775 4o9b (A) 268 323 20.00 0 0 0.494437 -2.89
720 766 2maj (A) 0 356 19.00 0 0.02 0.455099 -2.64

Help me make sense of these data.

Target Beg: first modeled residue
Target End: last modeled residue
Template: template structure used for modelling (PDB accession and chain)
Template Beg: first template residue in target-template alignment
Template End: last template residue in target-template alignment
Identity: sequence identity
Evalue: E value for target-template hit
Model Score: GA341 score (>0.7 for reliable model)
MPQS: ModPipe Quality Score (>1.1 for reliable model)
zDope: zDope Score (negative for reliable model)

A more detailed description of these scores is available at the Modbase Model Evaluation Help Pages, and in the papers referenced therein.

PDB Structures:

No structure availble in the PDB for this protein

Expression

Upregulation Percent Ranking Stage Dataset
Mid 40-60% percentile ME49 Oocyst. Fritz HM
Upregulation Percent Ranking Stage Dataset
Lower 20-40% percentile VEG Tachyzoite, ME49 Tachyzoite, ME49 Bradyzoite. Gregory Sibley/Greg
Upregulation Percent Ranking Stage Dataset
Lower 0-20% percentile ME49 merozoite. Hehl AB
Show/Hide expression data references
  • Hehl AB Asexual expansion of Toxoplasma gondii merozoites is distinct from tachyzoites and entails expression of non-overlapping gene families to attach, invade, and replicate within feline enterocytes.
  • Sibley/Greg ToxoDB
  • Gregory ToxoDB
  • Fritz HM Transcriptomic analysis of toxoplasma development reveals many novel functions and structures specific to sporozoites and oocysts.

Orthologs

Ortholog group members (OG5_210402)

Species Accession Gene Product
Neospora caninum NCLIV_017290   glutamyl-tRNA synthetase, putative
Toxoplasma gondii TGME49_241870   tRNA ligase class I (E and Q), catalytic domain-containing protein

Essentiality

TGME49_241870 has direct evidence of essentiality
Gene/Ortholog Organism Phenotype Source Study
TGME49_241870 this record Toxoplasma gondii Probably essential sidik
Show/Hide essentiality data references
  • neb C. elegans RNAi phenotypes Data obtained from Wormbase WS150, curated by K. Chaudary and T. Carlow, New England Biolabs
  • alsford High-throughput phenotyping using parallel sequencing of RNA interference targets in the African trypanosome Genome Res 2011, 21:915-924
  • yeastgenome Systematic deletion of yeast genes Saccharomyces Genome Database
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • shigen Profiling of E. coli Chromosome (PEC) National Institute of Genetics, Japan
  • nmpdr Genome-scale essentiality datasets from published studies (M. tuberculosis) National Microbial Pathogen Data Resource
  • blattner Systematic mutagenesis of the E. coli (MG1655) genome J Bacteriol 2004, 186:4921-4930
  • keio Systematic single-gene knock-out mutants of E. coli K12 The Keio Collection
  • 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.

Phenotypes and Validation (curated)

We have no manually annotated phenotypes for this target. What does this mean? / Care to help?

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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
Non orthologous druggable targets
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

  • Assay for Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetase (6.1.1.17 ) Sigma-Aldrich
  • Automatic link to known assays based on EC numbers.

Reagent availability

No reagent availability information for this target.

Bibliographic References

No literature references available for this target.

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