Detailed view for CaO19.5188

Basic information

TDR Targets ID: 653700
Candida albicans, one of 3 chitin synthase genes in C. albicans
Source Database / ID:  KEGG  

pI: 6.7502 | Length (AA): 1026 | MW (Da): 116169 | Paralog Number: 5

Signal peptide: N | GPI Anchor: N | Predicted trans-membrane segments: 7

Druggability Group : DG

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

PF01644   Chitin synthase
PF08407   Chitin synthase N-terminal

Gene Ontology

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GO:0016758   transferase activity, transferring hexosyl groups  
GO:0006031   chitin biosynthetic process  
GO:0004100   chitin synthase activity  

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

No expression data available for this gene

Orthologs

Ortholog group members (OG5_129261)

Species Accession Gene Product
Candida albicans CaO19_5188   hypothetical protein
Candida albicans CaO19.5384   one of 3 chitin synthase genes in C. albicans
Candida albicans CaO19.12839   one of 3 chitin synthase genes in C. albicans
Candida albicans CaO19.12655   one of 3 chitin synthase genes in C. albicans
Candida albicans CaO19.5188   one of 3 chitin synthase genes in C. albicans
Candida albicans CaO19.7298   one of 3 chitin synthase genes in C. albicans
Saccharomyces cerevisiae YBR038W   chitin synthase CHS2
Saccharomyces cerevisiae YNL192W   chitin synthase CHS1

Essentiality

CaO19.5188 has one or more orthologs with essentiality data
Gene/Ortholog Organism Phenotype Source Study
YBR038W Saccharomyces cerevisiae inviable yeastgenome
Show/Hide essentiality data references
  • yeastgenome Systematic deletion of yeast genes Saccharomyces Genome Database
  • blattner Systematic mutagenesis of the E. coli (MG1655) genome J Bacteriol 2004, 186:4921-4930
  • 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.
  • shigen Profiling of E. coli Chromosome (PEC) National Institute of Genetics, Japan
  • 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
  • nmpdr Genome-scale essentiality datasets from published studies (M. tuberculosis) National Microbial Pathogen Data Resource
  • gerdes Experimental determination and system-level analysis of essential genes in E. coli MG1655 Gerdes et al., J Bacteriol. 2003 185:5673-84
  • keio Systematic single-gene knock-out mutants of E. coli K12 The Keio Collection
  • 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.
  • wormbase C. elegans RNAi experiments WormBase web site, http://www.wormbase.org, release WS170
  • 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.

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
Species Known druggable target Linked compounds Reference
Saccharomyces cerevisiae chitin synthase CHS1 Compounds References
Candida albicans one of 3 chitin synthase genes in C. albicans Compounds References
Candida albicans hypothetical protein 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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Bibliographic References

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