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Table 6 Essential reactions unique to sensitive parasites

From: Novel Plasmodium falciparum metabolic network reconstruction identifies shifts associated with clinical antimalarial resistance

Reaction

Reaction Formula

EC Number

Reaction Function

Genes

2_7_8_3

CDP-choline[c] + ceramide[c] + h[c] = > CMP[c] + sphingomyelin[c]

2.7.8.3

sphingomyelinase 2 in lipid metabolism

PFF1210wa

PFF1215w

AMETt2

adenosyl methionine[e] + h[e] = > adenosyl methionine[c] + h[c]

-

adenosyl methionine import

PF11_0334

PFB0435ca

PFE0775ca

PFF1430c

PFL0420w

PFL1515ca

EX_o2(e)

O2[e] < =>

-

oxygen exchange

-

EX_ptrc(e)

putrescine[e] < =>

-

putrescine exchange

-

GAT_c

diacylglycerol[c] + acyl-coenzyme-A[c] = > coenzyme-A[c] + triacylglycerol[c]

2.3.1.20

diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase in lipid metabolism

PFC0995c

GPDDA4

glycerophosphoglycerol [c] + H2O [c] = > glycerol 3-phosphate[c] + glycerol[c] + h[c]

3.1.4.46

glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase in lipid metabolism and glycolysis

PF14_0060

O2t

O2[e] < => O2[c]

-

oxygen import

-

O2tmt

O2[m] < => O2[c]

-

oxygen transport into mitochondria

-

PItap

phosphate[ap] < => phosphate[c]

-

phosphate transport into apicoplast

-

PTRCt2

h[e] + putrescine[e] = > h[c] + putrescine[c]

-

putrescine import

-

PYK

ADP [c] + h[c] + phosphoenol pyruvate[c] = > ATP[c] + pyruvate[c]

2.7.1.40

pyruvate kinase in glycolysis

PFF1300w

amet_ex

adenosyl methionine[e] < =>

-

adenosyl methionine exchange

-

  1. All reactions in table are predicted to be lethal when removed from both Cambodia and Vietnam sensitive models
  2. a, deleted from at least one sensitive model due to expression constraints by MADE localization: [e] extracellular, [c] cytoplasmic, [m] mitochondria, [ap] apicoplast