Descriptions

Plasmodium Sub1 is a serine protease which plays an essential role in merozoite invasion of and egress from host erythrocytes by processing and activating various merozoite surface and parasitophorous vacuole proteins. Autoinhibition of Plasmodium Sub1 is mediated by its prodomain-driven enzyme dimerization, which is a pH-dependent process controlling enzyme activity before merozoite egress. The prodomain (PD) is composed of belt subunit and bacterial PD-like domain, and promotes assembly of inactive enzyme homodimers at acidic pH, while Sub1 is primarily monomeric at neutral pH. This mechanism ensures that Sub1 activation occurs precisely when and where needed, contributing to the tightly regulated egress of Plasmodium merozoites from host cells.

Autoinhibitory domains (AIDs)

Target domain

330-668 (Catalytic core of Sub1)

Relief mechanism

Cleavage

Assay

Deletion assay, Structural analysis

Target domain

330-668 (Catalytic core of Sub1)

Relief mechanism

Cleavage

Assay

Deletion assay, Structural analysis

Accessory elements

No accessory elements

Autoinhibited structure

Activated structure

3 structures for O61142

Entry ID Method Resolution Chain Position Source
4LVN X-ray 225 A PDB
4LVO X-ray 226 A PDB
AF-O61142-F1 Predicted AlphaFoldDB

No variants for O61142

Variant ID(s) Position Change Description Diseaes Association Provenance
No variants for O61142

No associated diseases with O61142

6 regional properties for O61142

Type Name Position InterPro Accession
domain Peptidase S8/S53 domain 368 - 641 IPR000209
active_site Peptidase S8, subtilisin, His-active site 430 - 440 IPR022398
active_site Peptidase S8, subtilisin, Asp-active site 370 - 381 IPR023827
active_site Peptidase S8, subtilisin, Ser-active site 606 - 616 IPR023828
domain Subtilisin SUB1-like catalytic domain 370 - 640 IPR034204
domain SUB1 protease prodomain ProdP9 140 - 219 IPR041089

Functions

Description
EC Number 3.4.21.62 Serine endopeptidases
Subcellular Localization
  • Secreted
  • Parasitophorous vacuole lumen
  • At the schizont stage, in merozoites, localizes to dense secretory granules called exonemes (PubMed:9722575)
  • Just prior to egress secreted into the parasitophorous vacuole (By similarity)
PANTHER Family PTHR42884 PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN/KEXIN-RELATED
PANTHER Subfamily PTHR42884:SF14 NEUROENDOCRINE CONVERTASE 1
PANTHER Protein Class serine protease
protein modifying enzyme
PANTHER Pathway Category Endothelin signaling pathway
furin
Alzheimer disease-presenilin pathway
Furin
Alzheimer disease-amyloid secretase pathway
Furin

1 GO annotations of cellular component

Name Definition
extracellular region The space external to the outermost structure of a cell. For cells without external protective or external encapsulating structures this refers to space outside of the plasma membrane. This term covers the host cell environment outside an intracellular parasite.

2 GO annotations of molecular function

Name Definition
metal ion binding Binding to a metal ion.
serine-type endopeptidase activity Catalysis of the hydrolysis of internal, alpha-peptide bonds in a polypeptide chain by a catalytic mechanism that involves a catalytic triad consisting of a serine nucleophile that is activated by a proton relay involving an acidic residue (e.g. aspartate or glutamate) and a basic residue (usually histidine).

1 GO annotations of biological process

Name Definition
proteolysis The hydrolysis of proteins into smaller polypeptides and/or amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds.

No homologous proteins in AiPD

UniProt AC Gene Name Protein Name Species Evidence Code
No homologous proteins
10 20 30 40 50 60
MMLNKKVVAL CTLTLHLFCI FLCLGKEVRS EENGKIQDDA KKIVSELRFL EKVEDVIEKS
70 80 90 100 110 120
NIGGNEVDAD ENSFNPDTEV PIEEIEEIKM RELKDVKEEK NKNDNHNNNN NNNNISSSSS
130 140 150 160 170 180
SSSNTFGEEK EEVSKKKKKL RLIVSENHAT TPSFFQESLL EPDVLSFLES KGNLSNLKNI
190 200 210 220 230 240
NSMIIELKED TTDDELISYI KILEEKGALI ESDKLVSADN IDISGIKDAI RRGEENIDVN
250 260 270 280 290 300
DYKSMLEVEN DAEDYDKMFG MFNESHAATS KRKRHSTNER GYDTFSSPSY KTYSKSDYLY
310 320 330 340 350 360
DDDNNNNNYY YSHSSNGHNS SSRNSSSSRS RPGKYHFNDE FRNLQWGLDL SRLDETQELI
370 380 390 400 410 420
NEHQVMSTRI CVIDSGIDYN HPDLKDNIEL NLKELHGRKG FDDDNNGIVD DIYGANFVNN
430 440 450 460 470 480
SGNPMDDNYH GTHVSGIISA IGNNNIGVVG VDVNSKLIIC KALDEHKLGR LGDMFKCLDY
490 500 510 520 530 540
CISRNAHMIN GSFSFDEYSG IFNSSVEYLQ RKGILFFVSA SNCSHPKSST PDIRKCDLSI
550 560 570 580 590 600
NAKYPPILST VYDNVISVAN LKKNDNNNHY SLSINSFYSN KYCQLAAPGT NIYSTAPHNS
610 620 630 640 650 660
YRKLNGTSMA APHVAAIASL IFSINPDLSY KKVIQILKDS IVYLPSLKNM VAWAGYADIN
670 680
KAVNLAIKSK KTYINSNISN KWKKKSRYLH