Research Article

In Silico Knockout Screening of Plasmodium falciparum Reactions and Prediction of Novel Essential Reactions by Analysing the Metabolic Network

Table 3

31 potential reactions for drug targets in Plasmodium falciparum from this study.

S/NReactionGene IDCommon nameEC number

CATAL-RXNORPHANCatalase1.11.1.6
RXN-1321ORPHANLinoleate 13S-lipoxygenase1.13.11.12
12-OXOPHYTODIENOATE-REDUCTASE-RXNORPHAN12-Oxophytodienoate reductase1.3.1.42
RXN0-1461PF11_0436Coproporphyrinogen oxidase1.3.3.3
AICARTRANSFORM-RXNORPHANPhosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase2.1.2.3
METHYLACETOACETYLCOATHIOL-RXNPF14_0484Acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase2.3.1.9
S-ADENMETSYN-RXNPFI1090WMethionine adenosyltransferase2.5.1.6
OHMETHYLBILANESYN-RXNPFL0480WHydroxymethylbilane synthase2.5.1.61
ACETYLORNTRANSAM-RXNPFF0435WAcetylornithine transaminase2.6.1.11
2.6.1.18-RXNPFF0435Wβ-Alanine—pyruvate transaminase2.6.1.18
PABASYN-RXNPFI1100WAminodeoxychorismate synthase2.6.1.85
SHIKIMATE-KINASE-RXNORPHANShikimate kinase2.7.1.71
UDPKIN-RXNORPHANNucleoside-diphosphate kinase2.7.4.6
DTMPKI-RXNPFL2465CdTMP kinase2.7.4.9
H2PTERIDINEPYROPHOSPHOKIN-RXNPF08_00952-Amino-4-hydroxy-6-hydroxymethyldihydropteridine diphosphokinase2.7.6.3
NICONUCADENYLYLTRAN-RXNPF13_0159Nicotinate-nucleotide adenylyltransferase2.7.7.18
NAG1P-URIDYLTRANS-RXNMAL13P1.218UDP-N-acetylglucosamine diphosphorylase2.7.7.23
GLUC1PURIDYLTRANS-RXNMAL13P1.218UTP—glucose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase2.7.7.9
2.7.8.15-RXNPFC0935CUDP-N-acetylglucosamine—dolichyl-phosphate N-acetylglucosaminephosphotransferase2.7.8.15
RXN-6384PFL1940W3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase3.1.2.4
3-HYDROXYISOBUTYRYL-COA-HYDROLASE-RXNPFL1940W3-Hydroxyisobutyryl-CoA hydrolase3.1.2.4
IMPCYCLOHYDROLASE-RXNORPHANIMP cyclohydrolase3.5.4.10
GTP-CYCLOHYDRO-I-RXNPFL1155WGTP cyclohydrolase I3.5.4.16
UROGENDECARBOX-RXNPFF0360WUroporphyrinogen decarboxylase4.1.1.37
ADCLY-RXNPFI1100WAminodeoxychorismate lyase4.1.3.38
PORPHOBILSYNTH-RXNPF14_0381Porphobilinogen synthase4.2.1.24
UROGENIIISYN-RXNORPHANUroporphyrinogen-III synthase4.2.1.75
RXN1F-19ORPHANHydroperoxide dehydratase4.2.1.92
ALLENE-OXIDE-CYCLASE-RXNORPHANAllene-oxide cyclase5.3.99.6
TRYPTOPHAN--TRNA-LIGASE-RXNPF13_0205, PFL2485CTryptophan—tRNA ligase6.1.1.2
HISTIDINE--TRNA-LIGASE-RXNPF14_0428Histidine—tRNA ligase6.1.1.21