Table 2

Enzymes of the pentose phosphate pathway and pyridine nucleotide metabolism. Enzymes are grouped into pathways. They are given by their name, their EC numbers, the gene identification (PfID) in the Plasmodium genome database (PlasmoDB)), the time (in hours post invasion (HPI)) in the parasite's developmental cycle when they are maximally transcribed obtained from the IDC database and the metabolic function of the enzyme.

Pathway
Enzyme
EC number
Pf ID
Peak (HPI)

Pentose phosphate pathway
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
1.1.1.49
PF14_0511
48

6-phosphogluconolactonase
3.1.1.31
PF14 0511
48

6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase
1.1.1.44
PF14_0520
26

Ribulose 5-phosphate 3-epimerase
5.1.3.1
PFL0960w
29

Ribose 5-phosphate isomerase
5.3.1.6
PFE0730c
21

Transketolase
2.2.1.1
MAL6P1.110
17

Ribose phosphate diphosphokinase
2.7.6.1
PF13 0143 PF13 0157
21 21

Deoxyribose phosphate aldolase
4.1.2.4
PF10 0210
21

Phosphoglucomutase
5.4.2.2
PF10 0122
21

Pyridine nucleotide metabolism
Nicotinamidase
3.5.1.19
chr3.glm 243
18, 38

Nicotinatephosphoribosyl transferase
2.4.2.11
chr6.glm_337
25

Nicotinate-nucleotide adenylyl transferase
2.7.7.18
chr13.glm_329
20, 40

NAD+ synthetase
6.3.5.1
PFI1310w
28

Pyridine nucleotide transhydrogenase
1.6.1.1.
PF14_0508
32

Thiamine metabolism
Hydroxyethylthiazole kinase
2.7.1.50
PFL1920c
22

Hydroxymethylpyrimidine kinase/ Phosphomethylpyrimidine kinase
2.7.149 2.7.4.7
PFE1030c
33

Thiamine-phosphate diphosphorylase
2.5.1.3
MAL6P1.285
1

Thiamine diphosphokinase
2.7.6.2
PFI1195c
28

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