KpATCC43816 Protein target profile

malF

Accession: VK055_3052

Gene: AIK81637.1 3D evidence: AlphaFold DB model + ColabFold model Metabolism Not in network UniProt A0A0H3GGU7
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Length 496
Pocket druggability (P2Rank · AlphaFold DB model) 0.734
Functional annotation 0 EC 5 GO
Target summary

Target candidate with partial support; inspect missing evidence before prioritizing.

Automated synthesis of the evidence currently loaded. Review the underlying records before prioritizing this protein.

Main supporting evidence

No similar human protein detected The current BLAST sequence screen did not find a significant human match, lowering apparent off-target risk. Core gene across strains Marked as conserved by both pan-genome tools: Roary and CoreCruncher. Second pocket predictor agrees P2Rank predicted binding-site probability 0.73. Structure available AlphaFold DB model + ColabFold model

Risks to review

Microbiome similarity 106 of 4744 screened genomes (2.2%) have a significant similarity hit. This target also has a predicted binding pocket (P2Rank 0.73) — check the ligand evidence before deprioritizing on off-target risk alone. Best pocket may be a modeling artifact FPocket selected-pocket score 0.51, but this pocket's geometry is unusually large/diffuse compared to this protein's other predicted pockets — may reflect a low-confidence or disordered model region rather than a real cavity.

Evidence gaps

No ligand evidence No experimental PDB ligands, measured ChEMBL bioactivity, or proposed ZINC compound records are available.
Terms and data sources used on this page

PDB: experimentally determined structures from the Protein Data Bank. These are the strongest structural evidence, but may cover only part of the protein.

AlphaFold DB model: a precomputed predicted structure downloaded from AlphaFold Database/UniProt, not an experiment performed here.

ColabFold model: a predicted structure generated for this workspace; interpret it with coverage and confidence.

pLDDT: confidence score for predicted structures. High values support local geometry; low values mean the region should not drive pocket interpretation.

FPocket / P2Rank: software tools that predict possible ligand-binding pockets on a 3D structure. They are useful screening signals, not experimental validation.

Druggability: a pocket-based estimate of whether a small molecule could bind productively. It does not mean a drug already exists.

PDB ligand: a compound observed in an experimental structure. Direct same-protein records are stronger than homolog-transferred records.

ChEMBL: a public database of measured compound bioactivity. Direct entries are stronger than entries transferred from similar proteins.

ZINC: a purchasable-compound database. Here it marks proposed candidates from chemical similarity, not measured binders.

LigQ / LigQ_2: an internal Target pipeline step that gathers PDB, ChEMBL, and ZINC ligand evidence for each protein.

Off-target: sequence similarity to proteins we prefer not to hit, such as human proteins or beneficial gut microbiome proteins.

DEG: Database of Essential Genes. A match suggests the protein resembles genes known to be essential in other organisms.

Roary / CoreCruncher: pan-genome tools used to decide whether a gene is core across analyzed strains or accessory/strain-specific.

EC / GO: functional annotations: EC describes enzyme reactions; GO describes biological process, molecular function, or cellular component.

KEGG pathway: a curated metabolic route label used here to group reactions imported from the metabolic model.

Chokepoint: a metabolic reaction that is the only producer or consumer of a metabolite in the imported model.

Prioritization evidence

Selectivity, essentiality, structural confidence, conservation, and predicted binding-site evidence.

Off-target risk

Human off-target
No hit
Gut microbiome similarity
2.2% of screened genomes Lower prevalence suggests narrower overlap with the screened gut microbiome.

Essentiality

Essential (DEG)
N
DEG identity (%)
28.058 Higher values support similarity to known essential genes.

Structure confidence

ColabFold pLDDT
91.15 0-100 confidence; >70 supports local structural interpretation.

Binding-site evidence

AlphaFold DB / UniProt model

P2Rank's binding-site probability is the primary druggability signal shown across the app; FPocket's druggability score is shown alongside it for comparison. Both estimate small-molecule pocket quality after applying the curated structure priority — neither is experimental binding evidence. The 3D viewer may show a different loaded structure, so visible pockets can differ.

Druggability (P2Rank) 0.734
Structure A0A0H3GGU7
Pocket Pocket 1
Druggability (FPocket) 0.51
Structure A0A0H3GGU7
Pocket Pocket 25
ColabFold model
P2Rank 0.692 · Pocket 1
FPocket 0.861 · Pocket 26
Core conservation Conserved core gene
Roary core
CoreCruncher core
Gut microbiome 106 / 4744 genomes with a hit
Prevalence 2.2%

Metabolic context

Reactions catalyzed, pathway membership, and centrality in the genome-scale metabolic network.

This protein is not associated with the imported metabolic network for this genome.

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Imported from KpATCC43816.sbml · 2026-07-09

Sequence

Primary amino-acid sequence viewer.

MIGLLCLLVGYLVVLMYAQGEYLFAIMTLILSSVGLYIFANRKAYAWRYVYPGLAGMGLFVLFPLICTIAIAFTNYSSTNQLTFERAQQVLMDRSFQAGKAYNFTLIPAGDEWKLALTDGESGKNYLSDAFKFGGEQKLALKETDALPEGERANLRVITQNRTALNQLTAVLPDDSKVIMSSLRQFSGTQPLYTLGEDGVLTNNQTHVKYRPNNDVGFYQSINADGSWGNEKLSPGYTVTIGWDNFTRVFHDEGIQKPFFAIFVWTVVFSVLTVVLTVAVGMILACLVQWEALKGKAIYRVLLILPYAVPSFISILIFKGLFNQSFGEINMMLSTLFGIKPAWFSDPTTARTMIIIVNTWLGYPYMMILCMGLLKAIPDDLYEASAMDGAGPFQNFFKITFPLLIKPLTPLMIASFAFNFNNFVLIQLLTNGGPDRLGTTTPAGYTDLLVSYTYRIAFEGGGGQDFGLAAAIATLIFLLVGALAIVNLKATRMKFD

Functional annotations

Enzyme classification and Gene Ontology terms linked to this protein.

5 GO

Subcellular localization

Localization
CytoplasmicMembrane

Gene Ontology (GO)

5
  • GO:0016020 A lipid bilayer along with all the proteins and protein complexes embedded in it and attached to it.
  • GO:0055085 The process in which a solute is transported across a lipid bilayer, from one side of a membrane to the other.
  • GO:1990060 Protein complex facilitating ATP-dependent maltose transport through inner cell membrane (periplasm to cytoplasm) in Gram-negative bacteria. In E. coli the system is composed of a periplasmic maltose-binding protein (MBP), two integral membrane proteins, MalF and MalG, and two copies of the cytoplasmic ATP-binding cassette MalK.
  • GO:0015423 Enables the transfer of a solute or solutes from one side of a membrane to the other according to the reaction: ATP + H2O + maltose(out) = ADP + phosphate + maltose(in).
  • GO:0042956 The directed movement of maltodextrin, any polysaccharide of glucose residues in beta-(1,4) linkage, across a membrane.

Sequence domains and features

Domain and signature matches imported from InterPro and related databases.

44 records
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Start End DB Term Name
466 488 TMHMM TMhelix Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
301 323 TMHMM TMhelix Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
1 21 Phobius NON_CYTOPLASMIC_DOMAIN Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be outside the membrane, in the extracellular region.
252 496 FunFam G3DSA:1.10.3720.10:FF:000030 Maltose ABC transporter permease MalF
286 296 Phobius CYTOPLASMIC_DOMAIN Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be outside the membrane, in the cytoplasm.
1 77 Gene3D G3DSA:1.20.58.370 -
1 77 InterPro IPR035277 MalF, N-terminal
352 374 TMHMM TMhelix Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
49 73 Phobius TRANSMEMBRANE Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
41 48 Phobius CYTOPLASMIC_DOMAIN Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be outside the membrane, in the cytoplasm.
323 352 Phobius NON_CYTOPLASMIC_DOMAIN Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be outside the membrane, in the extracellular region.
80 250 Gene3D G3DSA:3.10.650.10 -
281 480 CDD cd06261 TM_PBP2
281 480 InterPro IPR000515 ABC transporter type 1, transmembrane domain MetI-like
353 374 Phobius TRANSMEMBRANE Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
50 72 TMHMM TMhelix Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
263 487 ProSiteProfiles PS50928 ABC transporter integral membrane type-1 domain profile.
263 487 InterPro IPR000515 ABC transporter type 1, transmembrane domain MetI-like
15 37 TMHMM TMhelix Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
279 483 Pfam PF00528 Binding-protein-dependent transport system inner membrane component
279 483 InterPro IPR000515 ABC transporter type 1, transmembrane domain MetI-like
395 418 Phobius TRANSMEMBRANE Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
82 242 Pfam PF14785 Maltose transport system permease protein MalF P2 domain
82 242 InterPro IPR029345 Maltose transport system permease protein MalF, P2 domain
266 288 TMHMM TMhelix Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
4 495 PANTHER PTHR47314 MALTOSE/MALTODEXTRIN TRANSPORT SYSTEM PERMEASE PROTEIN MALF
259 285 Phobius TRANSMEMBRANE Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
466 488 Phobius TRANSMEMBRANE Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
489 496 Phobius CYTOPLASMIC_DOMAIN Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be outside the membrane, in the cytoplasm.
252 496 Gene3D G3DSA:1.10.3720.10 -
252 496 InterPro IPR035906 MetI-like superfamily
100 187 FunFam G3DSA:2.40.430.10:FF:000001 Maltose ABC transporter permease MalF
1 77 FunFam G3DSA:1.20.58.370:FF:000001 Maltose ABC transporter permease MalF
297 322 Phobius TRANSMEMBRANE Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
395 417 TMHMM TMhelix Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
419 465 Phobius NON_CYTOPLASMIC_DOMAIN Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be outside the membrane, in the extracellular region.
375 394 Phobius CYTOPLASMIC_DOMAIN Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be outside the membrane, in the cytoplasm.
22 40 Phobius TRANSMEMBRANE Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be embedded in the membrane.
243 485 SUPERFAMILY SSF161098 MetI-like
243 485 InterPro IPR035906 MetI-like superfamily
74 258 Phobius NON_CYTOPLASMIC_DOMAIN Region of a membrane-bound protein predicted to be outside the membrane, in the extracellular region.
100 187 Gene3D G3DSA:2.40.430.10 -
100 187 InterPro IPR047103 Maltose transport system permease protein MalF, P2 domain superfamily
2 242 SUPERFAMILY SSF160964 MalF N-terminal region-like

3D structure

Selected loaded structure. Experimental PDB entries may cover only a portion of the sequence; AlphaFold DB and ColabFold models typically cover the full protein but remain computational predictions.

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Uniform protein color marks the displayed model as a single molecular object.
Experimental PDB structures may be colored by chain to distinguish subunits or copies present in the file.
Pocket colors and alpha spheres are evidence overlays for predicted binding cavities; they are not alternative protein chains.
'Alpha spheres' is FPocket's own cavity-shape geometry, imported when available and aligned with the loaded structure.
'Pocket atoms'/'Predicted site atoms' show the pocket's residue atoms instead: P2Rank reports residues rather than alpha spheres, and FPocket falls back to this when alpha-sphere geometry is unavailable or doesn't align.
'No pocket geometry' means neither alpha spheres nor residue-position data could be found for that pocket; the layer just highlights the same residues as 'Nearby residues'.
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Binding pockets · P2Rank

Druggability (P2Rank): high ≥ 0.5 · medium 0.2–0.49 · low < 0.2

Pocket 1 P2Rank #1
0.734
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Pocket 2 P2Rank #2
0.482
Likely same site as FPocket 25 2.1 Å 14 shared residues 93% of smaller site
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Pocket 3 P2Rank #3
0.308
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Pocket 4 P2Rank #4
0.029
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Pocket 5 P2Rank #5
0.026
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Binding pockets · FPocket

Druggability (FPocket): high ≥ 0.7 · medium 0.4–0.69 · low < 0.4

Pocket 1 FPocket #25
0.51 Unusual size
Likely same site as P2Rank 2 2.1 Å 14 shared residues 93% of smaller site
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All structural evidence 0 experimental · 2 predicted

Structural evidence

0 + 2

Experimental PDB entries plus predicted AlphaFold DB or ColabFold models. Click Switch to display a different loaded structure in the viewer.

Entry Method Resolution Chain Coverage Links Status
AlphaFold DB AF_A0A0H3GGU7
AlphaFold DB — — full sequence — Viewing
ColabFold VK055_3052
ColabFold — — full sequence — Loaded

Cross-references

External database identifiers for this protein, its structures, ligands, and metabolic reactions.

Sequence

UniProt A0A0H3GGU7