Protein target profile

VK055_5044

hisD

Genome: KpATCC43816 Gene: AIK83570.1 3D evidence: AlphaFold DB model + ColabFold model Metabolism 3 reactions UniProt A0A0H3GQM4
Length 434
Pocket druggability 0.866
Metabolic reactions 3
Chokepoint No
Direct ligand evidence 0 81 total records
Functional annotation 1 EC 8 GO
Target summary

Strong target candidate with converging metabolic, structural and chemical evidence.

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

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
9.8% of screened genomes Lower prevalence suggests narrower overlap with the screened gut microbiome.

Essentiality

Essential (DEG)
Y
DEG identity (%)
43.939 Higher values support similarity to known essential genes.
DEG E-value
1.13e-91 Smaller values mean stronger essential-gene similarity.

Localization

Localization
Cytoplasmic

Structure confidence

ColabFold pLDDT
96.75 0-100 confidence; >70 supports local structural interpretation.

Binding-site evidence

AlphaFold DB / UniProt model

The selected pocket score is the FPocket value used for ranking after applying the curated structure priority. It estimates small-molecule pocket quality; it is not experimental binding evidence. The 3D viewer may show a different loaded structure, so visible pockets can differ.

FPocket 0.866
Structure A0A0H3GQM4
Pocket Pocket 1
P2Rank 0.955
Structure A0A0H3GQM4
Pocket Pocket 1
ColabFold model
FPocket 0.84 · Pocket 8
P2Rank 0.951 · Pocket 1
Core conservation Conserved core gene
Roary core
CoreCruncher core
Gut microbiome 467 / 4744 genomes with a hit
Prevalence 9.8%

Cross-references

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

Metabolic context

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

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Metabolic context: more central than 95.7% of genes in this genome, no human homolog detected.

Relative network centrality 95.7% more central than 95.7% of genes in this genome
Chokepoint Not a chokepoint
Catalyzed reactions

3 reactions mapped to this gene in the metabolic model. Open the full network to see each one, with substrates/products and the reaction-reaction map.

Imported from KpATCC43816.sbml · 2026-07-09

Sequence

Primary amino-acid sequence viewer.

MSFNTIIDWNGCSADQQQQLLTRPAISASDSISKTVTEILNNVKANGDAALREYSAKFDKTTVAALQVSEAEIAAAGERLSDELKQAMAVAVKNIETFHNAQQLQAVDVETLPGVRCQQVTRPIASVGLYIPGGSAPLFSTVLMLATPARIAGCQQVVLCSPPPIADEILYAAQLCGVKTIFNVGGAQAIAALALGTESVPKVDKIFGPGNAYVTEAKRQVSQRLDGAAIDMPAGPSEVLVIADSGANPDFVASDLLSQAEHGPDSQVILLTPDADMGSRVAEAVERQLAALPRAETARVALSASRIIVARDLAQCVAISNQYGPEHLIIQTRQARELVDSITSAGSVFLGDWSPESAGDYASGTNHVLPTYGYTATCSSLGLADFQKRMTVQELSRDGFAALASTIEILAAAERLDAHKNAVTLRVAALKEQA

Functional annotations

Enzyme classification and Gene Ontology terms linked to this protein.

1 EC 8 GO

Enzyme Commission (EC)

1

Gene Ontology (GO)

8
  • GO:0016491 Catalysis of an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction, a reversible chemical reaction in which the oxidation state of an atom or atoms within a molecule is altered. One substrate acts as a hydrogen or electron donor and becomes oxidized, while the other acts as hydrogen or electron acceptor and becomes reduced.
  • GO:0051287 Binding to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, a coenzyme involved in many redox and biosynthetic reactions; binding may be to either the oxidized form, NAD+, or the reduced form, NADH.
  • GO:0046872 Binding to a metal ion.
  • GO:0000105 The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of L-histidine, 2-amino-3-(1H-imidazol-4-yl)propanoic acid.
  • GO:0004399 Catalysis of the reaction: H2O + L-histidinol + 2 NAD+ = 3 H+ + L-histidine + 2 NADH.
  • GO:0016616 Catalysis of an oxidation-reduction (redox) reaction in which a CH-OH group acts as a hydrogen or electron donor and reduces NAD+ or NADP.
  • GO:0005829 The part of the cytoplasm that does not contain organelles but which does contain other particulate matter, such as protein complexes.
  • GO:0008270 Binding to a zinc ion (Zn).

Sequence domains and features

Domain and signature matches imported from InterPro and related databases.

38 records
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Start End DB Term Name
6 427 SUPERFAMILY SSF53720 ALDH-like
6 427 InterPro IPR016161 Aldehyde/histidinol dehydrogenase
36 426 NCBIfam TIGR00069 histidinol dehydrogenase
36 426 InterPro IPR012131 Histidinol dehydrogenase
33 388 Gene3D G3DSA:3.40.50.1980 Nitrogenase molybdenum iron protein domain
236 381 Gene3D G3DSA:3.40.50.1980 Nitrogenase molybdenum iron protein domain
106 426 Gene3D G3DSA:1.20.5.1300 -
7 428 Hamap MF_01024 Histidinol dehydrogenase [hisD].
7 428 InterPro IPR012131 Histidinol dehydrogenase
35 239 FunFam G3DSA:3.40.50.1980:FF:000002 Histidinol dehydrogenase, chloroplastic
1 430 PIRSF PIRSF000099 Histidinol_dh
1 430 InterPro IPR022695 Histidinol dehydrogenase, monofunctional
383 427 FunFam G3DSA:1.20.5.1300:FF:000001 Histidine biosynthesis trifunctional protein
28 427 Pfam PF00815 Histidinol dehydrogenase
28 427 InterPro IPR012131 Histidinol dehydrogenase
8 431 PANTHER PTHR21256 HISTIDINOL DEHYDROGENASE HDH
8 431 InterPro IPR012131 Histidinol dehydrogenase
109 136 PRINTS PR00083 Histidinol dehydrogenase signature
109 136 InterPro IPR012131 Histidinol dehydrogenase
198 223 PRINTS PR00083 Histidinol dehydrogenase signature
198 223 InterPro IPR012131 Histidinol dehydrogenase
36 60 PRINTS PR00083 Histidinol dehydrogenase signature
36 60 InterPro IPR012131 Histidinol dehydrogenase
168 194 PRINTS PR00083 Histidinol dehydrogenase signature
168 194 InterPro IPR012131 Histidinol dehydrogenase
361 379 PRINTS PR00083 Histidinol dehydrogenase signature
361 379 InterPro IPR012131 Histidinol dehydrogenase
230 251 PRINTS PR00083 Histidinol dehydrogenase signature
230 251 InterPro IPR012131 Histidinol dehydrogenase
252 271 PRINTS PR00083 Histidinol dehydrogenase signature
252 271 InterPro IPR012131 Histidinol dehydrogenase
320 345 PRINTS PR00083 Histidinol dehydrogenase signature
320 345 InterPro IPR012131 Histidinol dehydrogenase
240 378 FunFam G3DSA:3.40.50.1980:FF:000001 Histidinol dehydrogenase
32 419 CDD cd06572 Histidinol_dh
32 419 InterPro IPR012131 Histidinol dehydrogenase
230 262 ProSitePatterns PS00611 Histidinol dehydrogenase signature.
230 262 InterPro IPR001692 Histidinol dehydrogenase, conserved site

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 · FPocket

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

Site 1 FPocket #1
0.866
Likely same site as P2Rank 1 0.8 Å 33 shared residues 94% of smaller site
Unusual size
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Binding pockets · P2Rank

Probability: high ≥ 0.5 · medium 0.2–0.49 · low < 0.2

Site 1 P2Rank #1
0.955
Likely same site as FPocket 1 0.8 Å 33 shared residues 94% of smaller site
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Site 2 P2Rank #2
0.061
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Site 3 P2Rank #3
0.003
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Residue sets
UniProt: Active site:326-326 Proton acceptor
UniProt: Active site:327-327 Proton acceptor
UniProt: Binding site:130-130
UniProt: Binding site:188-188
UniProt: Binding site:211-211
UniProt: Binding site:237-237
UniProt: Binding site:259-259
UniProt: Binding site:262-262
UniProt: Binding site:327-327
UniProt: Binding site:360-360
UniProt: Binding site:414-414
UniProt: Binding site:419-419
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_A0A0H3GQM4
AlphaFold DB full sequence Viewing
ColabFold VK055_5044
ColabFold full sequence Loaded

Ligand evidence

Ligands grouped by evidence source. PDB ligands keep the source crystal visible, and loaded crystals can be opened directly in the structure viewer.

81 records
Chemistry signal

Structural and bioactivity evidence are both available for this target.

Direct evidence 0 same-protein records
Transferred evidence 31 records from similar proteins
Structural ligands 3 0 loaded crystals
Measured bioactivity 28 direct and transferred ChEMBL records
Proposed compounds 50 similarity-based ZINC candidates
Best available ligand signal
0VD PDB via homolog 335.4 Da · LogP 2.67 · TPSA 81.0 Open detail RCSB PDB
HSM PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB
HSO PDB via homolog Detail RCSB PDB
CHEMBL307302 ChEMBL via homolog · pchembl 8.85 (~1.4 nM) Detail ChEMBL
CHEMBL477469 ChEMBL via homolog · pchembl 8.52 (~3.0 nM) Detail ChEMBL

Structural evidence inferred from similar proteins. The source crystal indicates where the ligand was observed; the UniProt column identifies the homologous protein carrying that ligand.

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Ligand Source crystal UniProt (homolog) MW · LogP · TPSA Lipinski PAINS SMILES
0VD RCSB PDB Q8G2R2 335.4 Da LogP 2.67 TPSA 81.0 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean c1ccc(cc1)COc2ccc(cc2)CC(=O)[C@H](Cc3c[nH]cn3)N
HSM RCSB PDB P06988 111.1 Da LogP -0.09 TPSA 54.7 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean c1c(nc[nH]1)CCN
HSO RCSB PDB G7IKX3 142.2 Da LogP -1.31 TPSA 76.2 ✓ Ro5 ✓ Clean c1c([nH+]c[nH]1)C[C@@H](CO)N

PDB and ChEMBL records on this protein are shown in full. ChEMBL records from similar proteins are capped at the top 100 per protein (by pchembl) and ZINC at the top 50 (Tanimoto ≥ 0.5). ADME columns are descriptor-based screening flags, not experimental toxicity results.