Tuberculist information
Gene nameask
Protein functionAspartokinase Ask (aspartate kinase) [contains: aspartokinase alpha subunit (Ask-alpha); and aspartokinase beta subunit (Ask-beta)]
Functional category(tuberculist)intermediary metabolism and respiration
Gene location(kb)4152.22
Molecular mass(da)44429.6
External sites TB Database TubercuList WebTB
Protein sequence
Number of amino acids : 421
	  		  	1    VALVVQKYGGSSVADAERIRRVAERIVATKKQGNDVVVVVSAMGDTTDDLLDLAQQVCPA   60
			  	61   PPPRELDMLLTAGERISNALVAMAIESLGAHARSFTGSQAGVITTGTHGNAKIIDVTPGR  120
			  	121  LQTALEEGRVVLVAGFQGVSQDTKDVTTLGRGGSDTTAVAMAAALGADVCEIYTDVDGIF  180
			  	181  SADPRIVRNARKLDTVTFEEMLEMAACGAKVLMLRCVEYARRHNIPVHVRSSYSDRPGTV  240
			  	241  VVGSIKDVPMEDPILTGVAHDRSEAKVTIVGLPDIPGYAAKVFRAVADADVNIDMVLQNV  300
			  	301  SKVEDGKTDITFTCSRDVGPAAVEKLDSLRNEIGFSQLLYDDHIGKVSLIGAGMRSHPGV  360
			  	361  TATFCEALAAVGVNIELISTSEIRISVLCRDTELDKAVVALHEAFGLGGDEEATVYAGTG  420
			  	421  R
			  			

Known structures in the PDB
PDB ID3S1T
Total residue count373
Number of chains3
MethodX-RAY
Resolution1.63
PDB ID4GO5
Total residue count200
Number of chains1
MethodX-RAY
Resolution2.6
PDB ID4GO7
Total residue count200
Number of chains1
MethodX-RAY
Resolution2
Profile-based domain assignment
Structural/Functional domain familyPfam acc.no./SCOP IDDomain Region
AA_kinasePF006962-231
ACTPF01842266-331
ACT_7PF13840339-403
Mtb Structural Proteome models
Model Number1
Model nameRv3709c
Template2CDQ    APDBCREDO
Template coverage30_487
Template Identity(%)32.5
Model coverage(%)96.2
Normalized DOPE score-0.116

Structure Models from Chopin
Model Number1
Profilec.73.1.3 - 3.40.1160.10
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zscore28.57
Residue begin2
Residue end231
Model Number2
Profilec.73.1.3, d.58.18.10
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zscore12.48
Residue begin1
Residue end66
Model Number3
Profiled.58.18.10
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zscore5.52
Residue begin266
Residue end331
Model Number4
Profiled.58.18.10
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zscore5.52
Residue begin348
Residue end413
Binding pockets
STRING
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Protein interacting with Rv3709cGene nameConfidence Score
Rv3708casd0.999
Rv3708casd0.999
Rv1294thrA0.998
Rv1294thrA0.998
Rv1294thrA0.998
Rv1293lysA0.992
Rv1293lysA0.992
Rv1658argG0.989
Rv2753cdapA0.973
Rv2773cdapB0.969
Rv2773cdapB0.969
Rv1380pyrB0.958
Rv1380pyrB0.958
Rv1295thrC0.957
Rv3754tyrA0.956
Rv2726cdapF0.953
Rv1296thrB0.943
Rv1296thrB0.943
Rv1656argF0.929
Rv1656argF0.929
Rv0337caspC0.927
Rv1023eno0.92
Rv1023eno0.92
Rv2201asnB0.913
Rv2201asnB0.913
Rv2210cilvE0.911
Rv1437pgk0.91
Rv2737crecA0.909
Rv2737crecA0.909
Rv2996cserA10.907
Rv2996cserA10.907
Rv2996cserA10.907
Rv2555calaS0.902
Rv2555calaS0.902
Rv2555calaS0.902
Rv2964purU0.901
Rv0357cpurA0.901
Rv2964purU0.901
Potential ligand/drug binding sites
No binding sites identified
Similarity to known drug target from sensitive sequence analysis
No drug targets
List of small molecules tested from TIBLE
Data not available
Off-target activity - ligand based from TIBLE
Data not available
Small molecules involved in protein-protein complex from TIMBAL .Proteins similar to Mtb based on sequence analysis.
Data not available
STITCH interactions  
Chemical NameConfidence scoreMolecular Weight
aspartatePubChem0.997133.103
adenosine diphosphatePubChem0.98427.201
L-aspartate-beta-semialdehydePubChem0.974117.103
beta-aspartyl phosphatePubChem0.97213.083
aspartyl phosphatePubChem0.966213.083
NADPPubChem0.956744.413
L-threoninePubChem0.952119.119
L-lysinePubChem0.95146.188
phosphatePubChem0.94496.9872
oxaloacetatePubChem0.92132.072
glutamatePubChem0.919147.129
adenosine triphosphatePubChem0.902507.181
alpha-ketoglutaratePubChem0.901146.098
protiumPubChem0.92.01576
H(+)PubChem0.92.01588
deuteriumPubChem0.92.01588
potassium aspartatePubChem0.9133.103
NADP(H)PubChem0.9745.421
diaminopimelic acidPubChem0.888190.197
meso-diaminopimelatePubChem0.82190.197
homoserinePubChem0.812119.119
thialysinePubChem0.776200.687
magnesiumPubChem0.77524.305
acetatePubChem0.75859.044
prolyl-glycyl-glycinePubChem0.75229.233
selenomethioninePubChem0.749196.106
SeMetPubChem0.749196.106
sulfatePubChem0.73696.0626
hydron sulfatePubChem0.736196.157
aspartic semialdehydePubChem0.729117.103
L-isoleucinePubChem0.723131.173
calciumPubChem0.70840.078
citratePubChem0.707192.124
hydride acetatePubChem0.70461.0599