{"gene":"PF3D7_1015900","run_date":"2026-09-08T12:51:28","timeline":{"discoveries":[{"year":1994,"finding":"The ENO gene of P. falciparum was molecularly characterized: it encodes a 446-amino-acid protein (48.7 kDa) mapping to chromosome 10, with all residues implicated in substrate/cofactor binding and catalysis conserved. A plant-like 5-amino-acid insertion unique to plasmodial and plant enolases was identified in the sequence, pointing to photosynthetic ancestry.","method":"cDNA sequencing, inverse-PCR, gene mapping","journal":"European journal of biochemistry","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — direct gene characterization with sequence analysis and functional residue conservation, single lab","pmids":["8125109"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2004,"finding":"Recombinant P. falciparum ENO was expressed and purified in active form; kinetic characterization showed it is a homodimer (~100 kDa by gel filtration), with specific activity ~30 U/mg, Km(2-PGA) = 0.041 mM, Km(PEP) = 0.25 mM, optimal pH 7.4–7.6, inhibited by Na+, activated by K+, and with apparent Mg2+ activation constant of 0.18 mM (inhibitory at higher concentrations).","method":"Recombinant protein expression, gel filtration, enzyme kinetics, in vitro assay","journal":"European journal of biochemistry","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — in vitro reconstitution with full kinetic characterization; multiple biochemical parameters measured","pmids":["15606772"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":"NF54"}]},{"year":2007,"finding":"P. falciparum ENO localizes to the merozoite cell surface, as demonstrated by immunofluorescence and electron microscopy. Anti-recombinant ENO antibodies inhibited in vitro parasite growth, and immunization with recombinant ENO conferred partial protection against P. yoelii 17XL challenge in mice.","method":"Immunofluorescence assay, immunogold electron microscopy, in vitro growth inhibition assay, mouse immunization/challenge","journal":"Infection and immunity","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — direct localization by two orthogonal imaging methods with functional consequence (growth inhibition), single lab","pmids":["17785475"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""},{"species":"Plasmodium yoelii","strain":"17XL"}]},{"year":2007,"finding":"In P. yoelii, ENO is present not only in cytosol but also in membrane, nuclear, and cytoskeletal fractions. At least five post-translationally modified isoforms were identified, of which at least three arise from phosphorylation. Different subcellular fractions showed distinct isoform profiles, suggesting PTMs govern subcellular targeting.","method":"Subcellular fractionation, 1D and 2D gel electrophoresis, Western blotting, immunofluorescence, Fe3+-based metal affinity chromatography (phosphoproteome isolation)","journal":"Malaria journal","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — multiple orthogonal fractionation and detection methods, single lab","pmids":["17437631"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium yoelii","strain":""}]},{"year":2007,"finding":"Dimeric P. falciparum ENO can be dissociated into active, isolatable monomers by ~250 mM imidazole or hydrogen ions. Monomeric ENO differs from the dimer in specific activity, salt sensitivity, and thermal stability. Mg2+ protects yeast and rabbit muscle enolase but NOT P. falciparum ENO from imidazole-induced dissociation, revealing a parasite-specific difference in dimer interface stability.","method":"Gel filtration (Superdex-75), enzyme kinetics, in vitro dissociation assay, comparative biochemistry across species","journal":"The FEBS journal","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — in vitro reconstitution and comparative dissociation assay with multiple orthogonal biochemical measurements","pmids":["17371507"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2009,"finding":"In P. falciparum asexual stages, ENO is predominantly (≥85–90%) in the soluble (cytosolic) fraction, but in sexual stages it is mostly in the particulate fraction. ENO was additionally localized to the nucleus, food vacuole, cytoskeleton, and plasma membrane across life-cycle stages.","method":"Immunofluorescence assay, immunogold electron microscopy, Western blotting of subcellular fractions","journal":"Malaria journal","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — multiple orthogonal imaging and fractionation methods, single lab","pmids":["19642995"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2009,"finding":"Deletion of the plant-like pentapeptide insert (104EWGWS108) from P. falciparum ENO resulted in ~100-fold decrease in kcat/Km, dissociation of the dimer into monomers, and near-abrogation of the protective antibody epitope recognized by serum from ENO-vaccinated mice.","method":"Site-directed deletion mutagenesis, enzyme kinetics, gel filtration, immunological assay (serum reactivity)","journal":"Archives of biochemistry and biophysics","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — deletion mutagenesis with full kinetic characterization and structural consequence, multiple orthogonal measurements","pmids":["19268421"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2011,"finding":"ENO lines the ookinete surface in both P. berghei and P. falciparum. Surface ENO captures plasminogen from the mammalian blood meal via its lysine motif (DKSLVK) interacting with Kringle domains of plasminogen. This interaction is functionally required for mosquito midgut invasion: plasminogen depletion strongly inhibited oocyst formation, and rescue required enzymatically active (but not inactive) plasminogen, indicating that plasmin proteolytic activity facilitates invasion.","method":"Anti-enolase antibody inhibition assay, plasminogen depletion/rescue experiment, immunofluorescence, functional invasion assay","journal":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Strong — reciprocal functional assays (depletion + rescue) with mechanistic resolution (active vs inactive plasminogen), replicated in two Plasmodium species","pmids":["21949403"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium berghei","strain":""},{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2011,"finding":"A mosquito midgut receptor termed 'enolase-binding protein' (EBP) was identified that binds ookinete surface ENO (P. berghei). SM1-sensitive parasite clones required EBP for midgut invasion, placing surface ENO in the pathway of EBP-dependent midgut invasion.","method":"Phage display receptor identification, genetic epistasis (SM1-sensitive vs SM1-resistant clones), functional invasion assay","journal":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — epistasis experiment with defined receptor identification, single lab","pmids":["24474798"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium berghei","strain":""},{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2011,"finding":"ENO and actin were identified on the surface of live P. berghei ookinetes; phage display identified a conserved PWWP motif in peptides binding to ookinete surface ENO and actin, suggesting these surface proteins can engage PWWP-containing ligands.","method":"Phage display, overlay binding assay, immunofluorescence, electron microscopy","journal":"Parasitology","confidence":"Low","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 / Weak — overlay assay and immunofluorescence, single lab, no functional rescue","pmids":["21816124"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium berghei","strain":""}]},{"year":2013,"finding":"P. falciparum ENO physically interacts with PfDegP (a serine protease) and PfHsp70 as demonstrated by co-immunoprecipitation and surface plasmon resonance; ENO and PfDegP co-localize by fluorescence microscopy, indicating ENO is a component of a stress-response protein complex.","method":"Co-immunoprecipitation (anti-bait), surface plasmon resonance, fluorescence co-localization","journal":"The FEBS journal","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — reciprocal Co-IP plus SPR for binding confirmation, single lab, two orthogonal methods","pmids":["24494818"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2013,"finding":"Food vacuole (FV)-associated P. falciparum ENO exists in three molecular weight forms (~50, 65, and 75 kDa). Mass spectrometry established post-translational modifications on FV-associated ENO: ubiquitination at K147 (with atypical trimeric ubiquitin linked via K6 of Ub2), phosphorylation at Y148, and acetylation at K142 and K384. The tri-ubiquitinated form associates predominantly with hemozoin. Cytosolic ENO is phosphorylated at S42; cytoskeletal ENO from P. yoelii at T337.","method":"Immunoprecipitation, Western blotting, mass spectrometry (MS/MS), subcellular fractionation","journal":"PloS one","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — site-specific PTMs confirmed by mass spectrometry with multiple orthogonal validations; detailed mechanistic resolution of modification sites","pmids":["24009698"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""},{"species":"Plasmodium yoelii","strain":""}]},{"year":2011,"finding":"P. falciparum ENO complements enolase-deficient yeast (Tetr-eno2), rescuing growth retardation, vacuolar fragmentation, and altered vacuolar protein expression. An enzymatically active monomeric mutant (Δ5Pfeno) fully restored cell growth but only partially rescued vacuolar fragmentation, indicating that the dimeric structure of ENO is required for optimal vacuolar function.","method":"Yeast complementation assay, immunoblotting of purified food vacuoles, mutant analysis","journal":"Molecular and biochemical parasitology","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — functional complementation with mechanistic resolution via active-site/oligomeric mutant, multiple phenotypic readouts","pmids":["21600245"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2015,"finding":"Replacement of Ser108 (within the 104EWGWS108 insert) with Gly or Ala disrupted predicted H-bonds with Leu49, shifted ENO from an active closed conformation to an open conformation, and markedly reduced Mg2+ binding affinity, demonstrating that Ser108 stabilizes the apo-ENO in an active closed conformation required for catalysis.","method":"Site-directed mutagenesis, enzyme kinetics, conformational analysis, structural modeling","journal":"The FEBS journal","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — systematic mutagenesis of active-site residue with kinetic and conformational characterization, multiple mutant variants tested","pmids":["25787157"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2015,"finding":"The pentapeptide insert 104EWGWS108 of P. falciparum ENO constitutes the binding site for PWWP-motif-containing peptides from ookinete surface phage display. Deletion of the insert (Δ-rPfeno) abolished PWWP peptide binding; NMR chemical shift perturbation and intermolecular docking confirmed the insert as the recognition motif. Homologous PWWP-domain proteins (perlecan, laminin, peritrophin) in the mosquito peritrophic matrix are proposed as natural ligands.","method":"Binding assay (recombinant protein vs deletion mutant), NMR chemical shift perturbation, intermolecular docking","journal":"Insect biochemistry and molecular biology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Moderate — mutagenesis combined with NMR and docking, single lab, no in vivo functional rescue","pmids":["26592350"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2016,"finding":"Biliverdin (BV) binds directly to recombinant P. falciparum ENO at a single site (isothermal titration calorimetry) and acts as a non-competitive inhibitor of ENO activity, implicating ENO as a molecular target for BV-mediated inhibition of parasite glycolysis.","method":"Isothermal titration calorimetry, enzyme kinetics (inhibition assay), molecular modelling","journal":"Scientific reports","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Moderate — direct binding and kinetic inhibition measured in vitro, single lab, no mutagenesis to confirm binding site","pmids":["26915471"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2017,"finding":"Mutation of the two tryptophan residues (W105 and W107) in the 104EWGWS108 insert to alanines or lysines caused near-complete loss of ENO catalytic activity and dissociation of the dimer into monomers. Molecular modeling indicated W105 forms π-cation bonds with R340 and Y46, and that loss of these interactions disrupts the inter-subunit interface (reducing docking energy ~4 kcal/mol), causing dimer dissociation and active-site disruption.","method":"Site-directed mutagenesis, enzyme kinetics, gel filtration, molecular modeling","journal":"FEBS open bio","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1 / Strong — systematic mutagenesis of two residues with full kinetic, oligomeric, and structural characterization plus mechanistic modeling","pmids":["28680804"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2008,"finding":"2D-DIGE proteomic analysis of P. falciparum schizont-stage parasites identified ENO as one of several proteins represented by multiple isoforms in different spot positions, with distinct temporal abundance profiles, consistent with post-translational modifications producing functionally distinct forms during intra-erythrocytic development.","method":"2D-DIGE, mass spectrometry identification","journal":"Genome biology","confidence":"Low","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 / Weak — proteomic survey identifying ENO isoforms; no mechanistic follow-up on PTM identity or function in this paper","pmids":["19091060"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2021,"finding":"Enrichment of P. falciparum native proteins using a 5' cap affinity matrix identified ENO as the second most enriched protein after eIF4E. However, recombinant ENO did not demonstrate direct 5' cap-binding activity, indicating ENO associates indirectly with the 5' cap complex in asexual-stage parasites.","method":"5'-cap affinity pulldown, proteomic analysis, recombinant protein cap-binding assay (negative result for direct binding)","journal":"Molecular and biochemical parasitology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — affinity enrichment plus negative result with recombinant protein distinguishing direct vs indirect association, single lab","pmids":["34890716"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2015,"finding":"During P. berghei gametogenesis, ENO undergoes phosphorylation changes detected by 2D electrophoresis and phospho-specific Western blotting; TiO2 phosphopeptide enrichment and tandem MS identified specific phosphorylation sites in ENO during this differentiation process.","method":"2D electrophoresis, phospho-specific immunoblotting, TiO2 phosphopeptide enrichment, tandem mass spectrometry","journal":"Experimental parasitology","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 / Moderate — site-specific phosphorylation confirmed by MS, single lab","pmids":["26008612"],"is_preprint":false,"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium berghei","strain":""}]}],"current_model":"P. falciparum ENO (PF3D7_1015900) is a homodimeric 2-phospho-D-glycerate hydrolase (glycolytic enzyme) that also functions on the surfaces of merozoites and ookinetes; on the ookinete surface it captures host plasminogen via its lysine motif (DKSLVK), whose conversion to active plasmin facilitates mosquito midgut invasion; a parasite-specific pentapeptide insert (104EWGWS108) — absent in host enolases — is required for full catalytic activity, dimer stability (through W105/W107 π-cation bonds and S108-L49 hydrogen bonds), and serves as a binding site for PWWP-domain midgut proteins; the protein undergoes multiple PTMs including phosphorylation (S42, Y148, T337), acetylation (K142, K384), and atypical K6-linked trimeric ubiquitination (K147) that govern its distribution across cytosol, nucleus, food vacuole, cytoskeleton, and plasma membrane; dimeric ENO is additionally required for food vacuole integrity; and native ENO associates indirectly with the mRNA 5'-cap complex, suggesting a non-glycolytic nuclear/translational role."},"narrative":{"mechanistic_narrative":"PF3D7_1015900 (ENO) encodes a 446-residue glycolytic enzyme that functions as a homodimeric 2-phospho-D-glycerate hydrolase, with all catalytic and substrate/cofactor-binding residues conserved and a plant-like five-residue insertion unique to plasmodial and plant enolases [PMID:8125109, PMID:15606772]. Recombinant ENO is an active ~100 kDa homodimer with defined kinetic parameters, K+-activation, Na+-inhibition, and Mg2+-dependence [PMID:15606772]. Its catalytic and structural integrity depend on a parasite-specific pentapeptide insert (104EWGWS108): deletion collapses the dimer into monomers and reduces kcat/Km ~100-fold [PMID:19268421], W105/W107 form inter-subunit π-cation bonds that stabilize the dimer interface [PMID:28680804], and S108 hydrogen-bonds Leu49 to hold the enzyme in an active closed conformation permissive for Mg2+ binding [PMID:25787157]. Beyond catalysis, ENO is a moonlighting protein that distributes across cytosol, nucleus, food vacuole, cytoskeleton, and plasma/surface membranes in a manner governed by post-translational modification, and this partitioning shifts from predominantly soluble in asexual stages to particulate in sexual stages [PMID:19642995, PMID:17437631]. On the merozoite and ookinete surface, ENO captures host plasminogen through its DKSLVK lysine motif, and the resulting plasmin proteolytic activity is functionally required for mosquito midgut invasion in P. berghei and P. falciparum [PMID:17785475, PMID:21949403]; the 104EWGWS108 insert additionally serves as the binding site for PWWP-motif ligands implicated in midgut/peritrophic-matrix engagement [PMID:26592350]. The dimeric form is required for food vacuole integrity, as shown by yeast complementation in which an active monomeric mutant rescues growth but not vacuolar fragmentation [PMID:21600245]. ENO carries site-specific PTMs including phosphorylation (S42, Y148, T337), acetylation (K142, K384), and atypical K6-linked trimeric ubiquitination at K147 that tracks with hemozoin in the food vacuole [PMID:24009698]. It also associates indirectly with the mRNA 5'-cap complex, indicating a non-glycolytic role [PMID:34890716], and physically interacts with the stress-response protease PfDegP and PfHsp70 [PMID:24494818].","teleology":[{"year":1994,"claim":"Establishing that ENO encodes a conserved glycolytic enolase defined the gene's baseline identity and revealed a plant-like insertion distinguishing it from host enzymes.","evidence":"cDNA sequencing, inverse-PCR and gene mapping of the P. falciparum ENO gene","pmids":["8125109"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["No enzyme activity measured in this study","Functional role of the plant-like insert not tested"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2004,"claim":"In vitro reconstitution confirmed ENO is an active homodimeric enolase and provided its full kinetic and ionic-regulation profile.","evidence":"Recombinant expression, gel filtration and enzyme kinetics","pmids":["15606772"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["No structural model of the dimer interface","Non-glycolytic functions not addressed"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":"NF54"}]},{"year":2007,"claim":"Surface and multi-compartment localization plus PTM isoform diversity established ENO as a moonlighting protein whose distribution is PTM-controlled, and identified it as a vaccine/growth-inhibition target.","evidence":"Immunofluorescence, immunogold EM, subcellular fractionation with 2D gels and phosphoproteome enrichment, growth-inhibition and mouse immunization assays (P. falciparum and P. yoelii)","pmids":["17785475","17437631"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["PTM identities and their causal link to targeting not resolved","Mechanism of surface trafficking of a cytosolic enzyme unknown"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""},{"species":"Plasmodium yoelii","strain":"17XL"}]},{"year":2007,"claim":"Demonstrating parasite-specific dimer-interface instability distinguished ENO's oligomeric behavior from host enolases and set up the insert as the structural determinant.","evidence":"Imidazole/proton-induced dissociation and comparative biochemistry versus yeast and rabbit muscle enolase","pmids":["17371507"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Physiological trigger for monomerization in vivo unknown","Which residues confer the parasite-specific instability not yet mapped"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2009,"claim":"Deletion of the 104EWGWS108 insert linked one motif to catalysis, dimer assembly, and the protective antibody epitope, unifying structural and immunological roles.","evidence":"Site-directed deletion mutagenesis with kinetics, gel filtration and serum reactivity","pmids":["19268421"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Individual residue contributions not dissected in this study","In vivo consequence of insert loss not tested"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2009,"claim":"Life-cycle-resolved fractionation showed ENO shifts from soluble (asexual) to particulate (sexual) distribution, tying its localization to developmental stage.","evidence":"Immunofluorescence, immunogold EM and Western blotting of subcellular fractions","pmids":["19642995"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Molecular signal driving the stage-dependent redistribution unknown","Functional consequence of particulate partitioning not established"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2011,"claim":"Yeast complementation dissociated ENO's catalytic function from its structural role, showing the dimer specifically supports food-vacuole integrity.","evidence":"Enolase-deficient yeast complementation with wild-type versus active monomeric Δ5Pfeno mutant, food-vacuole immunoblotting","pmids":["21600245"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Molecular basis of the dimer's vacuolar role unknown","Whether the effect operates through a partner protein untested"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2011,"claim":"Reciprocal plasminogen depletion/rescue with active versus inactive plasminogen established a causal, protease-dependent mechanism by which surface ENO enables ookinete midgut invasion.","evidence":"Anti-enolase inhibition, plasminogen depletion/rescue and invasion assays in P. berghei and P. falciparum ookinetes","pmids":["21949403"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["How a cytosolic enzyme reaches the ookinete surface unknown","Direct proteolytic substrates of the captured plasmin not identified"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium berghei","strain":""},{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2011,"claim":"Identification of a mosquito enolase-binding protein (EBP) and PWWP-binding activity placed surface ENO within a defined midgut receptor pathway.","evidence":"Phage display receptor identification, SM1-sensitivity epistasis and overlay/immunofluorescence binding assays (P. berghei)","pmids":["24474798","21816124"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["EBP interaction not validated by functional rescue in [#9]","Native PWWP ligand not confirmed in vivo"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium berghei","strain":""}]},{"year":2013,"claim":"Mass-spectrometric mapping of site-specific PTMs and identification of a DegP/Hsp70 complex gave molecular substance to ENO's compartment-specific moonlighting forms.","evidence":"Immunoprecipitation, MS/MS PTM mapping across subcellular fractions (P. falciparum, P. yoelii), plus Co-IP, SPR and co-localization with PfDegP/PfHsp70","pmids":["24009698","24494818"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Enzymes writing/reading each PTM not identified","Functional consequence of K6-linked tri-ubiquitination and DegP association not established"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""},{"species":"Plasmodium yoelii","strain":""}]},{"year":2015,"claim":"Residue-level mutagenesis of S108 and the 104EWGWS108 insert defined the structural chemistry linking the insert to a catalytically active closed conformation and to PWWP-ligand recognition.","evidence":"Site-directed mutagenesis with kinetics and conformational analysis (S108), plus deletion binding assay, NMR chemical-shift perturbation and docking for PWWP recognition; phosphorylation changes during P. berghei gametogenesis","pmids":["25787157","26592350","26008612"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["In vivo relevance of the closed/open conformational switch untested","PWWP ligand binding lacks in vivo functional rescue [#14]"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""},{"species":"Plasmodium berghei","strain":""}]},{"year":2016,"claim":"Direct binding of biliverdin as a non-competitive inhibitor identified ENO as a druggable metabolic target.","evidence":"Isothermal titration calorimetry, inhibition kinetics and molecular modelling","pmids":["26915471"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Binding site not confirmed by mutagenesis","Inhibitory relevance in intact parasites not shown"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2017,"claim":"Mutagenesis of W105/W107 resolved the mechanism by which the insert stabilizes the dimer interface through π-cation bonds essential for catalysis.","evidence":"Site-directed mutagenesis, kinetics, gel filtration and interface docking energetics","pmids":["28680804"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["No experimental crystal structure of the interface","Whether monomerization is physiologically regulated remains open"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":2021,"claim":"Enrichment on a 5'-cap matrix with a negative recombinant-binding control established that ENO associates indirectly with the translation cap complex, extending its moonlighting repertoire.","evidence":"5'-cap affinity pulldown with proteomics plus recombinant cap-binding assay (negative)","pmids":["34890716"],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["Bridging partner linking ENO to the cap complex unidentified","Functional role in translation not demonstrated"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]},{"year":null,"claim":"The trafficking mechanism that exports cytosolic ENO to the parasite surface and the causal, in vivo consequences of its PTMs and non-glycolytic associations remain unresolved.","evidence":"","pmids":[],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["No mechanism explains surface/nuclear export of a signal-peptide-lacking glycolytic enzyme","PTM-writing enzymes and reader proteins unidentified","Functional significance of the 5'-cap and DegP/Hsp70 associations untested in vivo"],"attribution":[{"species":"Plasmodium falciparum","strain":""}]}],"mechanism_profile":{"molecular_activity":[],"localization":[],"pathway":[],"complexes":["ENO homodimer [#1, #4, #6, #16]","ENO–PfDegP–PfHsp70 stress-response complex [#10]","Indirect association with the mRNA 5'-cap/eIF4E complex [#18]"],"partners":["HOST PLASMINOGEN (VIA DKSLVK LYSINE MOTIF / KRINGLE DOMAINS) [#7]","MOSQUITO ENOLASE-BINDING PROTEIN (EBP) [#8]","PWWP-MOTIF LIGANDS / PERITROPHIC-MATRIX PROTEINS (PERLECAN, LAMININ, PERITROPHIN) [#9, #14]","PFDEGP SERINE PROTEASE [#10]","PFHSP70 [#10]","BILIVERDIN (NON-COMPETITIVE INHIBITOR) [#15]"],"other_free_text":["Parasite-specific pentapeptide insert 104EWGWS108 is required for full catalysis, dimer stability, the protective antibody epitope, and PWWP-ligand binding; W105/W107 form inter-subunit π-cation bonds and S108 hydrogen-bonds Leu49 to hold the active closed conformation [#6, #13, #16, #14].","Site-specific PTMs: phosphorylation at S42, Y148 and T337; acetylation at K142 and K384; atypical K6-linked trimeric ubiquitination at K147 (food-vacuole/hemozoin-associated) [#11].","Dimeric form is specifically required for food-vacuole integrity, separable from catalytic activity [#12].","Distribution across cytosol, nucleus, food vacuole, cytoskeleton and plasma/surface membrane shifts from soluble (asexual) to particulate (sexual) and is governed by PTM isoforms [#3, #5, #11, #17].","Surface plasmin activity is functionally required for mosquito midgut invasion in P. berghei and P. falciparum [#7]."]}},"prefetch_data":{},"corpus_meta":[{"pmid":"22802646","id":"PMC_22802646","title":"Fighting malaria with engineered symbiotic bacteria from vector mosquitoes.","date":"2012","source":"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America","url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22802646","citation_count":220,"is_preprint":false,"source_species":["Pf"],"role":"primary","match_terms":["enolase"],"competing_organism_flag":false,"competing_organism_match":"","competing_organism_only":false},{"pmid":"19091060","id":"PMC_19091060","title":"Quantitative protein expression profiling reveals extensive post-transcriptional regulation and 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Surface ENO captures plasminogen from the mammalian blood meal via its lysine motif (DKSLVK) interacting with Kringle domains of plasminogen. This interaction is functionally required for mosquito midgut invasion: plasminogen depletion strongly inhibited oocyst formation, and rescue required enzymatically active (but not inactive) plasminogen, indicating that plasmin proteolytic activity facilitates invasion.\",\n      \"method\": \"Anti-enolase antibody inhibition assay, plasminogen depletion/rescue experiment, immunofluorescence, functional invasion assay\",\n      \"journal\": \"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Strong — reciprocal functional assays (depletion + rescue) with mechanistic resolution (active vs inactive plasminogen), replicated in two Plasmodium species\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"21949403\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false,\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium berghei\", \"strain\": \"\"}, {\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2011,\n      \"finding\": \"A mosquito midgut receptor termed 'enolase-binding protein' (EBP) was identified that binds ookinete surface ENO (P. berghei). SM1-sensitive parasite clones required EBP for midgut invasion, placing surface ENO in the pathway of EBP-dependent midgut invasion.\",\n      \"method\": \"Phage display receptor identification, genetic epistasis (SM1-sensitive vs SM1-resistant clones), functional invasion assay\",\n      \"journal\": \"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Moderate — epistasis experiment with defined receptor identification, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"24474798\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false,\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium berghei\", \"strain\": \"\"}, {\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2011,\n      \"finding\": \"ENO and actin were identified on the surface of live P. berghei ookinetes; phage display identified a conserved PWWP motif in peptides binding to ookinete surface ENO and actin, suggesting these surface proteins can engage PWWP-containing ligands.\",\n      \"method\": \"Phage display, overlay binding assay, immunofluorescence, electron microscopy\",\n      \"journal\": \"Parasitology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Low\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 3 / Weak — overlay assay and immunofluorescence, single lab, no functional rescue\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"21816124\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false,\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium berghei\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2013,\n      \"finding\": \"P. falciparum ENO physically interacts with PfDegP (a serine protease) and PfHsp70 as demonstrated by co-immunoprecipitation and surface plasmon resonance; ENO and PfDegP co-localize by fluorescence microscopy, indicating ENO is a component of a stress-response protein complex.\",\n      \"method\": \"Co-immunoprecipitation (anti-bait), surface plasmon resonance, fluorescence co-localization\",\n      \"journal\": \"The FEBS journal\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Moderate — reciprocal Co-IP plus SPR for binding confirmation, single lab, two orthogonal methods\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"24494818\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false,\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2013,\n      \"finding\": \"Food vacuole (FV)-associated P. falciparum ENO exists in three molecular weight forms (~50, 65, and 75 kDa). Mass spectrometry established post-translational modifications on FV-associated ENO: ubiquitination at K147 (with atypical trimeric ubiquitin linked via K6 of Ub2), phosphorylation at Y148, and acetylation at K142 and K384. The tri-ubiquitinated form associates predominantly with hemozoin. Cytosolic ENO is phosphorylated at S42; cytoskeletal ENO from P. yoelii at T337.\",\n      \"method\": \"Immunoprecipitation, Western blotting, mass spectrometry (MS/MS), subcellular fractionation\",\n      \"journal\": \"PloS one\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 / Strong — site-specific PTMs confirmed by mass spectrometry with multiple orthogonal validations; detailed mechanistic resolution of modification sites\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"24009698\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false,\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}, {\"species\": \"Plasmodium yoelii\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2011,\n      \"finding\": \"P. falciparum ENO complements enolase-deficient yeast (Tetr-eno2), rescuing growth retardation, vacuolar fragmentation, and altered vacuolar protein expression. An enzymatically active monomeric mutant (Δ5Pfeno) fully restored cell growth but only partially rescued vacuolar fragmentation, indicating that the dimeric structure of ENO is required for optimal vacuolar function.\",\n      \"method\": \"Yeast complementation assay, immunoblotting of purified food vacuoles, mutant analysis\",\n      \"journal\": \"Molecular and biochemical parasitology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 / Strong — functional complementation with mechanistic resolution via active-site/oligomeric mutant, multiple phenotypic readouts\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"21600245\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false,\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2015,\n      \"finding\": \"Replacement of Ser108 (within the 104EWGWS108 insert) with Gly or Ala disrupted predicted H-bonds with Leu49, shifted ENO from an active closed conformation to an open conformation, and markedly reduced Mg2+ binding affinity, demonstrating that Ser108 stabilizes the apo-ENO in an active closed conformation required for catalysis.\",\n      \"method\": \"Site-directed mutagenesis, enzyme kinetics, conformational analysis, structural modeling\",\n      \"journal\": \"The FEBS journal\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 / Strong — systematic mutagenesis of active-site residue with kinetic and conformational characterization, multiple mutant variants tested\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"25787157\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false,\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2015,\n      \"finding\": \"The pentapeptide insert 104EWGWS108 of P. falciparum ENO constitutes the binding site for PWWP-motif-containing peptides from ookinete surface phage display. Deletion of the insert (Δ-rPfeno) abolished PWWP peptide binding; NMR chemical shift perturbation and intermolecular docking confirmed the insert as the recognition motif. Homologous PWWP-domain proteins (perlecan, laminin, peritrophin) in the mosquito peritrophic matrix are proposed as natural ligands.\",\n      \"method\": \"Binding assay (recombinant protein vs deletion mutant), NMR chemical shift perturbation, intermolecular docking\",\n      \"journal\": \"Insect biochemistry and molecular biology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 / Moderate — mutagenesis combined with NMR and docking, single lab, no in vivo functional rescue\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"26592350\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false,\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2016,\n      \"finding\": \"Biliverdin (BV) binds directly to recombinant P. falciparum ENO at a single site (isothermal titration calorimetry) and acts as a non-competitive inhibitor of ENO activity, implicating ENO as a molecular target for BV-mediated inhibition of parasite glycolysis.\",\n      \"method\": \"Isothermal titration calorimetry, enzyme kinetics (inhibition assay), molecular modelling\",\n      \"journal\": \"Scientific reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 / Moderate — direct binding and kinetic inhibition measured in vitro, single lab, no mutagenesis to confirm binding site\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"26915471\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false,\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"finding\": \"Mutation of the two tryptophan residues (W105 and W107) in the 104EWGWS108 insert to alanines or lysines caused near-complete loss of ENO catalytic activity and dissociation of the dimer into monomers. Molecular modeling indicated W105 forms π-cation bonds with R340 and Y46, and that loss of these interactions disrupts the inter-subunit interface (reducing docking energy ~4 kcal/mol), causing dimer dissociation and active-site disruption.\",\n      \"method\": \"Site-directed mutagenesis, enzyme kinetics, gel filtration, molecular modeling\",\n      \"journal\": \"FEBS open bio\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1 / Strong — systematic mutagenesis of two residues with full kinetic, oligomeric, and structural characterization plus mechanistic modeling\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28680804\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false,\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2008,\n      \"finding\": \"2D-DIGE proteomic analysis of P. falciparum schizont-stage parasites identified ENO as one of several proteins represented by multiple isoforms in different spot positions, with distinct temporal abundance profiles, consistent with post-translational modifications producing functionally distinct forms during intra-erythrocytic development.\",\n      \"method\": \"2D-DIGE, mass spectrometry identification\",\n      \"journal\": \"Genome biology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Low\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 3 / Weak — proteomic survey identifying ENO isoforms; no mechanistic follow-up on PTM identity or function in this paper\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"19091060\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false,\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2021,\n      \"finding\": \"Enrichment of P. falciparum native proteins using a 5' cap affinity matrix identified ENO as the second most enriched protein after eIF4E. However, recombinant ENO did not demonstrate direct 5' cap-binding activity, indicating ENO associates indirectly with the 5' cap complex in asexual-stage parasites.\",\n      \"method\": \"5'-cap affinity pulldown, proteomic analysis, recombinant protein cap-binding assay (negative result for direct binding)\",\n      \"journal\": \"Molecular and biochemical parasitology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Moderate — affinity enrichment plus negative result with recombinant protein distinguishing direct vs indirect association, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"34890716\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false,\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2015,\n      \"finding\": \"During P. berghei gametogenesis, ENO undergoes phosphorylation changes detected by 2D electrophoresis and phospho-specific Western blotting; TiO2 phosphopeptide enrichment and tandem MS identified specific phosphorylation sites in ENO during this differentiation process.\",\n      \"method\": \"2D electrophoresis, phospho-specific immunoblotting, TiO2 phosphopeptide enrichment, tandem mass spectrometry\",\n      \"journal\": \"Experimental parasitology\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 / Moderate — site-specific phosphorylation confirmed by MS, single lab\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"26008612\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false,\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium berghei\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"current_model\": \"P. falciparum ENO (PF3D7_1015900) is a homodimeric 2-phospho-D-glycerate hydrolase (glycolytic enzyme) that also functions on the surfaces of merozoites and ookinetes; on the ookinete surface it captures host plasminogen via its lysine motif (DKSLVK), whose conversion to active plasmin facilitates mosquito midgut invasion; a parasite-specific pentapeptide insert (104EWGWS108) — absent in host enolases — is required for full catalytic activity, dimer stability (through W105/W107 π-cation bonds and S108-L49 hydrogen bonds), and serves as a binding site for PWWP-domain midgut proteins; the protein undergoes multiple PTMs including phosphorylation (S42, Y148, T337), acetylation (K142, K384), and atypical K6-linked trimeric ubiquitination (K147) that govern its distribution across cytosol, nucleus, food vacuole, cytoskeleton, and plasma membrane; dimeric ENO is additionally required for food vacuole integrity; and native ENO associates indirectly with the mRNA 5'-cap complex, suggesting a non-glycolytic nuclear/translational role.\"\n}\n```","stage2_raw":"{\n  \"mechanistic_narrative\": \"PF3D7_1015900 (ENO) encodes a 446-residue glycolytic enzyme that functions as a homodimeric 2-phospho-D-glycerate hydrolase, with all catalytic and substrate/cofactor-binding residues conserved and a plant-like five-residue insertion unique to plasmodial and plant enolases [#0, #1]. Recombinant ENO is an active ~100 kDa homodimer with defined kinetic parameters, K+-activation, Na+-inhibition, and Mg2+-dependence [#1]. Its catalytic and structural integrity depend on a parasite-specific pentapeptide insert (104EWGWS108): deletion collapses the dimer into monomers and reduces kcat/Km ~100-fold [#6], W105/W107 form inter-subunit π-cation bonds that stabilize the dimer interface [#16], and S108 hydrogen-bonds Leu49 to hold the enzyme in an active closed conformation permissive for Mg2+ binding [#13]. Beyond catalysis, ENO is a moonlighting protein that distributes across cytosol, nucleus, food vacuole, cytoskeleton, and plasma/surface membranes in a manner governed by post-translational modification, and this partitioning shifts from predominantly soluble in asexual stages to particulate in sexual stages [#5, #3]. On the merozoite and ookinete surface, ENO captures host plasminogen through its DKSLVK lysine motif, and the resulting plasmin proteolytic activity is functionally required for mosquito midgut invasion in P. berghei and P. falciparum [#2, #7]; the 104EWGWS108 insert additionally serves as the binding site for PWWP-motif ligands implicated in midgut/peritrophic-matrix engagement [#14]. The dimeric form is required for food vacuole integrity, as shown by yeast complementation in which an active monomeric mutant rescues growth but not vacuolar fragmentation [#12]. ENO carries site-specific PTMs including phosphorylation (S42, Y148, T337), acetylation (K142, K384), and atypical K6-linked trimeric ubiquitination at K147 that tracks with hemozoin in the food vacuole [#11]. It also associates indirectly with the mRNA 5'-cap complex, indicating a non-glycolytic role [#18], and physically interacts with the stress-response protease PfDegP and PfHsp70 [#10].\",\n  \"teleology\": [\n    {\n      \"year\": 1994,\n      \"claim\": \"Establishing that ENO encodes a conserved glycolytic enolase defined the gene's baseline identity and revealed a plant-like insertion distinguishing it from host enzymes.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"cDNA sequencing, inverse-PCR and gene mapping of the P. falciparum ENO gene\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"8125109\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No enzyme activity measured in this study\", \"Functional role of the plant-like insert not tested\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2004,\n      \"claim\": \"In vitro reconstitution confirmed ENO is an active homodimeric enolase and provided its full kinetic and ionic-regulation profile.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Recombinant expression, gel filtration and enzyme kinetics\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"15606772\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No structural model of the dimer interface\", \"Non-glycolytic functions not addressed\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"NF54\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2007,\n      \"claim\": \"Surface and multi-compartment localization plus PTM isoform diversity established ENO as a moonlighting protein whose distribution is PTM-controlled, and identified it as a vaccine/growth-inhibition target.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Immunofluorescence, immunogold EM, subcellular fractionation with 2D gels and phosphoproteome enrichment, growth-inhibition and mouse immunization assays (P. falciparum and P. yoelii)\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"17785475\", \"17437631\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"PTM identities and their causal link to targeting not resolved\", \"Mechanism of surface trafficking of a cytosolic enzyme unknown\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}, {\"species\": \"Plasmodium yoelii\", \"strain\": \"17XL\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2007,\n      \"claim\": \"Demonstrating parasite-specific dimer-interface instability distinguished ENO's oligomeric behavior from host enolases and set up the insert as the structural determinant.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Imidazole/proton-induced dissociation and comparative biochemistry versus yeast and rabbit muscle enolase\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"17371507\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Physiological trigger for monomerization in vivo unknown\", \"Which residues confer the parasite-specific instability not yet mapped\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2009,\n      \"claim\": \"Deletion of the 104EWGWS108 insert linked one motif to catalysis, dimer assembly, and the protective antibody epitope, unifying structural and immunological roles.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Site-directed deletion mutagenesis with kinetics, gel filtration and serum reactivity\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"19268421\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Individual residue contributions not dissected in this study\", \"In vivo consequence of insert loss not tested\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2009,\n      \"claim\": \"Life-cycle-resolved fractionation showed ENO shifts from soluble (asexual) to particulate (sexual) distribution, tying its localization to developmental stage.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Immunofluorescence, immunogold EM and Western blotting of subcellular fractions\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"19642995\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Molecular signal driving the stage-dependent redistribution unknown\", \"Functional consequence of particulate partitioning not established\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2011,\n      \"claim\": \"Yeast complementation dissociated ENO's catalytic function from its structural role, showing the dimer specifically supports food-vacuole integrity.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Enolase-deficient yeast complementation with wild-type versus active monomeric \\u03945Pfeno mutant, food-vacuole immunoblotting\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"21600245\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Molecular basis of the dimer's vacuolar role unknown\", \"Whether the effect operates through a partner protein untested\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2011,\n      \"claim\": \"Reciprocal plasminogen depletion/rescue with active versus inactive plasminogen established a causal, protease-dependent mechanism by which surface ENO enables ookinete midgut invasion.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Anti-enolase inhibition, plasminogen depletion/rescue and invasion assays in P. berghei and P. falciparum ookinetes\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"21949403\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"How a cytosolic enzyme reaches the ookinete surface unknown\", \"Direct proteolytic substrates of the captured plasmin not identified\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium berghei\", \"strain\": \"\"}, {\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2011,\n      \"claim\": \"Identification of a mosquito enolase-binding protein (EBP) and PWWP-binding activity placed surface ENO within a defined midgut receptor pathway.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Phage display receptor identification, SM1-sensitivity epistasis and overlay/immunofluorescence binding assays (P. berghei)\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"24474798\", \"21816124\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"EBP interaction not validated by functional rescue in [#9]\", \"Native PWWP ligand not confirmed in vivo\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium berghei\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2013,\n      \"claim\": \"Mass-spectrometric mapping of site-specific PTMs and identification of a DegP/Hsp70 complex gave molecular substance to ENO's compartment-specific moonlighting forms.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Immunoprecipitation, MS/MS PTM mapping across subcellular fractions (P. falciparum, P. yoelii), plus Co-IP, SPR and co-localization with PfDegP/PfHsp70\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"24009698\", \"24494818\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Enzymes writing/reading each PTM not identified\", \"Functional consequence of K6-linked tri-ubiquitination and DegP association not established\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}, {\"species\": \"Plasmodium yoelii\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2015,\n      \"claim\": \"Residue-level mutagenesis of S108 and the 104EWGWS108 insert defined the structural chemistry linking the insert to a catalytically active closed conformation and to PWWP-ligand recognition.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Site-directed mutagenesis with kinetics and conformational analysis (S108), plus deletion binding assay, NMR chemical-shift perturbation and docking for PWWP recognition; phosphorylation changes during P. berghei gametogenesis\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"25787157\", \"26592350\", \"26008612\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"In vivo relevance of the closed/open conformational switch untested\", \"PWWP ligand binding lacks in vivo functional rescue [#14]\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}, {\"species\": \"Plasmodium berghei\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2016,\n      \"claim\": \"Direct binding of biliverdin as a non-competitive inhibitor identified ENO as a druggable metabolic target.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Isothermal titration calorimetry, inhibition kinetics and molecular modelling\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"26915471\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Binding site not confirmed by mutagenesis\", \"Inhibitory relevance in intact parasites not shown\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2017,\n      \"claim\": \"Mutagenesis of W105/W107 resolved the mechanism by which the insert stabilizes the dimer interface through π-cation bonds essential for catalysis.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Site-directed mutagenesis, kinetics, gel filtration and interface docking energetics\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"28680804\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No experimental crystal structure of the interface\", \"Whether monomerization is physiologically regulated remains open\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2021,\n      \"claim\": \"Enrichment on a 5'-cap matrix with a negative recombinant-binding control established that ENO associates indirectly with the translation cap complex, extending its moonlighting repertoire.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"5'-cap affinity pulldown with proteomics plus recombinant cap-binding assay (negative)\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"34890716\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"Bridging partner linking ENO to the cap complex unidentified\", \"Functional role in translation not demonstrated\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": null,\n      \"claim\": \"The trafficking mechanism that exports cytosolic ENO to the parasite surface and the causal, in vivo consequences of its PTMs and non-glycolytic associations remain unresolved.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"\",\n      \"pmids\": [],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\"No mechanism explains surface/nuclear export of a signal-peptide-lacking glycolytic enzyme\", \"PTM-writing enzymes and reader proteins unidentified\", \"Functional significance of the 5'-cap and DegP/Hsp70 associations untested in vivo\"],\n      \"attribution\": [{\"species\": \"Plasmodium falciparum\", \"strain\": \"\"}]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"mechanism_profile\": {\n    \"molecular_activity\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0004634\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1, 4, 6, 13, 16]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0042803\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [1, 4, 6, 16]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0000287\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [1, 13]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0030955\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [1]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0001948\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [7]}\n    ],\n    \"localization\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005829\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [3, 5, 11]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0009986\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [2, 7, 8, 9]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005886\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [3, 5]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005634\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [3, 5]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0020020\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [5, 11, 12]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005856\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [3, 5, 11]}\n    ],\n    \"pathway\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0006096\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0044409\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [7, 8]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0006417\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [18]}\n    ],\n    \"complexes\": [\n      \"ENO homodimer [#1, #4, #6, #16]\",\n      \"ENO\\u2013PfDegP\\u2013PfHsp70 stress-response complex [#10]\",\n      \"Indirect association with the mRNA 5'-cap/eIF4E complex [#18]\"\n    ],\n    \"partners\": [\n      \"Host plasminogen (via DKSLVK lysine motif / Kringle domains) [#7]\",\n      \"Mosquito enolase-binding protein (EBP) [#8]\",\n      \"PWWP-motif ligands / peritrophic-matrix proteins (perlecan, laminin, peritrophin) [#9, #14]\",\n      \"PfDegP serine protease [#10]\",\n      \"PfHsp70 [#10]\",\n      \"Biliverdin (non-competitive inhibitor) [#15]\"\n    ],\n    \"other_free_text\": [\n      \"Parasite-specific pentapeptide insert 104EWGWS108 is required for full catalysis, dimer stability, the protective antibody epitope, and PWWP-ligand binding; W105/W107 form inter-subunit \\u03c0-cation bonds and S108 hydrogen-bonds Leu49 to hold the active closed conformation [#6, #13, #16, #14].\",\n      \"Site-specific PTMs: phosphorylation at S42, Y148 and T337; acetylation at K142 and K384; atypical K6-linked trimeric ubiquitination at K147 (food-vacuole/hemozoin-associated) [#11].\",\n      \"Dimeric form is specifically required for food-vacuole integrity, separable from catalytic activity [#12].\",\n      \"Distribution across cytosol, nucleus, food vacuole, cytoskeleton and plasma/surface membrane shifts from soluble (asexual) to particulate (sexual) and is governed by PTM isoforms [#3, #5, #11, #17].\",\n      \"Surface plasmin activity is functionally required for mosquito midgut invasion in P. berghei and P. falciparum [#7].\"\n    ]\n  }\n}","audit_flag":null,"strains":[{"strain":"Pf3D7","gene_id":"PF3D7_1015900","name":null,"product":"enolase","uniprot_acc":null,"chromosome":null,"start_pos":null},{"strain":"PbANKA","gene_id":"PBANKA_1214300","name":null,"product":"enolase, putative","uniprot_acc":null,"chromosome":null,"start_pos":null},{"strain":"PkH","gene_id":"PKNH_0816200","name":null,"product":"enolase, putative","uniprot_acc":null,"chromosome":null,"start_pos":null}],"gene_symbol":"ENO","evaluation":null}