About Gene List

PF3D7_0103200 (NT4)

Genome location: Pf3D7_01_v3:140,494..143,049(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: nucleoside transporter 4

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 11

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Function GO:0005345 purine nucleobase transmembrane transporter activity
Function GO:0015211 purine nucleoside transmembrane transporter activity
Process GO:0006863 purine nucleobase transport
Process GO:0015860 purine nucleoside transmembrane transport

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.18 0.91
Trophozoite expressed 0.72 0.60
Schizont expressed 0.16 0.89
Gametocyte expressed 0.57 0.68

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0103200

Resistome Missense Mutations: S22C, H26Q, H320L

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: OSM-S-106

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 8 (8 missense, 8 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.12 | MFS: -3.064 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0209900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.03 ± 0.08
  • Confidence: 6.45

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0209900)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-5234

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I2A8

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_533310

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

MalariaGEN Pf7 (worldwide samples) # unique SNV/indels:

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 21 13 30
disruptive 10 28 9 26
missense 10 28 8 24

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 47 26 39
disruptive 20 49 35 62
missense 17 39 24 53

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 208

Non-coding: 178 | Synonymous: 15 | Nonsynonymous: 15 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 434 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 50.011

UniProt ID(s): Q8I2A8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.86

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR036259 MFS transporter superfamily
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily SSF103473 MFS transporter superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
11152613 Predicting transmembrane protein topology with a hidden Markov model: applicationto complete genomes. Krogh A, Larsson B, von Heijne G, Sonnhammer EL 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4315
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095
22670848 Malaria parasite type 4 equilibrative nucleoside transporters (ENT4) are purinetransporters with distinct substrate specificity. Frame IJ, Merino EF, ..., Akabas MH 10.1042/BJ20112220