About Gene List

PF3D7_0110100 (SELB)

Genome location: Pf3D7_01_v3:388,887..392,185(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: selenocysteine-specific elongation factor, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Function GO:0003746 translation elongation factor activity
Process GO:0001514 selenocysteine incorporation
Process GO:0006414 translational elongation

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite not expressed N/A N/A
Ring possibly expressed 0.11 0.95
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.28 0.83
Schizont possibly expressed 0.06 0.96
Gametocyte expressed 0.33 0.81

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0110100

Resistome Missense Mutations: None

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: None

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 0 (0 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: -2.697 | #Insertions: 4

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0203500)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.89 ± 0.18
  • Confidence: 4.79

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0203500)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-1675

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I243

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: GNP (phosphoaminophosphonic acid-guanylate ester, Local RMSD=0.28) with 3WNB (Global RMSD=6.35)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_103847

Most Similar Human Ortholog: C9J8T0

TM-align score: 0.82 | RMSD: 3.55

Seq Identity: 0.29 | Length: 403 / 934

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000132394 eukaryotic elongation factor, selenocysteine-tRNA specific
ENSG00000284869 eukaryotic elongation factor, selenocysteine-tRNA specific

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 9 41 17 33
disruptive 65 96 40 98
missense 40 64 34 77

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 16 60 35 34
disruptive 92 171 66 161
missense 51 117 49 113

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 249

Non-coding: 4 | Synonymous: 116 | Nonsynonymous: 129 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 934 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 108.585

UniProt ID(s): Q8I243

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.28

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000795 Transcription factor, GTP-binding domain
InterPro IPR009000 Translation protein, beta-barrel domain superfamily
InterPro IPR027417 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase
PFam PF00009 Transcription factor, GTP-binding domain
Superfamily SSF50447 Translation protein, beta-barrel domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF52540 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095