About Gene List

PF3D7_0201900 (EMP3)

Genome location: Pf3D7_02_v3:90,205..100,157(-)

Genome classification: SubtelomericHypervariable

Function and Localization

Product Description: erythrocyte membrane protein 3

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:1903561 extracellular vesicle
Component GO:0036457 keratohyalin granule
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Component GO:0020003 symbiont-containing vacuole
Function GO:0005515 protein binding

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 0.66 0.75
Trophozoite expressed 1.32 0.42
Schizont expressed 0.43 0.77
Gametocyte not expressed 0.14 0.93

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0201900

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: -0.927 | #Insertions: 21

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O96124

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: PLP (pyridoxal-5'-phosphate, Local RMSD=0.73) with 1O61 (Global RMSD=43.28)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_121489

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 609

Non-coding: 47 | Synonymous: 460 | Nonsynonymous: 102 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 2441 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 273.647

UniProt ID(s): O96124, Q04961, Q9U8G0, Q9U8G1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.49

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro N/A N/A
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily N/A N/A

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
9804551 Chromosome 2 sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Tettelin H, ..., Hoffman SL 10.1126/science.282.5391.1126
10856227 Targeted mutagenesis of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 3(PfEMP3) disrupts cytoadherence of malaria-infected red blood cells. Waterkeyn JG, Wickham ME, ..., Cowman AF 10.1093/emboj/19.12.2813
11223132 The Plasmodium falciparum knob-associated PfEMP3 antigen is also expressed atpre-erythrocytic stages and induces antibodies which inhibit sporozoite invasion. Gruner AC, Brahimi K, ..., Druilhe P 10.1016/s0166-6851(00)00373-x
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
12368868 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 2, 10, 11 and 14. Gardner MJ, Shallom SJ, ..., Fraser CM 10.1038/nature01094
16262789 Trafficking determinants for PfEMP3 export and assembly under the Plasmodiumfalciparum-infected red blood cell membrane. Knuepfer E, Rug M, ..., Cowman AF 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04895.x
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
17626011 Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 3 (PfEMP3) destabilizeserythrocyte membrane skeleton. Pei X, Guo X, ..., An X 10.1074/jbc.M701612200
22970262 An exported heat shock protein 40 associates with pathogenesis-related knobs inPlasmodium falciparum infected erythrocytes. Acharya P, Chaubey S, Grover M, Tatu U 10.1371/journal.pone.0044605
26214367 Structural basis for plasmepsin V inhibition that blocks export of malariaproteins to human erythrocytes. Hodder AN, Sleebs BE, ..., Cowman AF 10.1038/nsmb.3061
28944300 Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from a Plasmodium falciparum Kenyanclinical isolate defines a core parasite secretome. Abdi A, Yu L, ..., Rayner J 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.11910.2
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596