About Gene List

PF3D7_0202000 (KAHRP)

Genome location: Pf3D7_02_v3:102,137..106,662(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: knob-associated histidine-rich protein

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

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:0020030 infected host cell surface knob
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0003779 actin binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0020035 cytoadherence to microvasculature, mediated by symbiont protein

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 2.48 0.34
Trophozoite expressed 2.80 0.09
Schizont expressed 1.04 0.53
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.46 0.82

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0202000

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: Non - Mutable in CDS *tentative

MIS: 1 | MFS: -1.359 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: P13817

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_533590

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 175

Non-coding: 116 | Synonymous: 42 | Nonsynonymous: 17 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 654 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 71.303

UniProt ID(s): A0A1B1H1K5, E1ANN5, E1ANN7, E1ANN8, E1ANP0, E1ANP1, E1ANP2, E1ANP4, E1ANP7, P13817, Q9GZ06, Q9NC64, Q9TY99, Q9UAS8, Q9XYS9, Q9XYT0, Q9XYT1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.62

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR040805 EMP3/KAHRP, N-terminal
PFam PF17986 EMP3/KAHRP, N-terminal
Superfamily N/A N/A

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
9108483 Targeted gene disruption shows that knobs enable malaria-infected red cells tocytoadhere under physiological shear stress. Crabb BS, Cooke BM, ..., Cowman AF 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80207-x
9804551 Chromosome 2 sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Tettelin H, ..., Hoffman SL 10.1126/science.282.5391.1126
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
16006556 Structural and functional studies of interaction between Plasmodium falciparumknob-associated histidine-rich protein (KAHRP) and erythrocyte spectrin. Pei X, An X, ..., Mohandas N 10.1074/jbc.M505298200
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
16507777 The role of KAHRP domains in knob formation and cytoadherence of Pfalciparum-infected human erythrocytes. Rug M, Prescott SW, ..., Cowman AF 10.1182/blood-2005-11-4624
21594767 Genetic polymorphism at the C-terminal domain (region III) of knob-associatedhistidine-rich protein (KAHRP) of Plasmodium falciparum in isolates from Iran. Mardani A, Keshavarz H, ..., Khorramizadeh MR 10.1007/s00436-011-2437-x
21696460 Genetic ablation of a Maurer's cleft protein prevents assembly of the Plasmodiumfalciparum virulence complex. Dixon MW, Kenny S, ..., Tilley L 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07740.x
21860664 Tetracysteine-based fluorescent tags to study protein localization andtrafficking in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes. Crivat G, Tokumasu F, ..., Wellems TE 10.1371/journal.pone.0022975
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
24090929 Interaction of Plasmodium falciparum knob-associated histidine-rich protein(KAHRP) with erythrocyte ankyrin R is required for its attachment to theerythrocyte membrane. Weng H, Guo X, ..., An X 10.1016/j.bbamem.2013.09.014
24983468 A Plasmodium falciparum PHIST protein binds the virulence factor PfEMP1 andcomigrates to knobs on the host cell surface. Oberli A, Slater LM, ..., Vakonakis I 10.1096/fj.14-256057
28806784 Structural analysis of P. falciparum KAHRP and PfEMP1 complexes with hosterythrocyte spectrin suggests a model for cytoadherent knob protrusions. Cutts EE, Laasch N, ..., Vakonakis I 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006552
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
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
34514656 KAHRP dynamically relocalizes to remodeled actin junctions and associates withknob spirals in Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes. Sanchez CP, Patra P, ..., Lanzer M 10.1111/mmi.14811
28981210 Proteome and Structural Organization of the Knob Complex on the Surface of thePlasmodium Infected Red Blood Cell Alampalli SV, Grover M, ..., Acharya P 10.1002/prca.201600177
30279439 Genetic conflicts with Plasmodium parasites and functional constraints shape theevolution of erythrocyte cytoskeletal proteins Sironi M, Forni D, Clerici M, Cagliani R 10.1038/s41598-018-33049-y
37505649 Knobs, Adhesion, and Severe Falciparum Malaria Wiser MF 10.3390/tropicalmed8070353
34614006 Co-chaperone involvement in knob biogenesis implicates host-derived chaperones inmalaria virulence Diehl M, Roling L, ..., Przyborski JM 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009969
25726759 Dynamic association of PfEMP1 and KAHRP in knobs mediates cytoadherence duringPlasmodium invasion Ganguly AK, Ranjan P, Kumar A, Bhavesh NS 10.1038/srep08617
25342752 Targeted disruption of a ring-infected erythrocyte surface antigen (RESA)-likeexport protein gene in Plasmodium falciparum confers stable chondroitin 4-sulfatecytoadherence capacity Goel S, Muthusamy A, ..., Gowda DC 10.1074/jbc.M114.615393
35387278 Genetic Diversity, Repeat Motifs, and Natural Selection at the C-TerminalKnob-Associated Histidine Rich Protein (KAHRP) of Plasmodium falciparum ClinicalSamples from Saudi Arabia Bin Dajem SM, Ahmed MA, ..., Al-Qahtani AA 10.1155/2022/3740889
35394995 A particle-based computational model to analyse remodelling of the red blood cellcytoskeleton during malaria infections Jager J, Patra P, ..., Schwarz US 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009509
34802442 Safety, infectivity and immunogenicity of a genetically attenuated blood-stagemalaria vaccine Webster R, Sekuloski S, ..., McCarthy JS 10.1186/s12916-021-02150-x
25850860 The Plasmodium falciparum exportome contains non-canonical PEXEL/HT proteins Schulze J, Kwiatkowski M, ..., Pick C 10.1111/mmi.13024
30081913 A bioreactor system for the manufacture of a genetically modified Plasmodiumfalciparum blood stage malaria cell bank for use in a clinical trial Pawliw R, Farrow R, ..., Trenholme K 10.1186/s12936-018-2435-x
25108687 Efficient CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome editing in Plasmodium falciparum Wagner JC, Platt RJ, ..., Niles JC 10.1038/nmeth.3063
26832821 Export of malaria proteins requires co-translational processing of the PEXELmotif independent of phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate binding Boddey JA, O'Neill MT, ..., Cowman AF 10.1038/ncomms10470
30191063 Genetic diversity at the C-terminal domain of knob-associated histidine-richprotein (KAHRP) of Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Burundi, Eastern Africa Mardani A, Ziaei Hezarjaribi H, ..., Claudete N 10.1016/j.amsu.2018.08.016
26637786 A spiral scaffold underlies cytoadherent knobs in Plasmodium falciparum-infectederythrocytes Watermeyer JM, Hale VL, ..., Saibil HR 10.1182/blood-2015-10-674002
26443460 Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocyte knob density is linked to the PfEMP1variant expressed Subramani R, Quadt K, ..., Barfod L 10.1128/mBio.01456-15