About Gene List

PF3D7_0206100 (SufE)

Genome location: Pf3D7_02_v3:244,645..248,513(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: cysteine desulfuration protein SufE

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Function GO:0031071 cysteine desulfurase activity
Function GO:0008047 enzyme activator activity
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 possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.20 0.90
Trophozoite expressed 0.23 0.85
Schizont expressed 0.07 0.95
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.14 0.92

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0206100

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

MIS: 0.272 | MFS: -3.284 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0303800)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.13 ± 0.08
  • Confidence: 6.55

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0303800)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-990

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O96155

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101206

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9Y3E2

TM-align score: 0.27 | RMSD: 5.25

Seq Identity: 0.07 | Length: 73 / 249

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000178096 bolA family member 1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 1 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 1 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 227

Non-coding: 213 | Synonymous: 11 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 249 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 29.104

UniProt ID(s): O96155

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 10.32

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR003808 Fe-S metabolism associated domain, SufE-like
PFam PF02657 Fe-S metabolism associated domain, SufE-like
Superfamily SSF82649 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
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
24086138 The suf iron-sulfur cluster synthesis pathway is required for apicoplastmaintenance in malaria parasites. Gisselberg JE, Dellibovi-Ragheb TA, ..., Prigge ST 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003655
24709262 Sulfur mobilization for Fe-S cluster assembly by the essential SUF pathway in thePlasmodium falciparum apicoplast and its inhibition. Charan M, Singh N, ..., Habib S 10.1128/AAC.02711-13
30212465 Integrative proteomics and bioinformatic prediction enable a high-confidenceapicoplast proteome in malaria parasites. Boucher MJ, Ghosh S, ..., Yeh E 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005895
30721667 Functional analysis of iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis (SUF pathway) fromPlasmodium vivax clinical isolates. Pala ZR, Saxena V, ..., Garg S 10.1016/j.exppara.2019.01.015