About Gene List

PF3D7_0207200 (ISCA1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_02_v3:287,423..288,941(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: iron-sulfur assembly protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Function GO:0051537 2 iron, 2 sulfur cluster binding
Function GO:0051539 4 iron, 4 sulfur cluster binding
Function GO:0005506 iron ion binding
Process GO:0016226 iron-sulfur cluster assembly
Process GO:0051604 protein maturation
Process GO:0106035 protein maturation by [4Fe-4S] cluster transfer

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 not expressed 0.03 0.98
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.12 0.92
Schizont not expressed 0.34 0.80
Gametocyte not expressed 0.20 0.88

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0207200

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: 0.195 | MFS: -3.514 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0304600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.14 ± 0.11
  • Confidence: 5.83

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O96161

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101909

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q86U28

TM-align score: 0.67 | RMSD: 2.92

Seq Identity: 0.30 | Length: 122 / 160

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000165898 iron-sulfur cluster assembly 2

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 6 4 6
disruptive 2 4 4 17
missense 2 4 4 16

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 11 7 6
disruptive 3 18 12 24
missense 2 16 11 11

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 44

Non-coding: 38 | Synonymous: 3 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 160 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 18.402

UniProt ID(s): O96161

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.88

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000361 FeS cluster biogenesis
InterPro IPR016092 FeS cluster insertion protein
InterPro IPR035903 HesB-like domain superfamily
PFam PF01521 FeS cluster biogenesis
Superfamily SSF89360 HesB-like domain superfamily

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
34032321 [Fe-S] biogenesis and unusual assembly of the ISC scaffold complex in thePlasmodium falciparum mitochondrion. Mohammad Sadik, Mohammad Afsar, Ramachandran R, Habib S 10.1111/mmi.14735
34494883 A Prioritized and Validated Resource of Mitochondrial Proteins in PlasmodiumIdentifies Unique Biology. van Esveld SL, Meerstein-Kessel L, ..., Huynen MA 10.1128/mSphere.00614-21