About Gene List

PF3D7_0214000 (CCT8)

Genome location: Pf3D7_02_v3:565,669..568,518(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: T-complex protein 1 subunit theta

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:0045177 apical part of cell
Component GO:0005832 chaperonin-containing T-complex
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0030430 host cell cytoplasm
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Function GO:0051082 unfolded protein binding
Process GO:0006457 protein folding

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 0.58 0.72
Trophozoite expressed 0.91 0.54
Schizont expressed 0.10 0.94
Gametocyte expressed 0.64 0.65

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0214000

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: 0.182 | MFS: -3.405 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O96220

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ADP (adenosine-5'-diphosphate, Local RMSD=0.99) with 1Q3S (Global RMSD=2.39)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102087

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P50990

TM-align score: 0.96 | RMSD: 1.68

Seq Identity: 0.34 | Length: 538 / 542

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000156261 chaperonin containing TCP1 subunit 8

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 10 23 16 36
disruptive 0 20 15 41
missense 0 19 15 38

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 12 57 24 33
disruptive 2 55 40 94
missense 1 45 33 64

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 93

Non-coding: 82 | Synonymous: 8 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 542 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 60.959

UniProt ID(s): O96220

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.69

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002423 Chaperonin Cpn60/TCP-1 family
InterPro IPR012721 T-complex protein 1, theta subunit
InterPro IPR017998 Chaperone tailless complex polypeptide 1 (TCP-1)
InterPro IPR027409 GroEL-like apical domain superfamily
InterPro IPR027410 TCP-1-like chaperonin intermediate domain superfamily
InterPro IPR027413 GroEL-like equatorial domain superfamily
PFam PF00118 Chaperonin Cpn60/TCP-1 family
Superfamily SSF48592 GroEL-like equatorial domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF52029 GroEL-like apical domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF54849 TCP-1-like chaperonin intermediate 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
23181666 Organellar proteomics reveals hundreds of novel nuclear proteins in the malariaparasite Plasmodium falciparum. Oehring SC, Woodcroft BJ, ..., Voss TS 10.1186/gb-2012-13-11-r108
25615740 New Export Pathway in Plasmodium falciparum-Infected Erythrocytes: Role of theParasite Group II Chaperonin, PfTRiC. Mbengue A, Vialla E, ..., Braun-Breton C 10.1111/tra.12266
28067475 The chaperonin T RiC forms an oligomeric complex in the malaria parasite cytosol Spillman NJ, Beck JR, ..., Goldberg DE 10.1111/cmi.12719
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
31631203 A network-based approach reveals novel invasion and Maurer's clefts-relatedproteins in Plasmodium falciparum. Das D, Krishnan SR, Roy A, Bulusu G 10.1039/c9mo00124g
36567946 The malaria parasite chaperonin containing TCP-1 (CCT) complex: Data integrationwith other CCT proteomes Wilkinson MD, Ferreira JL, ..., Willison KR 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1057232