About Gene List

PF3D7_0300100 (VAR)

Genome location: Pf3D7_03_v3:36,965..44,482(+)

Genome classification: SubtelomericHypervariable

Function and Localization

Product Description: erythrocyte membrane protein 1, PfEMP1

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB): None

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 0.04 0.98
Trophozoite expressed 0.05 0.97
Schizont expressed 0.12 0.91
Gametocyte expressed 0.03 0.98

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0300100

Resistome Missense Mutations: A34V, Y41H, Y41C, Q44E, R128S, Y136F, K138N, D142H, G233E, D235A, T247S, A309G, D311E, E384V, D391A, K392E, K392N, N1941K, K1948R, K1948N, V2172A

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: AN13762, KAE678/NITD678, Proguanil

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 4 (4 missense, 4 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: 0.144 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O97324

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: 3PO (triphosphate, Local RMSD=1.00) with 5MZA (Global RMSD=5.74)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_104345

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 2586

Non-coding: 381 | Synonymous: 665 | Nonsynonymous: 1520 | Stop Codon: 20

Protein Information

Protein Length: 2209 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 250.477

UniProt ID(s): A0A191VYZ9, A0A191VZ66, A0A191VZ67, A0A191VZ79, A0A191VZ84, A0A5P1A046, A0A5P1A062, A0A5P1A099, A0A5P1A0D6, A0A5P1A0G6, A0A5P1A120, A0A5P1A1B5, A0A5P1A1Q6, A0A5P1A1R9, A0A5P1A2I4, O97324

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.07

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR004258 Duffy-binding-like domain
InterPro IPR008602 Duffy-antigen binding
InterPro IPR029210 Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein-1, N-terminal segment
InterPro IPR029211 Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1, acidic terminal segment
InterPro IPR041480 Cysteine-rich interdomain region 1 gamma
PFam PF03011 Duffy-binding-like domain
PFam PF05424 Duffy-antigen binding
PFam PF15445 Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1, acidic terminal segment
PFam PF15447 Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein-1, N-terminal segment
PFam PF18562 Cysteine-rich interdomain region 1 gamma
Superfamily SSF140924 N/A

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
10448855 The complete nucleotide sequence of chromosome 3 of Plasmodium falciparum. Bowman S, Lawson D, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/22964
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
19463825 A var gene promoter implicated in severe malaria nucleates silencing and isregulated by 3' untranslated region and intronic cis-elements. Muhle RA, Adjalley S, ..., Fidock DA 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.05.001