About Gene List

PF3D7_0306900

Genome location: Pf3D7_03_v3:309,572..312,482(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 40S ribosomal protein S23, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0022627 cytosolic small ribosomal subunit
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Component GO:0005840 ribosome
Function GO:0003735 structural constituent of ribosome
Process GO:0006412 translation

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 1.94 0.29
Trophozoite expressed 2.26 0.16
Schizont expressed 0.49 0.72
Gametocyte expressed 1.28 0.41

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0306900

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: 0.139 | MFS: -2.925 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0405300)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.05 ± 0.10
  • Confidence: 5.94

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O97248

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: AM2 (4-o-(3alpha-amino-6alpha-((4-amino-4-deoxy-alpha-d-glucopyranosyl)oxy)-2,3,4,5abeta,6,7,8,8aalpha-octahydro-8beta-hydroxy-7beta-(methylamino)pyrano(3,2-b)pyran-2alpha-yl)-2-deoxy-d-streptamine, Local RMSD=0.08) with 4AQY (Global RMSD=4.60)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100935

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P62266

TM-align score: 0.99 | RMSD: 0.43

Seq Identity: 0.78 | Length: 143 / 145

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000186468 ribosomal protein S23

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 198

Non-coding: 193 | Synonymous: 4 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 145 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 16.13

UniProt ID(s): O97248

PDB ID(s): 3J7A, 3JBN, 3JBO, 3JBP

Isoelectric Point: 11.51

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR005680 Ribosomal protein S23, eukaryotic/archaeal
InterPro IPR006032 Ribosomal protein S12/S23
InterPro IPR012340 Nucleic acid-binding, OB-fold
PFam PF00164 Ribosomal protein S12/S23
Superfamily SSF50249 Nucleic acid-binding, OB-fold

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
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