About Gene List

PF3D7_0309600 (PfP2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_03_v3:406,534..408,869(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 60S acidic ribosomal protein P2

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:0009986 cell surface
Component GO:0044228 host cell surface
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Process GO:0044409 entry into host
Process GO:0051262 protein tetramerization

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 2.62 0.13
Trophozoite expressed 2.93 0.07
Schizont expressed 1.07 0.49
Gametocyte expressed 2.12 0.15

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0309600

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: 0.132 | MFS: -3.225 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0407700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.02 ± 0.04
  • Confidence: 8.08

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O00806

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100883

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P05387

TM-align score: 0.57 | RMSD: 2.35

Seq Identity: 0.43 | Length: 74 / 112

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000177600 ribosomal protein lateral stalk subunit P2

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 123

Non-coding: 121 | Synonymous: 1 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 112 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 11.948

UniProt ID(s): O00806, Q548Y1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.2

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR027534 Ribosomal protein L12 family
PFam PF00428 N/A
Superfamily N/A 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
22912579 Arrest of nuclear division in Plasmodium through blockage of erythrocyte surfaceexposed ribosomal protein P2. Das S, Basu H, ..., Sharma S 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002858
23060439 Erythrocytic stage-dependent regulation of oligomerization of Plasmodiumribosomal protein P2. Das S, Sudarsan R, Sivakami S, Sharma S 10.1074/jbc.M112.384388
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
25280460 Ribosomal protein P2 localizes to the parasite zoite-surface and is a target forinvasion inhibitory antibodies in Toxoplasma gondii and Plasmodium falciparum. Sudarsan R, Chopra RK, Khan MA, Sharma S 10.1016/j.parint.2014.08.006
25412900 The C-terminal domain of eukaryotic acidic ribosomal P2 proteins is intrinsicallydisordered with conserved structural propensities. Mishra P, Rajagopal S, Sharma S, Hosur RV 10.2174/0929866521666141121160523
25450178 In vivo formation of Plasmodium falciparum ribosomal stalk - a unique mode ofassembly without stable heterodimeric intermediates. Wawiorka L, Krokowski D, ..., Tchorzewski M 10.1016/j.bbagen.2014.10.015
29124138 Molten globule nature of Plasmodium falciparum P2 homo-tetramer. Mishra P, Choudhary S, ..., Hosur RV 10.1016/j.bbrep.2015.03.010
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
32717409 Molecular study of binding of Plasmodium ribosomal protein P2 to erythrocytes. Mishra P, Dmello C, ..., Sharma S 10.1016/j.biochi.2020.07.007
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
23581826 Residue level description of in vivo self-association of Plasmodium falciparumP2 Mishra P, Sharma S, Hosur RV 10.1080/07391102.2013.782827