About Gene List

PF3D7_0320900 (H2A.Z)

Genome location: Pf3D7_03_v3:874,313..876,685(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: histone H2A.Z

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0000785 chromatin
Component GO:0000786 nucleosome
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003677 DNA binding
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0003682 chromatin binding
Process GO:0006333 chromatin assembly or disassembly
Process GO:0006325 chromatin organization
Process GO:0006342 chromatin silencing

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 1.32 0.42
Trophozoite expressed 1.42 0.36
Schizont expressed 2.27 0.14
Gametocyte expressed 0.85 0.55

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0320900

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: 0.16 | MFS: -3.448 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1217600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.08 ± 0.10
  • Confidence: 5.90

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: O97320

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: BCN (bicine, Local RMSD=0.08) with 6AE8 (Global RMSD=1.38)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101774

Most Similar Human Ortholog: E5RJU1

TM-align score: 0.95 | RMSD: 0.43

Seq Identity: 0.78 | Length: 40 / 158

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000105968 H2A.Z variant histone 2
ENSG00000164032 H2A.Z variant histone 1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 12 3 8
disruptive 0 0 0 3
missense 0 0 0 3

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 22 8 8
disruptive 1 6 10 34
missense 0 1 9 28

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 177

Non-coding: 172 | Synonymous: 5 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 158 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 16.453

UniProt ID(s): O97320

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 11.36

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002119 Histone H2A
InterPro IPR007125 Histone H2A/H2B/H3
InterPro IPR009072 Histone-fold
InterPro IPR032454 Histone H2A, C-terminal domain
InterPro IPR032458 Histone H2A conserved site
PFam PF00125 Histone H2A/H2B/H3
PFam PF16211 Histone H2A, C-terminal domain
Superfamily SSF47113 Histone-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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
21187892 H2A.Z demarcates intergenic regions of the plasmodium falciparum epigenome thatare dynamically marked by H3K9ac and H3K4me3. Bartfai R, Hoeijmakers WA, ..., Stunnenberg HG 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001223
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
23373537 H2A.Z and H2B.Z double-variant nucleosomes define intergenic regions anddynamically occupy var gene promoters in the malaria parasite Plasmodiumfalciparum. Petter M, Selvarajah SA, ..., Duffy MF 10.1111/mmi.12154
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
33225957 Histone modifications associated with gene expression and genome accessibilityare dynamically enriched at Plasmodium falciparum regulatory sequences. Tang J, Chisholm SA, ..., Duffy MF 10.1186/s13072-020-00365-5
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
38106078 Nucleic acid sequence contributes to remodeler-mediated targeting of histone H2A.Z Converso C, Pierrakeas L, ..., Luk E 10.1101/2023.12.06.570360
38366024 Histone Variant H2A.Z and Linker Histone H1 Influence Chromosome Condensation inSaccharomyces cerevisiae Rogers AM, Neri NR, Chigweshe L, Holmes SG 10.1093/genetics/iyae022