About Gene List

PF3D7_0409600 (RPA1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_04_v3:451,590..456,137(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: replication protein A1, large subunit

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005662 DNA replication factor A complex
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003684 damaged DNA binding
Function GO:0043565 sequence-specific DNA binding
Function GO:0003697 single-stranded DNA binding
Function GO:0043047 single-stranded telomeric DNA binding
Process GO:0006281 DNA repair
Process GO:0006260 DNA replication
Process GO:0006268 DNA unwinding involved in DNA replication
Process GO:0006261 DNA-dependent DNA replication
Process GO:0000724 double-strand break repair via homologous recombination
Process GO:0051321 meiotic cell cycle
Process GO:0006289 nucleotide-excision repair
Process GO:0051052 regulation of DNA metabolic process
Process GO:0000723 telomere maintenance
Process GO:0007004 telomere maintenance via telomerase

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 0.10 0.95
Trophozoite expressed 0.59 0.66
Schizont expressed 0.53 0.67
Gametocyte expressed 0.33 0.80

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0409600

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: 0.434 | MFS: -2.586 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1007200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.48 ± 0.17
  • Confidence: 4.96

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1007200)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2738

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q9U0J0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: NAP (nadp nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide phosphate, Local RMSD=4.21) with 4B8W (Global RMSD=16.43)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101316

Most Similar Human Ortholog: I3L524

TM-align score: 0.58 | RMSD: 3.87

Seq Identity: 0.11 | Length: 105 / 1145

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000132383 replication protein A1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 52 38 60
disruptive 51 118 62 169
missense 23 78 48 127

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 17 103 42 81
disruptive 80 244 121 292
missense 36 168 89 196

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 180

Non-coding: 100 | Synonymous: 60 | Nonsynonymous: 20 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1145 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 134.202

UniProt ID(s): Q9U0J0

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.02

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR004365 OB-fold nucleic acid binding domain, AA-tRNA synthetase-type
InterPro IPR012340 Nucleic acid-binding, OB-fold
InterPro IPR013955 Replication factor A, C-terminal
InterPro IPR031657 Replication protein A, OB domain
PFam PF01336 OB-fold nucleic acid binding domain, AA-tRNA synthetase-type
PFam PF08646 Replication factor A, C-terminal
PFam PF16900 Replication protein A, OB domain
Superfamily SSF50249 Nucleic acid-binding, OB-fold

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
11880371 Plasmodium falciparum possesses a cell cycle-regulated short type replicationprotein A large subunit encoded by an unusual transcript. Voss TS, Mini T, Jenoe P, Beck HP 10.1074/jbc.M200100200
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
37272974 Differential expression of meiosis and homologous recombination-related genes inthe life cycle of Trypanosoma cruzi Cruz-Saavedra L, Caceres T, ..., Ramirez JD 10.1007/s00436-023-07850-2
37474515 Identification of a small-molecule inhibitor that selectively blocks DNA-bindingby Trypanosoma brucei replication protein A1 Mukherjee A, Hossain Z, ..., Kim HS 10.1038/s41467-023-39839-x
37200372 Comprehensive mutational analysis of the checkpoint signaling function ofRpa1/Ssb1 in fission yeast Xu YJ, Bhadra S, ..., Nakamura TM 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010691