About Gene List

PF3D7_0420400 (RRF2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_04_v3:929,219..930,280(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: ribosome-recycling factor

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0043023 ribosomal large subunit binding
Process GO:0032790 ribosome disassembly
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 0.10 0.95
Trophozoite expressed 0.42 0.75
Schizont expressed 0.11 0.93
Gametocyte expressed 0.30 0.82

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0420400

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: 0.164 | MFS: -2.754 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0521800)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.00 ± 0.07
  • Confidence: 6.58

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0521800)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2041

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IFQ7

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101101

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q96E11

TM-align score: 0.55 | RMSD: 3.43

Seq Identity: 0.15 | Length: 182 / 266

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000148187 mitochondrial ribosome recycling factor

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 9 7 11
disruptive 8 22 12 39
missense 7 22 12 31

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 17 6 17
disruptive 14 56 36 65
missense 13 40 24 48

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 66

Non-coding: 47 | Synonymous: 7 | Nonsynonymous: 12 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 266 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 31.571

UniProt ID(s): Q8IFQ7

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 10.06

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002661 Ribosome recycling factor
InterPro IPR023584 Ribosome recycling factor domain
InterPro IPR036191 RRF superfamily
PFam PF01765 Ribosome recycling factor domain
Superfamily SSF55194 RRF superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
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
23614815 Recycling factors for ribosome disassembly in the apicoplast and mitochondrion ofPlasmodium falciparum. Gupta A, Mir SS, ..., Habib S 10.1111/mmi.12230
34494883 A Prioritized and Validated Resource of Mitochondrial Proteins in PlasmodiumIdentifies Unique Biology. van Esveld SL, Meerstein-Kessel L, ..., Huynen MA 10.1128/mSphere.00614-21