About Gene List

PF3D7_0423400 (AARP)

Genome location: Pf3D7_04_v3:1,055,314..1,056,674(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: apical asparagine-rich protein AARP

SignalP Peptide: MWKFITIIIFSIYYIDG

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0045177 apical part of cell
Component GO:0020008 rhoptry
Component GO:1990225 rhoptry neck
Function GO:0046789 host cell surface receptor binding
Process GO:0098609 cell-cell adhesion
Process GO:0044409 entry into host

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite not expressed N/A N/A
Ring not expressed 0.04 0.98
Trophozoite not expressed 0.03 0.98
Schizont expressed 1.65 0.37
Gametocyte not expressed 0.05 0.97

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0423400

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: 0.519 | MFS: 0 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IFN2

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_533080

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 9 9 17
disruptive 19 69 15 47
missense 7 34 9 27

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 20 12 22
disruptive 45 99 30 74
missense 19 52 16 40

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 120

Non-coding: 57 | Synonymous: 38 | Nonsynonymous: 25 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 217 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 24.638

UniProt ID(s): A0A2S1Q7N9, A0A2S1Q7P2, Q8IFN2

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.21

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro N/A N/A
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily N/A N/A

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
18320051 Identification and characterization of a novel Plasmodium falciparum merozoiteapical protein involved in erythrocyte binding and invasion. Wickramarachchi T, Devi YS, Mohmmed A, Chauhan VS 10.1371/journal.pone.0001732
20037583 Transcriptional profiling of growth perturbations of the human malaria parasitePlasmodium falciparum. Hu G, Cabrera A, ..., Bozdech Z 10.1038/nbt.1597