About Gene List

PF3D7_0501500 (RAP3)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:80,570..82,763(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: rhoptry-associated protein 3

SignalP Peptide: MIRKFLISLFLIFLCLNNVVIG

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:1903561 extracellular vesicle
Component GO:0020020 food vacuole
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Component GO:0020008 rhoptry
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding

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 possibly expressed 0.04 0.98
Schizont expressed 1.71 0.31
Gametocyte not expressed 0.02 0.99

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0501500

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: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.999 | MFS: -2.948 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1101400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.73 ± 0.09
  • Confidence: 6.26

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1101400)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-210

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I485

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_215325

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 3 3 13
disruptive 6 19 10 28
missense 6 19 8 24

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 8 8 17
disruptive 14 39 18 61
missense 10 28 15 41

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 52

Non-coding: 35 | Synonymous: 9 | Nonsynonymous: 8 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 400 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 47.004

UniProt ID(s): C5HEW9, C5HEX0, C5HEX1, C5HEX3, C5HEX4, C5HEX5, Q8I485, Q8MUN1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.72

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
19266084 Identification of rhoptry trafficking determinants and evidence for a novelsorting mechanism in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Richard D, Kats LM, ..., Coppel RL 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000328
21136929 Food vacuole proteome of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Lamarque M, Tastet C, ..., Dubremetz JF 10.1002/prca.200700112
28944300 Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from a Plasmodium falciparum Kenyanclinical isolate defines a core parasite secretome. Abdi A, Yu L, ..., Rayner J 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.11910.2
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
21226723 Antibodies to the Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry protein RAP-2/RSP-2 in relationto anaemia in Cameroonian children Awah N, Balogun H, ..., Berzins K 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2010.01259.x
17624849 Members of the low-molecular-mass rhoptry protein complex of Plasmodiumfalciparum bind to the surface of normal erythrocytes Sterkers Y, Scheidig C, ..., Scherf A 10.1086/519685
9423886 Analysis of inhibitory epitopes in the Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry proteinRAP-1 including identification of a second inhibitory epitope Howard RF, Jacobson KC, Rickel E, Thurman J 10.1128/IAI.66.1.380-386.1998
9574915 Analysis of the processing of Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry-associated protein 1and localization of Pr86 to schizont rhoptries and p67 to free merozoites Howard RF, Narum DL, Blackman M, Thurman J 10.1016/s0166-6851(97)00238-7
12183575 Identification and disruption of the gene encoding the third member of thelow-molecular-mass rhoptry complex in Plasmodium falciparum Baldi DL, Good R, ..., Cowman AF 10.1128/IAI.70.9.5236-5245.2002
10835342 RAP1 controls rhoptry targeting of RAP2 in the malaria parasite Plasmodiumfalciparum Baldi DL, Andrews KT, ..., Cowman AF 10.1093/emboj/19.11.2435
1477099 Three matrix metalloproteinases form a non-covalent association with therhoptry-associated protein-1 of Plasmodium falciparum Locher CP, Vandekerckhove F, Tam LQ 10.1016/0167-4838(92)90088-u
19695213 Mechanisms of malarial anaemia: potential involvement of the Plasmodiumfalciparum low molecular weight rhoptry-associated proteins Awah NW, Troye-Blomberg M, Berzins K, Gysin J 10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.08.017
37509080 Carboxymethylated Rhizoma alismatis Polysaccharides Regulate Calcium OxalateCrystals Growth and Reduce the Regulated Crystals' Cytotoxicity Cheng XY, Ouyang JM 10.3390/biom13071044
23506095 Immunoproteomic analysis of Plasmodium falciparum antigens using sera frompatients with clinical history of imported malaria Costa RM, Nogueira F, ..., Silva MS 10.1186/1475-2875-12-100
20833215 Conserved regions of the Plasmodium falciparum rhoptry-associated protein 3mediate specific host-pathogen interactions during invasion of red blood cells Garcia J, Curtidor H, ..., Patarroyo ME 10.1016/j.peptides.2010.09.002