About Gene List

PF3D7_0501600 (RAP2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:83,760..85,512(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: rhoptry-associated protein 2

SignalP Peptide: MGLKFYVLVFLILCLKNVVKG

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

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
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
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 possibly expressed 0.04 0.98
Trophozoite expressed 0.04 0.98
Schizont expressed 1.45 0.40
Gametocyte not expressed 0.02 0.99

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0501600

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: 0.13 | MFS: -3.205 | #Insertions: 0

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: Disrupted | RMgm-4428

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I484

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: HEM (heme, Local RMSD=4.83) with 1CCL (Global RMSD=19.12)

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 2 6 7 12
disruptive 10 5 4 19
missense 10 5 4 18

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 12 14 12
disruptive 11 23 14 55
missense 10 17 13 46

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 53

Non-coding: 33 | Synonymous: 8 | Nonsynonymous: 11 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 398 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 46.739

UniProt ID(s): B9VGG5, B9VGG6, C5HEW2, C5HEW3, C5HEW4, C5HEW5, C5HEW6, C5HEW7, Q26004, Q8I484, Q9TVT9, Q9U432, Q9U433

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.06

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
1542308 The 42-kilodalton rhoptry-associated protein of Plasmodium falciparum. Saul A, Cooper J, ..., Limpaiboon T 10.1016/0166-6851(92)90251-e
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095
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
29352039 Disrupting CD147-RAP2 interaction abrogates erythrocyte invasion by Plasmodiumfalciparum. Zhang MY, Zhang Y, ..., Chen ZN 10.1182/blood-2017-08-802918
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
37509080 Carboxymethylated Rhizoma alismatis Polysaccharides Regulate Calcium OxalateCrystals Growth and Reduce the Regulated Crystals' Cytotoxicity Cheng XY, Ouyang JM 10.3390/biom13071044
36107348 Assessing In Vivo Oxygen Dynamics Using Plant N-Terminal Degrons in Saccharomycescerevisiae Lavilla-Puerta M, Giuntoli B 10.1007/978-1-0716-2667-2_14