About Gene List

PF3D7_0501800 (CAF1A)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:90,735..95,257(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: chromatin assembly factor 1 subunit A

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0000417 HIR complex
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0042393 histone binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Function GO:0003714 transcription corepressor activity
Process GO:0006336 DNA replication-independent chromatin assembly
Process GO:0000070 mitotic sister chromatid segregation
Process GO:0031935 obsolete regulation of chromatin silencing

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 0.16 0.93
Trophozoite expressed 1.09 0.46
Schizont expressed 0.69 0.63
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.68 0.64

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0501800

Resistome Missense Mutations: G817D

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: DDD107498

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 1 (1 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.168 | MFS: -2.708 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I482

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ALQ (2-methyl-propionic acid, Local RMSD=6.71) with 4GM8 (Global RMSD=8.60)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102357

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q13112

TM-align score: 0.63 | RMSD: 3.33

Seq Identity: 0.26 | Length: 389 / 1076

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000159259 chromatin assembly factor 1 subunit B

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 14 36 17 31
disruptive 33 87 41 96
missense 19 66 35 77

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 19 67 32 44
disruptive 62 187 83 225
missense 34 133 69 124

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 286

Non-coding: 131 | Synonymous: 72 | Nonsynonymous: 83 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1076 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 125.356

UniProt ID(s): Q8I482

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.64

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001680 WD40 repeat
InterPro IPR031120 WD repeat HIR1
InterPro IPR036322 WD40-repeat-containing domain superfamily
PFam PF00400 WD40 repeat
Superfamily SSF50978 WD40-repeat-containing domain 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
29183721 Role of Chromatin assembly factor 1 in DNA replication of Plasmodium falciparum. Gupta MK, Agarawal M, ..., Dhar SK 10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.11.131
26180518 Functional regulation of Zfp36l1 and Zfp36l2 in response to lipopolysaccharide inmouse RAW264.7 macrophages Wang KT, Wang HH, ..., Chang CJ 10.1186/s12950-015-0088-x