About Gene List

PF3D7_0505800 (SUMO)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:251,337..253,815(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: small ubiquitin-related modifier

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Function GO:0031386 protein tag
Function GO:0044389 ubiquitin-like protein ligase binding
Process GO:0019941 modification-dependent protein catabolic process
Process GO:0016925 protein sumoylation
Process GO:0006511 ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process

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 expressed 0.11 0.94
Trophozoite expressed 0.30 0.81
Schizont expressed 0.09 0.93
Gametocyte expressed 0.12 0.93

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0505800

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 *tentative

MIS: 0.143 | MFS: -2.803 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1105400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.23 ± 0.22
  • Confidence: 4.45

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I444

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: FMN (flavin mononucleotide, Local RMSD=0.24) with 1Q45 (Global RMSD=15.35)

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P61956 Sentrin-specific protease/Small ubiquitin-related modifier 2 Homo sapiens OMA, OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST SPI-01SPI-02SPI-03SPI-04...
P63165 Small ubiquitin-related modifier 1 Homo sapiens OrthoDB, OrthoMCL BLAST SPI-01SPI-01SPI-02SPI-02...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100654

Most Similar Human Ortholog: J3KRH1

TM-align score: 0.81 | RMSD: 1.39

Seq Identity: 0.51 | Length: 49 / 100

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000116030 small ubiquitin like modifier 1
ENSG00000188612 small ubiquitin like modifier 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 100 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 11.06

UniProt ID(s): Q8I444

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.51

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000626 Ubiquitin-like domain
InterPro IPR022617 Rad60/SUMO-like domain
InterPro IPR029071 Ubiquitin-like domain superfamily
PFam PF11976 Rad60/SUMO-like domain
Superfamily SSF54236 Ubiquitin-like domain superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 191

Non-coding: 188 | Synonymous: 3 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
18547337 Identification of a novel post-translational modification in Plasmodiumfalciparum: protein sumoylation in different cellular compartments. Issar N, Roux E, Mattei D, Scherf A 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2008.01183.x
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
23943616 Identification of biochemically distinct properties of the smallubiquitin-related modifier (SUMO) conjugation pathway in Plasmodium falciparum. Reiter K, Mukhopadhyay D, ..., Matunis MJ 10.1074/jbc.M113.498410
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
35331687 Implications of critical node-dependent unidirectional cross-talk of PlasmodiumSUMO pathway proteins. Singh JS, Sajeev T K, ..., Mishra RK 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.03.022