About Gene List

PF3D7_0507100 (RPL4)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:294,476..297,505(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 60S ribosomal protein L4

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0022625 cytosolic large ribosomal subunit
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0003735 structural constituent of ribosome
Process GO:0006412 translation

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 2.34 0.21
Trophozoite expressed 2.49 0.13
Schizont expressed 0.70 0.62
Gametocyte expressed 0.95 0.53

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0507100

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: 0.178 | MFS: -2.643 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I431

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100849

Most Similar Human Ortholog: H3BTP7

TM-align score: 0.95 | RMSD: 1.45

Seq Identity: 0.56 | Length: 170 / 411

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000174444 ribosomal protein L4

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 17 8 27
disruptive 1 11 7 43
missense 1 11 7 35

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 11 52 10 19
disruptive 4 31 23 87
missense 4 26 18 54

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 148

Non-coding: 121 | Synonymous: 21 | Nonsynonymous: 5 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 411 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 46.211

UniProt ID(s): Q8I431

PDB ID(s): 3J79, 3JBN, 3JBO, 3JBP, 5UMD

Isoelectric Point: 11.2

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002136 Ribosomal protein L4/L1e
InterPro IPR023574 Ribosomal protein L4 domain superfamily
InterPro IPR025755 60S ribosomal protein L4, C-terminal domain
PFam PF00573 Ribosomal protein L4/L1e
PFam PF14374 60S ribosomal protein L4, C-terminal domain
Superfamily SSF52166 Ribosomal protein L4 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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
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
24913268 Cryo-E M structure of the Plasmodium falciparum 80 S ribosome bound to theanti-protozoan drug emetine Wong W, Bai XC, ..., Scheres SH 10.7554/eLife.03080
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