About Gene List

PF3D7_0507600 (CAF40)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:311,816..315,368(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: protein CAF40, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0030014 CCR4-NOT complex
Component GO:0030015 CCR4-NOT core complex
Component GO:0000932 P-body
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Process GO:0030154 cell differentiation
Process GO:0017148 negative regulation of 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 0.30 0.85
Trophozoite expressed 0.50 0.70
Schizont expressed 0.35 0.76
Gametocyte expressed 0.62 0.65

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0507600

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: 0.119 | MFS: -3.091 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1107200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.06 ± 0.08
  • Confidence: 6.47

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I427

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: TBR (dodecabromohexatantalum, Local RMSD=0.06) with 4CV5 (Global RMSD=1.11)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102178

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q92600

TM-align score: 0.95 | RMSD: 1.56

Seq Identity: 0.62 | Length: 293 / 652

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000144580 CCR4-NOT transcription complex subunit 9

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 47 23 28
disruptive 39 56 33 103
missense 13 33 25 78

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 9 78 34 37
disruptive 53 126 78 174
missense 21 83 59 123

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 223

Non-coding: 165 | Synonymous: 38 | Nonsynonymous: 20 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 652 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 73.424

UniProt ID(s): Q8I427

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.88

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR007216 CCR4-NOT transcription complex subunit 9
InterPro IPR016024 Armadillo-type fold
PFam PF04078 N/A
Superfamily SSF48371 Armadillo-type fold

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
30703164 Plasmodium male gametocyte development and transmission are critically regulatedby the two putative deadenylases of the CAF1/CCR4/NOT complex. Hart KJ, Oberstaller J, ..., Lindner SE 10.1371/journal.ppat.1007164
35052398 Rapid Cis-Trans Coevolution Driven by a Novel Gene Retroposed from a EukaryoticConserved CCR4-NOT Component in Drosophila Krinsky BH, Arthur RK, ..., Long M 10.3390/genes13010057
30692204 A conserved CAF40-binding motif in metazoan NOT4 mediates association with theCCR4-NOT complex Keskeny C, Raisch T, ..., Izaurralde E 10.1101/gad.320952.118
20504953 Subunits of the Drosophila CCR4-NOT complex and their roles in mRNAdeadenylation Temme C, Zhang L, ..., Wahle E 10.1261/rna.2145110
15209511 c-Myb protein interacts with Rcd-1, a component of the CCR4 transcriptionmediator complex Haas M, Siegert M, ..., Wolfes H 10.1021/bi035857y
29255063 Drosophila Bag-of-marbles directly interacts with the CAF40 subunit of theCCR4-NOT complex to elicit repression of mRNA targets Sgromo A, Raisch T, ..., Izaurralde E 10.1261/rna.064584.117