About Gene List

PF3D7_0508400

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:344,931..346,744(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: CFA20 domain-containing protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0036064 ciliary basal body
Component GO:0031514 motile cilium
Component GO:0000126 transcription factor TFIIIB complex
Process GO:0060271 cilium assembly
Process GO:2000147 positive regulation of cell motility
Process GO:0060296 regulation of cilium beat frequency involved in ciliary motility
Process GO:0006366 transcription by RNA polymerase II

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 0.02 0.99
Trophozoite not expressed 0.02 0.99
Schizont expressed 0.02 0.98
Gametocyte expressed 0.26 0.87

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0508400

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: 0.194 | MFS: -2.594 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1108000)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.98 ± 0.12
  • Confidence: 5.59

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1108000)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2961

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I419

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102689

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9Y6A4

TM-align score: 0.94 | RMSD: 1.70

Seq Identity: 0.47 | Length: 190 / 366

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000070761 cilia and flagella associated protein 20

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 21 6 23
disruptive 8 36 24 50
missense 6 27 20 45

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 41 14 20
disruptive 17 78 31 82
missense 11 57 25 56

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 103

Non-coding: 65 | Synonymous: 28 | Nonsynonymous: 10 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 366 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 43.09

UniProt ID(s): Q8I419

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.68

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR007714 CFA20 domain
InterPro IPR040441 Cilia- and flagella-associated protein 20/CFAP20DC
PFam PF05018 CFA20 domain
Superfamily N/A N/A

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