About Gene List

PF3D7_0508800 (SSB)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:362,856..365,744(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: single-stranded DNA-binding protein

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Component GO:0042645 mitochondrial nucleoid
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Component GO:0009295 nucleoid
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Function GO:0003697 single-stranded DNA binding
Process GO:0006264 mitochondrial DNA replication
Process GO:0051096 positive regulation of helicase activity

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 0.04 0.98
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.27 0.83
Schizont expressed 0.27 0.82
Gametocyte not expressed 0.04 0.98

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0508800

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: 0.151 | MFS: -2.837 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1108400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.19 ± 0.02
  • Confidence: 8.83

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1108400)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2965

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I415

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: TMP (thymidine-5'-phosphate, Local RMSD=0.31) with 3UDG (Global RMSD=1.46)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101436

Most Similar Human Ortholog: E7EUY5

TM-align score: 0.75 | RMSD: 3.34

Seq Identity: 0.32 | Length: 126 / 284

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000106028 single stranded DNA binding protein 1
ENSG00000262771 single stranded DNA binding protein 1

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 226

Non-coding: 205 | Synonymous: 10 | Nonsynonymous: 9 | Stop Codon: 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 284 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 33.86

UniProt ID(s): Q8I415

PDB ID(s): 3ULP

Isoelectric Point: 8.4

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000424 Primosome PriB/single-strand DNA-binding
InterPro IPR011344 Single-stranded DNA-binding protein
InterPro IPR012340 Nucleic acid-binding, OB-fold
PFam PF00436 Primosome PriB/single-strand DNA-binding
Superfamily SSF50249 Nucleic acid-binding, OB-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
20571080 Single-stranded DNA binding protein from human malarial parasite Plasmodiumfalciparum is encoded in the nucleus and targeted to the apicoplast. Prusty D, Dar A, ..., Dhar SK 10.1093/nar/gkq565
22543238 Plasmodium falciparum SSB tetramer binds single-stranded DNA only in a fullywrapped mode. Antony E, Kozlov AG, Nguyen B, Lohman TM 10.1016/j.jmb.2012.04.022
24267922 Plasmodium falciparum single-stranded DNA-binding protein (PfSSB) interacts withPfPrex helicase and modulates its activity. Bhowmick K, Dhar SK 10.1111/1574-6968.12343
30212465 Integrative proteomics and bioinformatic prediction enable a high-confidenceapicoplast proteome in malaria parasites. Boucher MJ, Ghosh S, ..., Yeh E 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005895
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596