About Gene List

PF3D7_0512000 (PFD6)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:527,485..528,969(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: prefoldin subunit 6

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0016272 prefoldin complex
Component GO:0020005 symbiont-containing vacuole membrane
Function GO:0051087 chaperone binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0051131 chaperone-mediated protein complex assembly
Process GO:0006457 protein folding

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 0.16 0.92
Trophozoite expressed 0.57 0.67
Schizont expressed 0.11 0.93
Gametocyte expressed 0.72 0.60

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0512000

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: 0.709 | MFS: 0 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I3Y6

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102523

Most Similar Human Ortholog: O15212

TM-align score: 0.88 | RMSD: 1.84

Seq Identity: 0.27 | Length: 116 / 119

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000204220 prefoldin subunit 6
ENSG00000206283 prefoldin subunit 6
ENSG00000224782 prefoldin subunit 6
ENSG00000235692 prefoldin subunit 6
ENSG00000237335 prefoldin subunit 6

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 5 4 8
disruptive 0 2 1 4
missense 0 2 1 4

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 9 4 7
disruptive 0 7 4 20
missense 0 7 1 16

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 141

Non-coding: 136 | Synonymous: 5 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 119 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 13.667

UniProt ID(s): Q8I3Y6

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.82

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002777 Prefoldin beta-like
PFam PF01920 Prefoldin beta-like
Superfamily SSF46579 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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
33145997 Prefoldin subunit 6 of Plasmodium falciparum binds merozoite surface protein-1. Kumar V, Shoaib R, ..., Singh S 10.1002/2211-5463.13022
31376783 Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of 4-aminoquinoline-guanylthioureaderivatives as antimalarial agents Bhagat S, Arfeen M, ..., Bharatam PV 10.1016/j.bioorg.2019.103094
28577368 Inhibitors of ubiquitin E3 ligase as potential new antimalarial drug leads Jain J, Jain SK, Walker LA, Tekwani BL 10.1186/s40360-017-0147-4
30484156 The Yeast Prefoldin Bud27 Martinez-Fernandez V, Garrido-Godino AI, Cuevas-Bermudez A, Navarro F 10.1007/978-3-030-00737-9_8