About Gene List

PF3D7_0515000 (CWC2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:620,377..624,323(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: pre-mRNA-splicing factor CWC2, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0000974 Prp19 complex
Component GO:0071006 U2-type catalytic step 1 spliceosome
Component GO:0071007 U2-type catalytic step 2 spliceosome
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Component GO:0005681 spliceosomal complex
Function GO:0017070 U6 snRNA binding
Function GO:0003729 mRNA binding
Function GO:0036002 pre-mRNA binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0000398 mRNA splicing, via spliceosome
Process GO:0045787 positive regulation of cell cycle
Process GO:0000387 spliceosomal snRNP assembly

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 expressed 0.56 0.73
Trophozoite expressed 0.93 0.50
Schizont possibly expressed 0.46 0.71
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.88 0.53

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0515000

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: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: -2.274 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1114600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.14 ± 0.09
  • Confidence: 6.23

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I3V8

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_106961

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 24 37 24 39
disruptive 54 115 55 106
missense 30 67 44 79

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 30 73 25 49
disruptive 98 184 96 198
missense 48 117 68 129

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 287

Non-coding: 160 | Synonymous: 74 | Nonsynonymous: 53 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 848 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 98.383

UniProt ID(s): Q8I3V8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.42

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000504 RNA recognition motif domain
InterPro IPR032297 Torus domain
InterPro IPR034181 Pre-mRNA-splicing factor Cwc2, RNA recognition motif
InterPro IPR035979 RNA-binding domain superfamily
InterPro IPR039171 Pre-mRNA-splicing factor Cwc2/Slt11
InterPro IPR039173 Pre-mRNA-splicing factor Cwc2
PFam PF00076 RNA recognition motif domain
PFam PF16131 Torus domain
Superfamily SSF54928 RNA-binding 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
27381095 The mRNA-bound proteome of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Bunnik EM, Batugedara G, ..., Le Roch KG 10.1186/s13059-016-1014-0
32017676 The chromatin bound proteome of the human malaria parasite Batugedara G, Lu XM, ..., Le Roch KG 10.1099/mgen.0.000327
33547186 Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ecm2 Modulates the Catalytic Steps of pre-mRNA Splicing van der Feltz C, Nikolai B, ..., Hoskins AA 10.1261/rna.077727.120
27368340 A protein map of the yeast activated spliceosome as obtained by electronmicroscopy Sun C, Rigo N, ..., Luhrmann R 10.1261/rna.057778.116
21386897 Systematic two-hybrid and comparative proteomic analyses reveal novel yeastpre-mRNA splicing factors connected to Prp19 Ren L, McLean JR, ..., Gould KL 10.1371/journal.pone.0016719