About Gene List

PF3D7_0515900 (NIF2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:659,849..661,610(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: NLI interacting factor-like phosphatase, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Function GO:0004721 phosphoprotein phosphatase 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 expressed 0.06 0.97
Trophozoite expressed 0.39 0.75
Schizont expressed 0.45 0.71
Gametocyte expressed 0.27 0.84

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0515900

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: 0.645 | MFS: -2.94 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1403300)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.66 ± 0.31
  • Confidence: 3.75

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1115500)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3010

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I3U9

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: KEG (12-tungstophosphate, Local RMSD=0.32) with 2HHL (Global RMSD=1.85)

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q9GZU7 Carboxy-terminal domain RNA polymerase II polypeptide A small phosphatase 1 Homo sapiens OrthoDB MLS000070184MLS000068938MLS000031372MLS000073937...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100959

Most Similar Human Ortholog: F8W184

TM-align score: 0.88 | RMSD: 1.98

Seq Identity: 0.29 | Length: 119 / 328

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000144579 CTD small phosphatase 1
ENSG00000144677 CTD small phosphatase like
ENSG00000175215 CTD small phosphatase 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 328 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 39.75

UniProt ID(s): Q8I3U9

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 10.29

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR004274 FCP1 homology domain
InterPro IPR011948 Dullard phosphatase domain, eukaryotic
InterPro IPR036412 HAD-like superfamily
PFam PF03031 FCP1 homology domain
Superfamily SSF56784 HAD-like superfamily

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 13 11 21
disruptive 0 9 5 23
missense 0 9 4 16

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 28 12 21
disruptive 5 37 26 104
missense 1 24 20 43

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 82

Non-coding: 72 | Synonymous: 8 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | Stop Codon: 0

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
25011111 Genome-wide functional analysis of Plasmodium protein phosphatases reveals keyregulators of parasite development and differentiation. Guttery DS, Poulin B, ..., Tewari R 10.1016/j.chom.2014.05.020