About Gene List

PF3D7_0516900 (RPL2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:712,371..714,307(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 60S ribosomal protein L2

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0022625 cytosolic large ribosomal subunit
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0003735 structural constituent of ribosome
Process GO:0002181 cytoplasmic translation
Process GO:0006412 translation

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 1.65 0.38
Trophozoite expressed 2.05 0.21
Schizont expressed 0.45 0.74
Gametocyte expressed 1.08 0.47

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0516900

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: 0.979 | MFS: -1.816 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I3T9

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100234

Most Similar Human Ortholog: E9PKZ0

TM-align score: 0.99 | RMSD: 0.58

Seq Identity: 0.65 | Length: 205 / 260

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000112651 mitochondrial ribosomal protein L2
ENSG00000161016 ribosomal protein L8
ENSG00000288564 novel protein

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 13 8 16
disruptive 1 2 1 32
missense 1 2 1 31

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 29 8 14
disruptive 5 14 24 73
missense 2 8 23 57

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 86

Non-coding: 82 | Synonymous: 2 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 260 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 28

UniProt ID(s): Q8I3T9

PDB ID(s): 3J79, 3JBN, 3JBO, 3JBP, 5UMD

Isoelectric Point: 11.18

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002171 Ribosomal protein L2
InterPro IPR008991 Translation protein SH3-like domain superfamily
InterPro IPR012340 Nucleic acid-binding, OB-fold
InterPro IPR022666 Ribosomal Proteins L2, RNA binding domain
InterPro IPR022669 Ribosomal protein L2, C-terminal
InterPro IPR022671 Ribosomal protein L2, conserved site
PFam PF00181 Ribosomal Proteins L2, RNA binding domain
PFam PF03947 Ribosomal protein L2, C-terminal
Superfamily SSF50104 Translation protein SH3-like domain superfamily
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
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
24913268 Cryo-E M structure of the Plasmodium falciparum 80 S ribosome bound to theanti-protozoan drug emetine Wong W, Bai XC, ..., Scheres SH 10.7554/eLife.03080
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21