About Gene List

PF3D7_0522500 (RPL17)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:937,231..938,037(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 50S ribosomal protein L17, apicoplast, putative

SignalP Peptide: MKIWILFFLFCKSVLN

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Component GO:0015934 large ribosomal subunit
Component GO:0005762 mitochondrial large ribosomal subunit
Function GO:0003735 structural constituent of ribosome
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 not expressed N/A N/A
Ring not expressed 0.03 0.98
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.31 0.80
Schizont expressed 0.16 0.89
Gametocyte not expressed 0.14 0.92

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0522500

Resistome Missense Mutations: T49I

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: GNF-Pf-3600, GNF-Pf-5611, MMV084864, MMV1454442

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 19 (19 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.129 | MFS: -3.131 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1237200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.08 ± 0.05
  • Confidence: 7.57

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C0H4F9

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: SPD (n-(2-amino-propyl)-1,4-diaminobutane, Local RMSD=0.21) with 7A18 (Global RMSD=1.58)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100929

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9NRX2

TM-align score: 0.63 | RMSD: 1.91

Seq Identity: 0.29 | Length: 115 / 166

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000158042 mitochondrial ribosomal protein L17

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 9 4 13
disruptive 4 5 5 18
missense 4 5 5 18

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 21 7 10
disruptive 5 20 23 41
missense 4 17 17 29

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 41

Non-coding: 33 | Synonymous: 7 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 166 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 19.695

UniProt ID(s): C0H4F9

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 11.32

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000456 Ribosomal protein L17
InterPro IPR036373 Ribosomal protein L17 superfamily
PFam PF01196 Ribosomal protein L17
Superfamily SSF64263 Ribosomal protein L17 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
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