About Gene List

PF3D7_0530900 (FRM1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_05_v3:1,257,680..1,266,372(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: formin 1

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0045177 apical part of cell
Component GO:0005923 bicellular tight junction
Function GO:0003779 actin binding
Process GO:0030036 actin cytoskeleton organization
Process GO:0045010 actin nucleation
Process GO:0008154 actin polymerization or depolymerization

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 0.04 0.98
Trophozoite not expressed 0.26 0.87
Schizont expressed 1.37 0.41
Gametocyte expressed 0.80 0.60

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0530900

Resistome Missense Mutations: D180E

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: MMV019662

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 1 (1 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.913 | MFS: -2.924 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not tested (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1245300)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-4479

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I3F9

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_116733

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 27 130 78 152
disruptive 116 378 179 433
missense 80 338 172 389

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 44 251 91 173
disruptive 194 682 280 529
missense 132 593 257 424

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 303

Non-coding: 41 | Synonymous: 144 | Nonsynonymous: 118 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 2675 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 309.475

UniProt ID(s): Q8I3F9

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.36

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR011990 Tetratricopeptide-like helical domain superfamily
InterPro IPR015425 Formin, FH2 domain
PFam PF02181 Formin, FH2 domain
Superfamily SSF101447 Tetratricopeptide-like helical domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF48452

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
18329618 A malaria parasite formin regulates actin polymerization and localizes to theparasite-erythrocyte moving junction during invasion. Baum J, Tonkin CJ, ..., Cowman AF 10.1016/j.chom.2008.02.006
30753127 Three F-actin assembly centers regulate organelle inheritance, cell-cellcommunication and motility in Toxoplasma gondii Tosetti N, Dos Santos Pacheco N, Soldati-Favre D, Jacot D 10.7554/eLife.42669
8701605 Identification of a class of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants defective in fattyacid repression of gene transcription and analysis of the frm2 gene McHale MW, Kroening KD, Bernlohr DA 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(19960330)12:4<319::AID-YEA914>3.0.CO;2-#
37596377 Plasmodium falciparum formins are essential for invasion and sexual stagedevelopment Collier S, Pietsch E, ..., Dixon MWA 10.1038/s42003-023-05233-y