About Gene List

PF3D7_0603500 (CAX)

Genome location: Pf3D7_06_v3:138,667..141,013(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: cation/H+ antiporter

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 11

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Function GO:0008273 calcium, potassium:sodium antiporter activity
Function GO:0015369 calcium:proton antiporter activity
Process GO:0070588 calcium ion transmembrane transport
Process GO:0006816 calcium ion transport
Process GO:0006874 cellular calcium ion homeostasis

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring possibly expressed 0.00 1.00
Trophozoite expressed 0.03 0.97
Schizont expressed 0.02 0.99
Gametocyte expressed 0.01 0.99

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0603500

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: 0.63 | MFS: -2.908 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0102300)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-848

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C6KSN3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_103671

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 26 7 22
disruptive 0 12 4 27
missense 0 11 4 24

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 53 16 25
disruptive 2 30 18 58
missense 1 22 14 50

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 68

Non-coding: 58 | Synonymous: 9 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 441 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 48.919

UniProt ID(s): C6KSN3

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.77

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR004713 Calcium/proton exchanger
InterPro IPR004798 Calcium/proton exchanger CAX
InterPro IPR004837 Sodium/calcium exchanger membrane region
PFam PF01699 Sodium/calcium exchanger membrane region
Superfamily N/A N/A

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
20487273 PfCHA is a mitochondrial divalent cation/H+ antiporter in Plasmodium falciparum. Rotmann A, Sanchez C, ..., Lanzer M 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07187.x
37786692 A Humanized Yeast System for Evaluating the Protein Prenylation of a Wide Rangeof Human and Viral CaaX Sequences Hildebrandt ER, Sarkar A, ..., Schmidt WK 10.1101/2023.09.19.558494