About Gene List

PF3D7_0606500 (PTB)

Genome location: Pf3D7_06_v3:264,901..269,898(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: polypyrimidine tract-binding protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003729 mRNA binding
Function GO:0008187 poly-pyrimidine tract binding
Process GO:0008380 RNA splicing
Process GO:0043484 regulation of RNA splicing
Process GO:0006417 regulation of translation

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 expressed 0.51 0.75
Trophozoite expressed 0.43 0.74
Schizont expressed 0.13 0.92
Gametocyte expressed 0.28 0.84

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0606500

Resistome Missense Mutations: V492D

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: NCP26

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 6 (1 missense, 1 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: -2.487 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0105200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.86 ± 0.16
  • Confidence: 5.10

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0105200)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-1623

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C6KSR3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: GTA (p1-7-methylguanosine-p3-adenosine-5',5'-triphosphate, Local RMSD=0.23) with 6D0Y (Global RMSD=4.95)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101075

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A0D9SF20

TM-align score: 0.90 | RMSD: 2.12

Seq Identity: 0.26 | Length: 194 / 663

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000011304 polypyrimidine tract binding protein 1
ENSG00000117569 polypyrimidine tract binding protein 2
ENSG00000119314 polypyrimidine tract binding protein 3

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 38 21 47
disruptive 18 71 37 76
missense 11 60 33 66

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 15 82 22 47
disruptive 28 164 68 172
missense 17 130 52 125

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 307

Non-coding: 259 | Synonymous: 32 | Nonsynonymous: 16 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 663 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 77.219

UniProt ID(s): C6KSR3

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.72

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000504 RNA recognition motif domain
InterPro IPR021790 PTBP1, RNA recognition motif 2-like
InterPro IPR035979 RNA-binding domain superfamily
PFam PF00076 RNA recognition motif domain
PFam PF11835 PTBP1, RNA recognition motif 2-like
PFam PF13893
Superfamily SSF54928 RNA-binding domain 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