About Gene List

PF3D7_0617900 (H3.3)

Genome location: Pf3D7_06_v3:753,392..756,429(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: histone H3 variant

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0000791 euchromatin
Component GO:0000786 nucleosome
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003677 DNA binding
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0051276 chromosome organization

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite no data N/A N/A
Ring no data 2.25 0.22
Trophozoite no data 3.53 0.04
Schizont no data 4.27 0.00
Gametocyte no data 3.17 0.13

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0617900

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: 0.411 | MFS: -2.618 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1117100)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.34 ± 0.06
  • Confidence: 7.07

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1117100)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3021

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C6KT19

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
P68431 Histone H3.1 HOGENOM US9006242, 1US9006242, 2US9006242, 105US9006242, 1...

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100119

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q71DI3

TM-align score: 0.94 | RMSD: 1.51

Seq Identity: 0.90 | Length: 136 / 136

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000163041 H3.3 histone A
ENSG00000183598 H3 clustered histone 13
ENSG00000197153 H3 clustered histone 12
ENSG00000197409 H3 clustered histone 4
ENSG00000203811 H3 clustered histone 14
ENSG00000203852 H3 clustered histone 15
ENSG00000268799 H3.Y histone 2
ENSG00000269466 H3.Y histone 1
ENSG00000273213 H3.2 histone (putative)
ENSG00000273983 H3 clustered histone 8
ENSG00000274750 H3 clustered histone 6
ENSG00000275379 H3 clustered histone 11
ENSG00000275714 H3 clustered histone 1
ENSG00000277775 H3 clustered histone 7
ENSG00000278828 H3 clustered histone 10
ENSG00000286522 H3 clustered histone 2
ENSG00000287080 H3 clustered histone 3

Protein Information

Protein Length: 136 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 15.441

UniProt ID(s): C6KT19

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 11.74

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000164 Histone H3/CENP-A
InterPro IPR007125 Histone H2A/H2B/H3
InterPro IPR009072 Histone-fold
PFam PF00125 Histone H2A/H2B/H3
Superfamily SSF47113 Histone-fold

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 210

Non-coding: 207 | Synonymous: 3 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

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
27555062 H3.3 demarcates GC-rich coding and subtelomeric regions and serves as potentialmemory mark for virulence gene expression in Plasmodium falciparum. Fraschka SA, Henderson RW, Bartfai R 10.1038/srep31965
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
32017676 The chromatin bound proteome of the human malaria parasite Batugedara G, Lu XM, ..., Le Roch KG 10.1099/mgen.0.000327
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
38199522 Histone H3.3 variant plays a critical role on zygote-to-oocyst development inmalaria parasites Tateishi YS, Araki T, ..., Annoura T 10.1016/j.parint.2024.102856