About Gene List

PF3D7_0627700

Genome location: Pf3D7_06_v3:1,105,837..1,113,416(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: transportin

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020011 apicoplast
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005643 nuclear pore
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0061608 nuclear import signal receptor activity
Function GO:0008139 nuclear localization sequence binding
Function GO:0008320 protein transmembrane transporter activity
Process GO:0006606 protein import into nucleus

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

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 1.14 0.50
Trophozoite expressed 1.05 0.46
Schizont expressed 0.71 0.60
Gametocyte expressed 0.94 0.52

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0627700

Resistome Missense Mutations: A964D

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: SJ733

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

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.12 | MFS: -3.073 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1126400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.19 ± 0.18
  • Confidence: 4.82

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C6KTB3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: PEU (2,5,8,11,14,17,20,23,26,29,32,35,38,41,44,47,50,53,56,59,62,65,68,71,74,77,80-heptacosaoxadooctacontan-82-ol, Local RMSD=0.17) with 4OKH (Global RMSD=13.53)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101362

Most Similar Human Ortholog: S4R398

TM-align score: 0.88 | RMSD: 1.99

Seq Identity: 0.24 | Length: 192 / 1147

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000083312 transportin 1
ENSG00000105576 transportin 2

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 26 25 44
disruptive 13 45 27 113
missense 8 37 25 86

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 12 73 42 57
disruptive 34 140 72 262
missense 19 108 53 141

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 301

Non-coding: 253 | Synonymous: 36 | Nonsynonymous: 11 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1147 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 132.838

UniProt ID(s): C6KTB3, Q8WSV8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.92

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001494 Importin-beta, N-terminal domain
InterPro IPR016024 Armadillo-type fold
InterPro IPR040122 Importin beta family
PFam PF03810 Importin-beta, N-terminal domain
PFam PF13513
Superfamily SSF48371 Armadillo-type fold

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