About Gene List

PF3D7_0627900 (POP4)

Genome location: Pf3D7_06_v3:1,118,231..1,121,193(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: ribonuclease P protein subunit p29, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 3.1.26.5 (Ribonuclease P)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0000172 ribonuclease MRP complex
Component GO:0030677 ribonuclease P complex
Function GO:0033204 ribonuclease P RNA binding
Function GO:0004540 ribonuclease activity
Process GO:0006364 rRNA processing

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 expressed 0.05 0.97
Trophozoite not expressed 0.05 0.96
Schizont not expressed 0.03 0.98
Gametocyte not expressed 0.06 0.96

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0627900

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: 0.657 | MFS: -3.368 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C6KTB5

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: UD1 (uridine-diphosphate-n-acetylglucosamine, Local RMSD=14.59) with 6H21 (Global RMSD=25.39)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.1.26.5 ribonuclease P ATPRNAEDTANH4+tRNASO42-NeoR5NeoG6NeoK6retinolneaminemat-tRNA...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101654

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A0A0MQS4

TM-align score: 0.87 | RMSD: 1.71

Seq Identity: 0.29 | Length: 93 / 291

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000105171 POP4 homolog, ribonuclease P/MRP subunit

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 6 8 15
disruptive 3 17 9 24
missense 3 17 9 19

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 21 9 22
disruptive 8 44 26 77
missense 6 36 16 49

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 131

Non-coding: 110 | Synonymous: 16 | Nonsynonymous: 5 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 291 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 34.318

UniProt ID(s): C6KTB5

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.63

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002730 Ribonuclease P/MRP, subunit p29
InterPro IPR023534 Rof/RNase P-like
PFam PF01868 Ribonuclease P/MRP, subunit p29
Superfamily SSF101744 Rof/RNase P-like

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