About Gene List

PF3D7_0714000 (H2B.Z)

Genome location: Pf3D7_07_v3:642,200..643,997(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: histone H2B variant

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0000791 euchromatin
Component GO:1903561 extracellular vesicle
Component GO:0000786 nucleosome
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003677 DNA binding
Process GO:0006333 chromatin assembly or disassembly
Process GO:0006334 nucleosome assembly

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 0.43 0.78
Trophozoite expressed 0.67 0.63
Schizont expressed 1.09 0.45
Gametocyte expressed 0.35 0.79

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0714000

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: 0.769 | MFS: -2.375 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1420600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.10 ± 0.57
  • Confidence: 1.00

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not tested (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1420600)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-638

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IBV7

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: RU7 (para-cymene ruthenium chloride, Local RMSD=0.01) with 4J8X (Global RMSD=0.98)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100082

Most Similar Human Ortholog: U3KQK0

TM-align score: 0.79 | RMSD: 0.92

Seq Identity: 0.66 | Length: 101 / 123

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000124635 H2B clustered histone 11
ENSG00000146047 H2B clustered histone 1
ENSG00000158373 H2B clustered histone 5
ENSG00000180596 H2B clustered histone 4
ENSG00000184678 H2B clustered histone 21
ENSG00000185130 H2B clustered histone 13
ENSG00000196890 H2B.U histone 1
ENSG00000197903 H2B clustered histone 12
ENSG00000203814 H2B clustered histone 18
ENSG00000233822 H2B clustered histone 15
ENSG00000273703 H2B clustered histone 14
ENSG00000273802 H2B clustered histone 8
ENSG00000274290 H2B clustered histone 6
ENSG00000274641 H2B clustered histone 17
ENSG00000275713 H2B clustered histone 9
ENSG00000276410 H2B clustered histone 3
ENSG00000277224 H2B clustered histone 7
ENSG00000278588 H2B clustered histone 10
ENSG00000285449 H2B.U histone 1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 0
disruptive 0 0 1 2
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 79

Non-coding: 77 | Synonymous: 2 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 123 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 13.763

UniProt ID(s): Q8IBV7

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 11.48

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000558 Histone H2B
InterPro IPR007125 Histone H2A/H2B/H3
InterPro IPR009072 Histone-fold
PFam PF00125 Histone H2A/H2B/H3
Superfamily SSF47113 Histone-fold

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
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
23320541 H2A.Z/H2B.Z double-variant nucleosomes inhabit the AT-rich promoter regions ofthe Plasmodium falciparum genome. Hoeijmakers WA, Salcedo-Amaya AM, ..., Bartfai R 10.1111/mmi.12151
23373537 H2A.Z and H2B.Z double-variant nucleosomes define intergenic regions anddynamically occupy var gene promoters in the malaria parasite Plasmodiumfalciparum. Petter M, Selvarajah SA, ..., Duffy MF 10.1111/mmi.12154
28944300 Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from a Plasmodium falciparum Kenyanclinical isolate defines a core parasite secretome. Abdi A, Yu L, ..., Rayner J 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.11910.2
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
37882786 The P. falciparum alternative histones Pf H2A.Z and Pf H2B.Z are dynamicallyacetylated and antagonized by PfSir2 histone deacetylases at heterochromatinboundaries Azizan S, Selvarajah SA, ..., Duffy MF 10.1128/mbio.02014-23
35164683 Genome-wide localization of histone variants in Toxoplasma gondii implicatesvariant exchange in stage-specific gene expression Nardelli SC, Silmon de Monerri NC, ..., Kim K 10.1186/s12864-022-08338-6
37217032 Histone variant H2B.Z acetylation is necessary for maintenance of Toxoplasmagondii biological fitness Vanagas L, Munoz D, ..., Angel SO 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2023.194943
36135316 Architecture, Chromatin and Gene Organization of Toxoplasma gondii Subtelomeres Contreras SM, Zambrano Siri RT, ..., Angel SO 10.3390/epigenomes6030029
37013531 Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes display global chromatin remodelling duringsexual differentiation Jeninga MD, Tang J, ..., Petter M 10.1186/s12915-023-01568-4
36824796 Histone variant H2B.Z acetylation is necessary for maintenance of Toxoplasmagondii biological fitness Vanagas L, Munoz D, ..., Angel SO 10.1101/2023.02.14.528480
25286383 Canonical histone H2Ba and H2A.X dimerize in an opposite genomic localization toH2A.Z/H2B.Z dimers in Toxoplasma gondii Bogado SS, Dalmasso MC, ..., Vanagas L 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2014.09.009
38354788 Mechanisms of adaptation and evolution in Toxoplasma gondii Angel SO, Vanagas L, Alonso AM 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2024.111615