About Gene List

PF3D7_0807300 (RAB18)

Genome location: Pf3D7_08_v3:380,766..383,025(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: ras-related protein Rab-18

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 3.6.5.2 (Small monomeric GTPase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005794 Golgi apparatus
Component GO:0012505 endomembrane system
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0005525 GTP binding
Function GO:0003924 GTPase activity
Process GO:0006886 intracellular protein transport
Process GO:0007264 small GTPase mediated signal transduction

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 possibly expressed 0.27 0.86
Trophozoite expressed 0.45 0.73
Schizont expressed 0.25 0.83
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.21 0.88

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0807300

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

MIS: 0.121 | MFS: -3.031 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q7K6B0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: BEZ (benzoic acid, Local RMSD=0.09) with 1S8F (Global RMSD=1.58)

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
3.6.5.2 small monomeric GTPase GTPGDPEDTAPlexAstatinCCG-977Rap1GapNSC23766CCG-1423Rap1GAP1GTPgammaSCalmodulin...

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101993

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A804HL33

TM-align score: 0.94 | RMSD: 0.55

Seq Identity: 0.51 | Length: 45 / 201

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000099246 RAB18, member RAS oncogene family

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 1 10 4 12
disruptive 1 1 1 2
missense 1 1 1 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 19 9 10
disruptive 2 7 9 38
missense 1 4 4 25

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 265

Non-coding: 257 | Synonymous: 7 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 201 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 23.163

UniProt ID(s): Q7K6B0, Q8T324

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.92

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001806 Small GTPase
InterPro IPR005225 Small GTP-binding protein domain
InterPro IPR027417 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase
PFam PF00071 Small GTPase
Superfamily SSF52540 P-loop containing nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
12657463 The Plasmodium falciparum family of Rab GTPases. Quevillon E, Spielmann T, ..., Langsley G 10.1016/s0378-1119(03)00381-0
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
38412149 Leishmania highjack host lipid body for its proliferation in macrophages by overexpressing host Rab18 and TRAPPC9 by downregulating miR-1914-3p expression Sood C, Verma JK, ..., Mukhopadhyay A 10.1371/journal.ppat.1012024