About Gene List

PF3D7_0814200 (ALBA1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_08_v3:684,997..689,981(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: DNA/RNA-binding protein Alba 1

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:1903561 extracellular vesicle
Component GO:0020020 food vacuole
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003677 DNA binding
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0003729 mRNA binding
Function GO:0000900 translation repressor activity, mRNA regulatory element binding

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 1.97 0.25
Trophozoite expressed 2.09 0.19
Schizont expressed 0.57 0.68
Gametocyte expressed 0.84 0.57

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0814200

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: 0.998 | MFS: -1.638 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IAX8

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101937

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q8N5L8

TM-align score: 0.62 | RMSD: 2.94

Seq Identity: 0.31 | Length: 119 / 248

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000164967 ribonuclease P/MRP subunit p25 like
ENSG00000178718 ribonuclease P and MRP subunit p25

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 274

Non-coding: 264 | Synonymous: 10 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 248 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 27.259

UniProt ID(s): Q8IAX8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 11.13

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002775 DNA/RNA-binding protein Alba-like
InterPro IPR036882 Alba-like domain superfamily
PFam PF01918 DNA/RNA-binding protein Alba-like
Superfamily SSF82704 Alba-like domain superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
21136929 Food vacuole proteome of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Lamarque M, Tastet C, ..., Dubremetz JF 10.1002/prca.200700112
22167473 PfAlbas constitute a new eukaryotic DNA/RNA-binding protein family in malariaparasites. Chene A, Vembar SS, ..., Scherf A 10.1093/nar/gkr1215
26415947 The PfAlba1 RNA-binding protein is an important regulator of translational timingin Plasmodium falciparum blood stages. Vembar SS, Macpherson CR, ..., Scherf A 10.1186/s13059-015-0771-5
27381095 The mRNA-bound proteome of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Bunnik EM, Batugedara G, ..., Le Roch KG 10.1186/s13059-016-1014-0
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
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
21811616 Alba-domain proteins of Trypanosoma brucei are cytoplasmic RNA-binding proteinsthat interact with the translation machinery Mani J, Guttinger A, ..., Roditi I 10.1371/journal.pone.0022463
31185899 Unveiling the partners of the DRBD2-mRNP complex, an RBP in Trypanosoma cruzi andortholog to the yeast SR-protein Gbp2 Wippel HH, Malgarin JS, ..., Alves LR 10.1186/s12866-019-1505-8