About Gene List

PF3D7_0815600 (EIF3G)

Genome location: Pf3D7_08_v3:729,750..732,584(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit G, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003729 mRNA binding
Function GO:0003743 translation initiation factor activity
Process GO:0006412 translation
Process GO:0006413 translational initiation

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 1.06 0.53
Trophozoite expressed 0.96 0.50
Schizont possibly expressed 0.20 0.88
Gametocyte not expressed 0.87 0.54

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0815600

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: 0.12 | MFS: -3.466 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IAZ3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: C8E ((hydroxyethyloxy)tri(ethyloxy)octane, Local RMSD=0.01) with 2X4M (Global RMSD=18.55)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102687

Most Similar Human Ortholog: K7EP16

TM-align score: 0.60 | RMSD: 1.95

Seq Identity: 0.50 | Length: 78 / 268

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000130811 eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit G

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 12 6 17
disruptive 0 2 7 14
missense 0 2 7 12

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 8 24 12 19
disruptive 1 21 19 42
missense 0 12 16 30

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 174

Non-coding: 166 | Synonymous: 8 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 268 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 31.251

UniProt ID(s): Q8IAZ3

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.52

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000504 RNA recognition motif domain
InterPro IPR017334 Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit G
InterPro IPR024675 Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit G, N-terminal
InterPro IPR034240 eIF3G, RNA recognition motif
InterPro IPR035979 RNA-binding domain superfamily
PFam PF00076 RNA recognition motif domain
PFam PF12353 Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit G, N-terminal
Superfamily SSF54928 RNA-binding domain superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
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
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
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
28728781 A yeast two-hybrid assay reveals CMYA1 interacting proteins Xin X, Wang T, ..., Guo H 10.1016/j.crvi.2017.06.003