About Gene List

PF3D7_0824400 (NT2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_08_v3:1,062,190..1,065,384(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: nucleoside transporter 2

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 10

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Function GO:0005337 nucleoside transmembrane transporter activity
Process GO:0015858 nucleoside transport

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 0.10 0.95
Trophozoite expressed 0.66 0.63
Schizont expressed 0.07 0.95
Gametocyte expressed 0.21 0.87

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0824400

Resistome Missense Mutations: None

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: None

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 2 (0 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: -1.907 | #Insertions: 5

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0706200)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.69 ± 0.28
  • Confidence: 3.95

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0706200)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2194

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IB78

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_533029

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 10 9 21
disruptive 15 18 17 54
missense 15 18 15 47

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 19 15 36
disruptive 22 58 36 131
missense 17 42 33 88

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 118

Non-coding: 83 | Synonymous: 20 | Nonsynonymous: 15 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 585 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 67.642

UniProt ID(s): Q8IB78

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.01

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002259 Equilibrative nucleoside transporter
InterPro IPR036259 MFS transporter superfamily
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily SSF103473 MFS transporter superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
11152613 Predicting transmembrane protein topology with a hidden Markov model: applicationto complete genomes. Krogh A, Larsson B, von Heijne G, Sonnhammer EL 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4315
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
20439460 PfNT2, a permease of the equilibrative nucleoside transporter family in theendoplasmic reticulum of Plasmodium falciparum. Downie MJ, El Bissati K, ..., Ben Mamoun C 10.1074/jbc.M110.118489