About Gene List

PF3D7_0828600 (FT1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_08_v3:1,229,407..1,232,493(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: folate transporter 1

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 12

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0016021 integral component of membrane
Component GO:0005886 plasma membrane
Function GO:0008517 folic acid transmembrane transporter activity

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 not expressed 0.01 1.00
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.03 0.98
Schizont expressed 0.45 0.72
Gametocyte expressed 0.53 0.70

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0828600

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: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: 1.45 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0931500)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.94 ± 0.07
  • Confidence: 6.62

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PY17X_0702400)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4764

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IBB7

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_104487

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 35 22 56
disruptive 5 25 20 66
missense 5 23 20 62

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 14 72 31 34
disruptive 11 79 54 126
missense 7 69 47 89

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 236

Non-coding: 207 | Synonymous: 22 | Nonsynonymous: 6 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 505 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 58.06

UniProt ID(s): Q8IBB7

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.81

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR036259 MFS transporter superfamily
InterPro IPR039309 Biopterin transporter family
PFam PF03092 Biopterin transporter family
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
21998306 The molecular basis of folate salvage in Plasmodium falciparum: characterizationof two folate transporters. Salcedo-Sora JE, Ochong E, ..., Ward SA 10.1074/jbc.M111.286054