About Gene List

PF3D7_0903700

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:174,409..177,722(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: alpha tubulin 1

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0045177 apical part of cell
Component GO:0009986 cell surface
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005881 cytoplasmic microtubule
Component GO:0005874 microtubule
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0005525 GTP binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Function GO:0005200 structural constituent of cytoskeleton
Process GO:0031122 cytoplasmic microtubule organization
Process GO:0044409 entry into host
Process GO:0000226 microtubule cytoskeleton organization
Process GO:0007017 microtubule-based process
Process GO:0000278 mitotic cell cycle

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 0.05 0.97
Trophozoite expressed 0.49 0.71
Schizont expressed 0.30 0.80
Gametocyte expressed 0.54 0.71

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0903700

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: 0.599 | MFS: -2.602 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0522700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.07 ± 0.06
  • Confidence: 6.92

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0417700)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4637

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q6ZLZ9

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: K0G (n-phenyl-n'-pyridin-3-ylurea, Local RMSD=0.09) with 5S5C (Global RMSD=1.84)

No associated EC numbers

Orthology to BindingDB Entries:

UniProt Protein Name Species Homology Source BindingDB Ligands
Q13509 Tubulin beta-3 chain HOGENOM combretastatin A-4, (CSA4)CHEMBL2425924PACLITAXELCHEMBL1824506...
Q1A5Y2 Tubulin alpha chain Leishmania tarentolae OrthoMCL BLAST Oryzalin Analogue, 3Oryzalin Analogue, 4
Q27352 Tubulin alpha chain OrthoMCL BLAST CHEMBL404939US9422231, IMDNQ3US9422231, IMDNQ10

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100108

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P0DPH7

TM-align score: 0.98 | RMSD: 1.14

Seq Identity: 0.84 | Length: 450 / 453

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000075886 tubulin alpha 3d
ENSG00000123416 tubulin alpha 1b
ENSG00000127824 tubulin alpha 4a
ENSG00000152086 tubulin alpha 3e
ENSG00000167552 tubulin alpha 1a
ENSG00000167553 tubulin alpha 1c
ENSG00000178462 tubulin alpha like 3
ENSG00000183785 tubulin alpha 8
ENSG00000198033 tubulin alpha 3c

Protein Information

Protein Length: 453 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 50.297

UniProt ID(s): Q6ZLZ9

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.69

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000217 Tubulin
InterPro IPR002452 Alpha tubulin
InterPro IPR003008 Tubulin/FtsZ, GTPase domain
InterPro IPR008280 Tubulin/FtsZ, C-terminal
InterPro IPR017975 Tubulin, conserved site
InterPro IPR018316 Tubulin/FtsZ, 2-layer sandwich domain
InterPro IPR036525 Tubulin/FtsZ, GTPase domain superfamily
PFam PF00091 Tubulin/FtsZ, GTPase domain
PFam PF03953 Tubulin/FtsZ, 2-layer sandwich domain
Superfamily SSF52490 Tubulin/FtsZ, GTPase domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF55307 Tubulin/FtsZ, C-terminal

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 24 17 17
disruptive 0 0 0 17
missense 0 0 0 12

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 7 55 14 16
disruptive 0 4 25 101
missense 0 2 22 77

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 165

Non-coding: 155 | Synonymous: 10 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
12368867 Sequence of Plasmodium falciparum chromosomes 1, 3-9 and 13. Hall N, Pain A, ..., Barrell BG 10.1038/nature01095
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
18693242 Centrins, cell cycle regulation proteins in human malaria parasite Plasmodiumfalciparum. Mahajan B, Selvapandiyan A, ..., Kumar S 10.1074/jbc.M800028200
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
27714937 PlasmoSEP: Predicting surface-exposed proteins on the malaria parasite usingsemisupervised self-training and expert-annotated data. El-Manzalawy Y, Munoz EE, Lindner SE, Honavar V 10.1002/pmic.201600249
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
33633135 Interaction of Plasmodium falciparum apicortin with alpha- and beta-tubulin is criticalfor parasite growth and survival. Chakrabarti M, Joshi N, ..., Singh S 10.1038/s41598-021-83513-5