About Gene List

PF3D7_0905700 (ATG3)

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:283,888..287,290(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: autophagy-related protein 3, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0000153 cytoplasmic ubiquitin ligase complex
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Function GO:0019776 Atg8 ligase activity
Process GO:0000045 autophagosome assembly
Process GO:0000422 autophagy of mitochondrion
Process GO:0044804 autophagy of nucleus

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 expressed nd nd
Trophozoite expressed nd nd
Schizont expressed nd nd
Gametocyte expressed nd nd

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0905700.3

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: 0.31 | MFS: -2.979 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0415700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.05 ± 0.07
  • Confidence: 6.69

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: A0A143ZWA3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102211

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9NT62

TM-align score: 0.73 | RMSD: 2.22

Seq Identity: 0.36 | Length: 101 / 319

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000144848 autophagy related 3

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 15 10 23
disruptive 8 21 16 39
missense 7 17 12 37

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 10 36 12 21
disruptive 14 45 27 79
missense 11 39 22 59

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 96

Non-coding: 72 | Synonymous: 23 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 319 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 37.476

UniProt ID(s): A0A143ZWA3

PDB ID(s): 4EOY

Isoelectric Point: 4.32

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR007135 Autophagy-related protein 3
PFam PF03987 Autophagy-related protein 3
Superfamily N/A N/A

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
22982544 Structural characterization and inhibition of the Plasmodium Atg8-Atg3interaction. Hain AU, Weltzer RR, ..., Bosch J 10.1016/j.jsb.2012.09.001