About Gene List

PF3D7_0909500 (SPM1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:430,069..432,549(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: subpellicular microtubule protein 1, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0009986 cell surface
Component GO:0005856 cytoskeleton
Component GO:0020025 subpellicular microtubule
Function GO:0008017 microtubule binding
Process GO:0034453 microtubule anchoring

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.01 1.00
Trophozoite expressed 0.01 1.00
Schizont expressed 0.12 0.91
Gametocyte expressed 0.16 0.90

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0909500

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 *tentative

MIS: 1 | MFS: 0 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0810700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.00 ± 0.17
  • Confidence: 4.88

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0810700)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-5349

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I357

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_105719

Most Similar Human Ortholog: H3BMC1

TM-align score: 0.35 | RMSD: 2.29

Seq Identity: 0.00 | Length: 20 / 489

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000155875 stabilizer of axonemal microtubules 1
ENSG00000188659 stabilizer of axonemal microtubules 2

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 12 5 22
disruptive 3 23 23 45
missense 3 22 23 44

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 24 11 20
disruptive 4 58 31 60
missense 4 50 30 45

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 152

Non-coding: 72 | Synonymous: 59 | Nonsynonymous: 21 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 489 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 56.788

UniProt ID(s): Q8I357

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.22

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR033336 Stabilizer of axonemal microtubules 1/2
PFam N/A N/A
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
22021240 SPM1 stabilizes subpellicular microtubules in Toxoplasma gondii. Tran JQ, Li C, ..., Morrissette NS 10.1128/EC.05161-11
26292257 Discovery of Novel Plasmodium falciparum Pre-Erythrocytic Antigens for VaccineDevelopment. Aguiar JC, Bolton J, ..., Richie TL 10.1371/journal.pone.0136109
37398039 The protein phosphatase PPKL is a key regulator of daughter parasite developmentin Toxoplasma gondii Yang C, Doud EH, Sampson E, Arrizabalaga G 10.1101/2023.06.13.544803
37877735 The protein phosphatase PPKL is a key regulator of daughter parasite developmentin Toxoplasma gondii Yang C, Doud EH, Sampson E, Arrizabalaga G 10.1128/mbio.02254-23
34031406 Cryo-EM structure of cortical microtubules from human parasite Toxoplasma gondiiidentifies their microtubule inner proteins Wang X, Fu Y, ..., Zhang R 10.1038/s41467-021-23351-1