About Gene List

PF3D7_0910600 (YKT6.1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:488,911..491,014(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: SNARE protein

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005794 Golgi apparatus
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Process GO:0006886 intracellular protein transport
Process GO:0018342 protein prenylation

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 possibly expressed 0.04 0.98
Trophozoite expressed 0.06 0.96
Schizont expressed 0.19 0.88
Gametocyte expressed 0.15 0.91

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0910600

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: 0.202 | MFS: -3.325 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0811700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.06 ± 0.08
  • Confidence: 6.55

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I346

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_139512

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 25 8 14
disruptive 3 8 4 21
missense 3 8 4 20

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 28 12 12
disruptive 7 22 14 49
missense 4 18 11 35

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 178

Non-coding: 167 | Synonymous: 6 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 2

Protein Information

Protein Length: 199 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 23.342

UniProt ID(s): Q0ZAF8, Q8I346

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.56

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001388 Synaptobrevin
InterPro IPR010908 Longin domain
InterPro IPR011012 Longin-like domain superfamily
PFam PF00957 Synaptobrevin
PFam PF13774 Longin domain
Superfamily SSF58038 Longin-like domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF64356

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
21075148 Evidence for prenylation-dependent targeting of a Ykt6 SNARE in Plasmodiumfalciparum. Ayong L, DaSilva T, ..., Chakrabarti D 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2010.11.007
37548452 Functional screening reveals Toxoplasma prenylated proteins required forendocytic trafficking and rhoptry protein sorting Wang QQ, Sun M, ..., Long S 10.1128/mbio.01309-23