About Gene List

PF3D7_0915800 (GLTP)

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:663,573..664,607(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: glycolipid transfer protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Function GO:1902387 ceramide 1-phosphate binding
Function GO:1902388 ceramide 1-phosphate transfer activity
Function GO:0008289 lipid binding
Process GO:0035627 ceramide transport
Process GO:0120009 intermembrane lipid transfer

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 0.99
Trophozoite not expressed 0.05 0.96
Schizont possibly expressed 0.08 0.94
Gametocyte expressed 0.68 0.68

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0915800

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: 0.174 | MFS: -3.012 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0816800)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.98 ± 0.08
  • Confidence: 6.55

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0816800)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2368

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I2Z4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: LNK (pentane, Local RMSD=0.03) with 2EVL (Global RMSD=4.78)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101874

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9NZD2

TM-align score: 0.88 | RMSD: 1.98

Seq Identity: 0.20 | Length: 202 / 217

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000106086 pleckstrin homology domain containing A8
ENSG00000139433 glycolipid transfer protein

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 15 10 15
disruptive 10 15 4 23
missense 10 15 4 21

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 31 8 19
disruptive 14 27 20 53
missense 14 19 17 41

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 35

Non-coding: 19 | Synonymous: 11 | Nonsynonymous: 4 | Stop Codon: 1

Protein Information

Protein Length: 217 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 25.182

UniProt ID(s): Q8I2Z4

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.21

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR014830 Glycolipid transfer protein domain
InterPro IPR036497 Glycolipid transfer protein superfamily
PFam PF08718 Glycolipid transfer protein domain
Superfamily SSF110004 Glycolipid transfer protein superfamily

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