About Gene List

PF3D7_0918100

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:746,396..749,301(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: cytochrome b5-like heme/steroid binding protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0043231 intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0009055 electron transfer activity
Function GO:0020037 heme binding

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 expressed 0.69 0.69
Trophozoite expressed 0.44 0.75
Schizont expressed 1.02 0.49
Gametocyte expressed 0.61 0.67

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0918100

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: 0.156 | MFS: -2.805 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0819100)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.74 ± 0.13
  • Confidence: 5.52

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0819100)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2379

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C0H542

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: OCT (n-octane, Local RMSD=0.28) with 4PR7 (Global RMSD=18.90)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102017

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A0A0MRM6

TM-align score: 0.78 | RMSD: 1.68

Seq Identity: 0.36 | Length: 95 / 130

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000065615 cytochrome b5 reductase 4

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 238

Non-coding: 219 | Synonymous: 3 | Nonsynonymous: 16 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 130 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 15.223

UniProt ID(s): C0H542

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.89

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001199 Cytochrome b5-like heme/steroid binding domain
InterPro IPR018506 Cytochrome b5, heme-binding site
InterPro IPR036400 Cytochrome b5-like heme/steroid binding domain superfamily
PFam PF00173 Cytochrome b5-like heme/steroid binding domain
Superfamily SSF55856 Cytochrome b5-like heme/steroid binding domain 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
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