About Gene List

PF3D7_0919000 (NAPS)

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:780,844..783,347(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: nucleosome assembly protein

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0000123 histone acetyltransferase complex
Component GO:0034399 nuclear periphery
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003682 chromatin binding
Function GO:0042393 histone 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 1.25 0.46
Trophozoite expressed 1.06 0.46
Schizont expressed 0.39 0.76
Gametocyte expressed 0.70 0.62

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0919000

Resistome Missense Mutations: None

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: None

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 3 (0 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.888 | MFS: -2.21 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0819900)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-218

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I2W3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_103113

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A0C4DFV9

TM-align score: 0.69 | RMSD: 3.02

Seq Identity: 0.28 | Length: 209 / 269

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000119335 SET nuclear proto-oncogene
ENSG00000230667 SET like protein

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 13 5 13
disruptive 3 12 6 20
missense 1 4 3 10

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 30 10 11
disruptive 5 28 19 51
missense 1 11 12 30

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 136

Non-coding: 120 | Synonymous: 14 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 269 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 31.827

UniProt ID(s): O76970, Q8I2W3, Q8I9F4, Q9Y010

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 3.95

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002164 Nucleosome assembly protein (NAP)
InterPro IPR037231 NAP-like superfamily
PFam PF00956 Nucleosome assembly protein (NAP)
Superfamily SSF143113 NAP-like 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
15899528 Biochemical characterization of the two nucleosome assembly proteins fromPlasmodium falciparum. Chandra BR, Olivieri A, ..., Sharma A 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.04.006
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
16638744 The two Plasmodium falciparum nucleosome assembly proteins play distinct roles inhistone transport and chromatin assembly. Navadgi VM, Chandra BR, Mishra PC, Sharma A 10.1074/jbc.M602243200
19765590 Potential epigenetic regulatory proteins localise to distinct nuclearsub-compartments in Plasmodium falciparum. Volz J, Carvalho TG, ..., Cowman AF 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.09.002
20377878 Structure, localization and histone binding properties of nuclear-associatednucleosome assembly protein from Plasmodium falciparum. Gill J, Kumar A, ..., Sharma A 10.1186/1475-2875-9-90
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
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
34403450 A unique GCN5 histone acetyltransferase complex controls erythrocyte invasion andvirulence in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Miao J, Wang C, ..., Cui L 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009351
38286376 In vitro digestion and fecal fermentation of basidiospore-derivedexopolysaccharides from Naematelia aurantialba Sun T, Liang X, ..., Lei P 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129756