About Gene List

PF3D7_0933800

Genome location: Pf3D7_09_v3:1,335,740..1,337,947(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: tubulin delta chain, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005874 microtubule
Function GO:0005525 GTP binding
Function GO:0005200 structural constituent of cytoskeleton
Process GO:0000226 microtubule cytoskeleton organization
Process GO:0007017 microtubule-based process
Process GO:0000278 mitotic cell cycle

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 0.03 0.99
Trophozoite not expressed 0.07 0.96
Schizont possibly expressed 0.06 0.96
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.37 0.82

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_0933800

Resistome Missense Mutations: Q482H

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: Desoxyepothilone B

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 1 (1 missense, 1 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: -0.444 | #Insertions: 7

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0834600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.04 ± 0.09
  • Confidence: 6.22

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0834600)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2459

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I2I0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: GDP (guanosine-5'-diphosphate, Local RMSD=2.72) with 4LNU (Global RMSD=2.73)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_105469

Most Similar Human Ortholog: K7EKE2

TM-align score: 0.91 | RMSD: 1.32

Seq Identity: 0.45 | Length: 96 / 735

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000108423 tubulin delta 1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 33 16 39
disruptive 21 44 25 101
missense 14 38 24 90

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 15 62 29 41
disruptive 30 134 72 223
missense 18 105 55 146

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 42

Non-coding: 0 | Synonymous: 26 | Nonsynonymous: 16 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 735 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 86.52

UniProt ID(s): Q8I2I0

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.59

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000217 Tubulin
InterPro IPR002967 Delta tubulin
InterPro IPR003008 Tubulin/FtsZ, GTPase domain
InterPro IPR008280 Tubulin/FtsZ, C-terminal
InterPro IPR036525 Tubulin/FtsZ, GTPase domain superfamily
PFam PF00091 Tubulin/FtsZ, GTPase domain
Superfamily SSF52490 Tubulin/FtsZ, GTPase domain superfamily
Superfamily SSF55307 Tubulin/FtsZ, C-terminal

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