About Gene List

PF3D7_1006200 (ALBA3)

Genome location: Pf3D7_10_v3:261,496..263,974(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: DNA/RNA-binding protein Alba 3

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0036396 RNA N6-methyladenosine methyltransferase complex
Component GO:1903561 extracellular vesicle
Component GO:0020020 food vacuole
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003677 DNA binding
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0004519 endonuclease activity
Function GO:0003729 mRNA binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding

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 expressed 0.75 0.65
Trophozoite expressed 1.00 0.49
Schizont expressed 0.28 0.82
Gametocyte expressed 0.36 0.80

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1006200

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: 1 | MFS: 0 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1204400)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.48 ± 0.11
  • Confidence: 5.79

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1204400)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-3186

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IJX8

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_134345

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 0 0 0
disruptive 0 0 1 1
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 0
disruptive 0 2 0 1
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 294

Non-coding: 276 | Synonymous: 18 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 107 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 11.977

UniProt ID(s): Q8IJX8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.93

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002775 DNA/RNA-binding protein Alba-like
InterPro IPR014560 Uncharacterised conserved protein UCP030333, DNA/RNA-binding Alba-related
InterPro IPR036882 Alba-like domain superfamily
PFam PF01918 DNA/RNA-binding protein Alba-like
Superfamily SSF82704 Alba-like domain superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
21136929 Food vacuole proteome of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Lamarque M, Tastet C, ..., Dubremetz JF 10.1002/prca.200700112
22006844 Identification and molecular characterization of an Alba-family protein fromhuman malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Goyal M, Alam A, ..., Bandyopadhyay U 10.1093/nar/gkr821
22167473 PfAlbas constitute a new eukaryotic DNA/RNA-binding protein family in malariaparasites. Chene A, Vembar SS, ..., Scherf A 10.1093/nar/gkr1215
27381095 The mRNA-bound proteome of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Bunnik EM, Batugedara G, ..., Le Roch KG 10.1186/s13059-016-1014-0
28944300 Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from a Plasmodium falciparum Kenyanclinical isolate defines a core parasite secretome. Abdi A, Yu L, ..., Rayner J 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.11910.2
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
31384004 Transcriptome-wide dynamics of extensive m(6)A mRNA methylation during Plasmodiumfalciparum blood-stage development. Baumgarten S, Bryant JM, ..., Scherf A 10.1038/s41564-019-0521-7
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
21811616 Alba-domain proteins of Trypanosoma brucei are cytoplasmic RNA-binding proteinsthat interact with the translation machinery Mani J, Guttinger A, ..., Roditi I 10.1371/journal.pone.0022463
30146924 Assessing the partners of the RBP9-mRNP complex in Trypanosoma cruzi usingshotgun proteomics and RNA-seq Wippel HH, Inoue AH, ..., Alves LR 10.1080/15476286.2018.1509660
38148574 The Plasmodium falciparum CCCH zinc finger protein MD3 regulates malegametocytogenesis through its interaction with RNA-binding proteins Farrukh A, Musabyimana JP, ..., Ngwa CJ 10.1111/mmi.15215
36947546 Nuclease activity of Plasmodium falciparum Alba family protein PfAlba3 Banerjee C, Nag S, ..., Bandyopadhyay U 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112292
31185899 Unveiling the partners of the DRBD2-mRNP complex, an RBP in Trypanosoma cruzi andortholog to the yeast SR-protein Gbp2 Wippel HH, Malgarin JS, ..., Alves LR 10.1186/s12866-019-1505-8
33960872 The RNA structurome in the asexual blood stages of malaria pathogen plasmodiumfalciparum Alvarez DR, Ospina A, ..., Chakrabarti K 10.1080/15476286.2021.1926747
33493187 An Alba-domain protein required for proteome remodelling during trypanosomedifferentiation and host transition Bevkal S, Naguleswaran A, ..., Roditi I 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009239
21965287 ALBA proteins are stage regulated during trypanosome development in the tsetsefly and participate in differentiation Subota I, Rotureau B, ..., Bastin P 10.1091/mbc.E11-06-0511