About Gene List

PF3D7_1006800 (GBP2)

Genome location: Pf3D7_10_v3:276,414..280,198(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: G-strand-binding protein 2

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0020020 food vacuole
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Component GO:1990904 ribonucleoprotein complex
Function GO:0051880 G-quadruplex DNA binding
Function GO:0098505 G-rich strand telomeric DNA binding
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0003729 mRNA binding
Function GO:0042162 telomeric DNA 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 1.24 0.47
Trophozoite expressed 1.21 0.42
Schizont expressed 0.25 0.85
Gametocyte expressed 0.59 0.68

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1006800

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: 0.462 | MFS: -2.479 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1205000)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.44 ± 0.12
  • Confidence: 5.69

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1205000)

Modification: Tagged | RMgm-5086

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IJX3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_103495

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A087WUT0

TM-align score: 0.42 | RMSD: 5.03

Seq Identity: 0.24 | Length: 147 / 246

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000104177 myelin expression factor 2

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 193

Non-coding: 179 | Synonymous: 12 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 246 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 29.53

UniProt ID(s): Q8IJX3

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.47

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000504 RNA recognition motif domain
InterPro IPR035979 RNA-binding domain superfamily
PFam PF00076 RNA recognition motif domain
Superfamily SSF54928 RNA-binding 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
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
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
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
33340385 PfGBP2 is a novel G-quadruplex binding protein in Plasmodium falciparum. Gurung P, Gomes AR, ..., Lopez-Rubio JJ 10.1111/cmi.13303
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
34604117 Roles and Cellular Localization of GBP2 and NAB2 During the Blood Stage ofMalaria Parasites. Niikura M, Fukutomi T, Mitobe J, Kobayashi F 10.3389/fcimb.2021.737457
35273922 Plasmodium falciparum GBP2 Is a Telomere-Associated Protein That Binds toG-Quadruplex DNA and RNA. Edwards-Smallbone J, Jensen AL, ..., Merrick CJ 10.3389/fcimb.2022.782537