About Gene List

PF3D7_1012900 (ATG18)

Genome location: Pf3D7_10_v3:495,293..499,172(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: autophagy-related protein 18

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0031410 cytoplasmic vesicle
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0019898 extrinsic component of membrane
Component GO:0020020 food vacuole
Component GO:0034045 phagophore assembly site membrane
Function GO:0080025 phosphatidylinositol-3,5-bisphosphate binding
Function GO:0032266 phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0000045 autophagosome assembly
Process GO:0000422 autophagy of mitochondrion
Process GO:0044804 autophagy of nucleus
Process GO:0043572 plastid fission
Process GO:0006497 protein lipidation
Process GO:0034497 protein localization to phagophore assembly site
Process GO:0009410 response to xenobiotic stimulus

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 0.50 0.75
Trophozoite expressed 0.41 0.75
Schizont expressed 0.22 0.84
Gametocyte expressed 0.22 0.87

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1012900

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: 0.141 | MFS: -3.265 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1211300)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.16 ± 0.14
  • Confidence: 5.25

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IJR6

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: CMP (cyclic amp, Local RMSD=12.56) with 6EZU (Global RMSD=16.62)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102082

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q5MNZ6

TM-align score: 0.89 | RMSD: 2.39

Seq Identity: 0.33 | Length: 330 / 380

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000141580 WD repeat domain 45B

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 1 0 1
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 0 0
disruptive 0 3 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 247

Non-coding: 229 | Synonymous: 17 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 380 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 43.52

UniProt ID(s): Q8IJR6

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.61

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001680 WD40 repeat
InterPro IPR036322 WD40-repeat-containing domain superfamily
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily SSF50978 WD40-repeat-containing 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
27694982 Genome-wide association analysis identifies genetic loci associated withresistance to multiple antimalarials in Plasmodium falciparum from China-Myanmarborder. Wang Z, Cabrera M, ..., Cui L 10.1038/srep33891
29089429 Autophagy-Related Protein A TG18 Regulates Apicoplast Biogenesis in Apicomplexan Parasites Bansal P, Tripathi A, ..., Sharma P 10.1128/mBio.01468-17
30367653 A single nucleotide polymorphism in the Plasmodium falciparum atg18 geneassociates with artemisinin resistance and confers enhanced parasite survivalunder nutrient deprivation. Breglio KF, Amato R, ..., Simon AK 10.1186/s12936-018-2532-x
31863491 Autophagy-related protein PfATG18 participates in food vacuole dynamics andautophagy-like pathway in Plasmodium falciparum. Agrawal P, Manjithaya R, Surolia N 10.1111/mmi.14441
33843972 Plasmodium falciparum Atg18 localizes to the food vacuole via interaction withthe multi-drug resistance protein 1 and phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate. Sudhakar R, Das D, ..., Sijwali PS 10.1042/BCJ20210001
36803233 Atg1-dependent phosphorylation of Vps34 is required for dynamic regulation of thephagophore assembly site and autophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Lee Y, Kim B, Jang HS, Huh WK 10.1080/15548627.2023.2182478
35420484 Autophagy Underlies the Proteostasis Mechanisms of Artemisinin Resistance in P.falciparum Malaria Ray A, Mathur M, ..., Surolia N 10.1128/mbio.00630-22
37139661 Autophagic and non-autophagic functions of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae PROPPINsAtg18, Atg21 and Hsv2 Marquardt L, Thumm M 10.1515/hsz-2023-0126