About Gene List

PF3D7_1017100 (RON12)

Genome location: Pf3D7_10_v3:689,308..692,024(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: rhoptry neck protein 12

SignalP Peptide: MKRVYTCLCFICLFFLCILKGVYN

# Transmembrane Domains: 1

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0009986 cell surface
Component GO:0020009 microneme
Component GO:1990225 rhoptry neck
Component GO:0020003 symbiont-containing vacuole
Process GO:0044409 entry into host

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 0.04 0.98
Trophozoite not expressed 0.09 0.94
Schizont expressed 1.81 0.29
Gametocyte not expressed 0.09 0.94

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1017100

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: 0.13 | MFS: -2.976 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0501400)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4544

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IJM8

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_532558

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 179

Non-coding: 166 | Synonymous: 9 | Nonsynonymous: 4 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 310 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 36.405

UniProt ID(s): Q8IJM8

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.71

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro N/A N/A
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily N/A N/A

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
20037583 Transcriptional profiling of growth perturbations of the human malaria parasitePlasmodium falciparum. Hu G, Cabrera A, ..., Bozdech Z 10.1038/nbt.1597
23937520 RON12, a novel Plasmodium-specific rhoptry neck protein important for parasiteproliferation. Knuepfer E, Suleyman O, ..., Holder AA 10.1111/cmi.12181
30342119 Antibodies against a Plasmodium falciparum RON12 inhibit merozoite invasion intoerythrocytes. Ito D, Takashima E, ..., Tsuboi T 10.1016/j.parint.2018.10.006
31631203 A network-based approach reveals novel invasion and Maurer's clefts-relatedproteins in Plasmodium falciparum. Das D, Krishnan SR, Roy A, Bulusu G 10.1039/c9mo00124g
30290224 Plasmodium RON12 localizes to the rhoptry body in sporozoites Oda-Yokouchi Y, Tachibana M, ..., Tsuboi T 10.1016/j.parint.2018.10.001
24070999 Identification of three novel Toxoplasma gondii rhoptry proteins Camejo A, Gold DA, ..., Saeij JP 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.08.002