About Gene List

PF3D7_1022300 (ZIPCO)

Genome location: Pf3D7_10_v3:931,776..934,833(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: ZIP domain-containing protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: MWLSTFLALLIFVEC

# Transmembrane Domains: 7

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Component GO:0005886 plasma membrane
Function GO:0005381 iron ion transmembrane transporter activity
Function GO:0046873 metal ion transmembrane transporter activity
Function GO:0005385 zinc ion transmembrane transporter activity
Process GO:0071577 zinc ion transmembrane transport

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 not expressed 0.01 1.00
Trophozoite expressed 0.03 0.98
Schizont possibly expressed 0.00 1.00
Gametocyte not expressed 0.05 0.97

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1022300

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: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: 0.502 | #Insertions: 3

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0506500)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.86 ± 0.12
  • Confidence: 5.69

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0506500)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-1963

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IJI1

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_164487

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 11 6 14
disruptive 1 9 10 23
missense 0 7 8 15

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 19 8 20
disruptive 3 29 23 44
missense 1 14 17 29

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 101

Non-coding: 82 | Synonymous: 18 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 325 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 37.165

UniProt ID(s): Q8IJI1

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.23

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR003689 Zinc/iron permease
PFam PF02535 Zinc/iron permease
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
25257508 ZIPCO, a putative metal ion transporter, is crucial for Plasmodium liver-stagedevelopment. Sahu T, Boisson B, ..., Baldacci P 10.15252/emmm.201403868