About Gene List

PF3D7_1022400 (SRSF4)

Genome location: Pf3D7_10_v3:939,330..942,546(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 4

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Process GO:0008380 RNA splicing
Process GO:0000375 RNA splicing, via transesterification reactions

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 expressed 1.01 0.55
Trophozoite expressed 1.32 0.37
Schizont expressed 0.33 0.80
Gametocyte expressed 0.47 0.74

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1022400

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: -1.558 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0506600)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-5088

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IJI0

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: ADE (adenine, Local RMSD=2.29) with 3LQV (Global RMSD=4.60)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102665

Most Similar Human Ortholog: J3QQV5

TM-align score: 0.71 | RMSD: 1.34

Seq Identity: 0.40 | Length: 52 / 538

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000111786 serine and arginine rich splicing factor 9
ENSG00000136450 serine and arginine rich splicing factor 1
ENSG00000266086 novel transcript

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 15 16 25
disruptive 9 60 30 86
missense 8 56 28 80

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 4 38 13 34
disruptive 20 106 50 108
missense 17 93 48 86

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 86

Non-coding: 60 | Synonymous: 16 | Nonsynonymous: 10 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 538 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 62.117

UniProt ID(s): Q8IJI0

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 10.56

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
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
25188378 Inhibition of the SR protein-phosphorylating CLK kinases of Plasmodium falciparumimpairs blood stage replication and malaria transmission. Kern S, Agarwal S, ..., Pradel G 10.1371/journal.pone.0105732
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21