About Gene List

PF3D7_1030000 (SPT4)

Genome location: Pf3D7_10_v3:1,223,136..1,224,517(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: transcription elongation factor SPT4, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0032044 DSIF complex
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003700 DNA-binding transcription factor activity
Function GO:0000993 RNA polymerase II complex binding
Function GO:0003682 chromatin binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Function GO:0000182 rDNA binding
Process GO:0006325 chromatin organization
Process GO:0006397 mRNA processing
Process GO:0000398 mRNA splicing, via spliceosome
Process GO:0034243 regulation of transcription elongation from RNA polymerase II promoter
Process GO:0006355 regulation of transcription, DNA-templated
Process GO:0006351 transcription, DNA-templated

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 0.02 0.99
Trophozoite expressed 0.03 0.98
Schizont expressed 0.02 0.99
Gametocyte expressed 0.03 0.98

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1030000

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 *tentative

MIS: 0.121 | MFS: -2.724 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0514000)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.10 ± nan
  • Confidence: 1.00

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IJA5

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102281

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P63272

TM-align score: 0.77 | RMSD: 1.35

Seq Identity: 0.38 | Length: 95 / 133

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000213246 SPT4 homolog, DSIF elongation factor subunit

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 10 2 10
disruptive 1 11 4 15
missense 1 11 2 14

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 2 19 6 9
disruptive 3 16 10 22
missense 3 13 9 21

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 138

Non-coding: 137 | Synonymous: 1 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 133 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 15.178

UniProt ID(s): Q8IJA5

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.18

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR009287 Transcription initiation Spt4
InterPro IPR022800 Spt4/RpoE2 zinc finger
InterPro IPR029040 RNA polymerase subunit RPABC4/transcription elongation factor Spt4
PFam PF06093 Spt4/RpoE2 zinc finger
Superfamily SSF63393 RNA polymerase subunit RPABC4/transcription elongation factor Spt4

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
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
32017676 The chromatin bound proteome of the human malaria parasite Batugedara G, Lu XM, ..., Le Roch KG 10.1099/mgen.0.000327