About Gene List

PF3D7_1035700 (DBLMSP)

Genome location: Pf3D7_10_v3:1,412,641..1,416,363(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: duffy binding-like merozoite surface protein

SignalP Peptide: MKKIYSIFFSLFILNLHIYIKNIKC

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0009986 cell surface
Component GO:1903561 extracellular vesicle
Function GO:0001791 IgM binding
Function GO:0046812 host cell surface binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0044409 entry into host
Process GO:0009657 plastid organization

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 0.11 0.95
Trophozoite not expressed 0.23 0.87
Schizont expressed 2.11 0.21
Gametocyte not expressed 0.03 0.98

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1035700

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: -2.342 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IJ52

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: 3PO (triphosphate, Local RMSD=2.66) with 5MZA (Global RMSD=4.24)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_160723

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 12 17 6 13
disruptive 72 51 50 81
missense 53 39 41 60

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 16 25 13 22
disruptive 88 114 55 107
missense 62 93 42 74

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 205

Non-coding: 62 | Synonymous: 45 | Nonsynonymous: 95 | Stop Codon: 3

Protein Information

Protein Length: 697 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 80.248

UniProt ID(s): A0A193PC04, A0A193PC26, A0A193PCV3, A0A193PCW1, A0A193PCW2, A0A193PCW5, A0A193PCY0, A0A193PCZ0, A0A193PD00, A0A193PDJ5, C5HEI5, C5HEI7, C5HEI8, C5HEI9, C5HEJ0, C5HEJ1, C5HEJ2, C5HEJ5, C5HEJ6, C5HWZ6, C5HX11, C5HX14, C5HX20, C5HX25, C5HX28, C5HX41, C5HX43, C5HY28, D9HN48, Q8IJ52

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.72

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR008602 Duffy-antigen binding
InterPro IPR010784 Merozoite surface protein-type
PFam PF05424 Duffy-antigen binding
PFam PF07133 Merozoite surface protein-type
Superfamily SSF140924 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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
19367830 A novel Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding protein associated with themerozoite surface, PfDBLMSP. Wickramarachchi T, Cabrera AL, ..., Mohmmed A 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.12.004
20037583 Transcriptional profiling of growth perturbations of the human malaria parasitePlasmodium falciparum. Hu G, Cabrera A, ..., Bozdech Z 10.1038/nbt.1597
22248820 Antibodies against a Plasmodium falciparum antigen PfMSPDBL1 inhibit merozoiteinvasion into human erythrocytes. Sakamoto H, Takeo S, ..., Tsuboi T 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.01.010
25074930 The merozoite surface protein 1 complex is a platform for binding to humanerythrocytes by Plasmodium falciparum. Lin CS, Uboldi AD, ..., Cowman AF 10.1074/jbc.M114.586495
26823464 Multiple Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Protein 1 Complexes MediateMerozoite Binding to Human Erythrocytes. Lin CS, Uboldi AD, ..., Cowman AF 10.1074/jbc.M115.698282
27226583 Binding of Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Proteins DBLMSP and DBLMSP2 toHuman Immunoglobulin M Is Conserved among Broadly Diverged Sequence Variants. Crosnier C, Iqbal Z, ..., Wright GJ 10.1074/jbc.M116.722074
28944300 Proteomic analysis of extracellular vesicles from a Plasmodium falciparum Kenyanclinical isolate defines a core parasite secretome. Abdi A, Yu L, ..., Rayner J 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.11910.2
37156765 Plasmodium falciparum has evolved multiple mechanisms to hijack humanimmunoglobulin M Ji C, Shen H, ..., Xiao J 10.1038/s41467-023-38320-z