About Gene List

PF3D7_1105000 (H4)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:219,926..223,878(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: histone H4

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:1903561 extracellular vesicle
Component GO:0000786 nucleosome
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003677 DNA binding
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Process GO:0051276 chromosome organization
Process GO:0006334 nucleosome assembly

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 0.75 0.67
Trophozoite expressed 2.56 0.16
Schizont expressed 3.95 0.01
Gametocyte expressed 1.49 0.39

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1105000

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: 0.261 | MFS: -3.385 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0941900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.06 ± 0.24
  • Confidence: 4.20

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IIV2

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100120

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P62805

TM-align score: 0.79 | RMSD: 2.62

Seq Identity: 0.82 | Length: 102 / 103

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000158406 H4 clustered histone 8
ENSG00000197061 H4 clustered histone 3
ENSG00000197238 H4 clustered histone 11
ENSG00000197837 H4 histone 16
ENSG00000270276 H4 clustered histone 15
ENSG00000270882 H4 clustered histone 14
ENSG00000273542 H4 clustered histone 12
ENSG00000274618 H4 clustered histone 6
ENSG00000275126 H4 clustered histone 13
ENSG00000276180 H4 clustered histone 9
ENSG00000276966 H4 clustered histone 5
ENSG00000277157 H4 clustered histone 4
ENSG00000278637 H4 clustered histone 1
ENSG00000278705 H4 clustered histone 2

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 253

Non-coding: 253 | Synonymous: 0 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 103 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 11.456

UniProt ID(s): O00882, Q7JSX6, Q8IIV2

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 11.8

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001951 Histone H4
InterPro IPR004823 TATA box binding protein associated factor (TAF)
InterPro IPR009072 Histone-fold
InterPro IPR019809 Histone H4, conserved site
InterPro IPR035425 CENP-T/Histone H4, histone fold
PFam PF15511 CENP-T/Histone H4, histone fold
Superfamily SSF47113 Histone-fold

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
15820676 Telomeric heterochromatin propagation and histone acetylation control mutuallyexclusive expression of antigenic variation genes in malaria parasites. Freitas-Junior LH, Hernandez-Rivas R, ..., Scherf A 10.1016/j.cell.2005.01.037
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
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
29101771 Modifications at K31 on the lateral surface of histone H4 contribute to genomestructure and expression in apicomplexan parasites Sindikubwabo F, Ding S, ..., Hakimi MA 10.7554/eLife.29391
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
33906926 Functional Characterization of the m(6)A-Dependent Translational Modulator PfYTH Sinha A, Baumgarten S, ..., Scherf A 10.1128/mBio.00661-21
38423406 Platycodon grandiflorus polysaccharide inhibits the inflammatory response of3D4/21_cells infected with PCV2 Guo X, Zhao X, ..., Zhao X 10.1016/j.micpath.2024.106592