About Gene List

PF3D7_1105500 (CEN4)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:239,262..241,179(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: centrin-4

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005813 centrosome
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005815 microtubule organizing center
Function GO:0005509 calcium ion binding
Function GO:0030234 enzyme regulator activity
Process GO:0019722 calcium-mediated signaling
Process GO:0000226 microtubule cytoskeleton organization
Process GO:0000278 mitotic cell cycle

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring not expressed 0.07 0.96
Trophozoite expressed 0.42 0.75
Schizont expressed 0.26 0.83
Gametocyte expressed 0.41 0.76

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1105500

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

MIS: 0.16 | MFS: -3.291 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I714

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: TAM (tris(hydroxyethyl)aminomethane, Local RMSD=0.19) with 2YGG (Global RMSD=8.47)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_533695

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 227

Non-coding: 222 | Synonymous: 4 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 171 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 20.103

UniProt ID(s): Q8I714

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.32

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002048 EF-hand domain
InterPro IPR011992 EF-hand domain pair
InterPro IPR018247 EF-Hand 1, calcium-binding site
PFam PF13499 EF-hand domain
Superfamily SSF47473 EF-hand domain pair

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
18693242 Centrins, cell cycle regulation proteins in human malaria parasite Plasmodiumfalciparum. Mahajan B, Selvapandiyan A, ..., Kumar S 10.1074/jbc.M800028200
30541825 Plasmodium centrin Pb CEN-4 localizes to the putative M TOC and is dispensable formalaria parasite proliferation Roques M, Stanway RR, ..., Tewari R 10.1242/bio.036822
16233754 A yeast artificial chromosome-splitting vector designed for precise manipulation of specific plant chromosome region Kim Y, Kaneko Y, ..., Harashima S 10.1263/jbb.99.55
15347651 Differential expression and interaction with the visual G-protein transducin of centrin isoforms in mammalian photoreceptor cells Giessl A, Pulvermuller A, ..., Wolfrum U 10.1074/jbc.M406770200
23631908 Comparison of two approaches for identification of haplotypes and point mutations in Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gomez-Raja J, Larriba G 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.04.007
27589939 Truncation of Gal4p explains the inactivation of the GAL/MEL regulon in both Saccharomyces bayanus and some Saccharomyces cerevisiae wine strains Dulermo R, Legras JL, ..., Nguyen HV 10.1093/femsyr/fow070
24055541 Reprint of Comparison of two approaches for identification of haplotypes and point mutations in Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Gomez-Raja J, Larriba G 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.09.010
12904293 Plasmid accumulation reduces life span in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Falcon AA, Aris JP 10.1074/jbc.M307025200