About Gene List

PF3D7_1108600 (ERC)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:369,068..371,707(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: endoplasmic reticulum-resident calcium binding protein

SignalP Peptide: MMKINLYKLLCFICVIFLLHKNVVRS

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0020036 Maurer's cleft
Component GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
Component GO:0020020 food vacuole
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0005509 calcium ion binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0035891 exit from host cell
Process GO:0006886 intracellular protein transport
Process GO:0006508 proteolysis

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 0.87 0.64
Trophozoite expressed 2.24 0.17
Schizont expressed 1.25 0.52
Gametocyte expressed 1.27 0.41

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1108600

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: 0.129 | MFS: -3.259 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IIR7

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_105526

Most Similar Human Ortholog: O43852

TM-align score: 0.55 | RMSD: 4.90

Seq Identity: 0.19 | Length: 237 / 343

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000128595 calumenin

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 18 11 16
disruptive 3 17 8 19
missense 3 16 8 17

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 31 11 23
disruptive 3 31 17 46
missense 3 25 17 29

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 122

Non-coding: 112 | Synonymous: 8 | Nonsynonymous: 2 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 343 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 39.374

UniProt ID(s): Q25793, Q8IIR7, Q9TY81, Q9U460

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 4.25

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 PF13202 EF-hand domain
PFam PF13499 EF-hand domain
Superfamily SSF47473 EF-hand domain pair

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
9364972 Identification of an endoplasmic reticulum-resident calcium-binding protein withmultiple EF-hand motifs in asexual stages of Plasmodium falciparum. La Greca N, Hibbs AR, ..., Tilley L 10.1016/s0166-6851(97)00134-5
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
21136929 Food vacuole proteome of the malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Lamarque M, Tastet C, ..., Dubremetz JF 10.1002/prca.200700112
23061985 Plasmodium falciparum endoplasmic reticulum-resident calcium binding protein is apossible target of synthetic antimalarial endoperoxides, N-89 and N-251. Morita M, Sanai H, ..., Kim HS 10.1021/pr3005315
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596
31631203 A network-based approach reveals novel invasion and Maurer's clefts-relatedproteins in Plasmodium falciparum. Das D, Krishnan SR, Roy A, Bulusu G 10.1039/c9mo00124g
32098818 An Endoplasmic Reticulum C REC Family Protein Regulates the Egress Proteolytic Cascade in Malaria Parasites Fierro MA, Asady B, ..., Muralidharan V 10.1128/mBio.03078-19
32890576 The endoplasmic reticulum-resident serpentine receptor SR10 has importantfunctions for asexual and sexual blood stage development of Plasmodiumfalciparum. Njila Tchoufack EJ, Hahnfeld L, ..., Pradel G 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2020.111315