About Gene List

PF3D7_1118500 (NOP56)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:702,276..705,399(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: nucleolar protein 56, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0031428 box C/D RNP complex
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Component GO:0032040 small-subunit processome
Function GO:0030515 snoRNA binding
Process GO:0006364 rRNA processing

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 0.46 0.77
Trophozoite expressed 0.30 0.83
Schizont expressed 0.17 0.88
Gametocyte expressed 0.37 0.78

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1118500

Resistome Missense Mutations: D481E, H545Y

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: AN13762, GNF-Pf-3600

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 3 (3 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Non - Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.123 | MFS: -2.956 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0929600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.20 ± 0.63
  • Confidence: 2.32

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8III3

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: SAM (s-adenosylmethionine, Local RMSD=0.97) with 3NMU (Global RMSD=5.37)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101480

Most Similar Human Ortholog: A0A494C128

TM-align score: 0.89 | RMSD: 1.50

Seq Identity: 0.38 | Length: 439 / 594

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000101361 NOP56 ribonucleoprotein

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 44 15 34
disruptive 21 44 26 70
missense 16 39 22 51

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 15 72 28 26
disruptive 34 116 61 154
missense 20 81 42 94

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 173

Non-coding: 106 | Synonymous: 36 | Nonsynonymous: 31 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 594 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 69.39

UniProt ID(s): Q8III3

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 5.7

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002687 Nop domain
InterPro IPR012974 NOP5, N-terminal
InterPro IPR012976 NOSIC
InterPro IPR036070 Nop domain superfamily
PFam PF01798 Nop domain
PFam PF08156 NOP5, N-terminal
Superfamily SSF89124 Nop domain superfamily

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
15477199 Myosin-like sequences in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum bind humanerythrocyte membrane protein 4.1. Lanzillotti R, Coetzer TL https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15477199/
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
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
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596