About Gene List

PF3D7_1119300 (U2AF1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:724,087..725,951(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: splicing factor U2AF small subunit, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005686 U2 snRNP
Component GO:0089701 U2AF complex
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Component GO:0005681 spliceosomal complex
Function GO:0003723 RNA binding
Function GO:0030628 pre-mRNA 3'-splice site binding
Process GO:0000398 mRNA splicing, via spliceosome

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 0.55 0.74
Trophozoite expressed 0.86 0.54
Schizont expressed 0.33 0.78
Gametocyte expressed 0.44 0.74

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1119300

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: 0.996 | MFS: -1.955 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0928800)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.13 ± 0.12
  • Confidence: 5.60

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IIH4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101418

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q8WU68

TM-align score: 0.78 | RMSD: 2.63

Seq Identity: 0.48 | Length: 191 / 294

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000160201 U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 1
ENSG00000161265 U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 1 like 4
ENSG00000275895 U2 small nuclear RNA auxiliary factor 1 like 5

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 11 6 25
disruptive 3 8 16 24
missense 3 6 16 19

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 3 38 10 24
disruptive 5 36 30 66
missense 3 29 24 50

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 108

Non-coding: 96 | Synonymous: 7 | Nonsynonymous: 5 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 294 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 35.309

UniProt ID(s): Q8IIH4

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 7.07

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000504 RNA recognition motif domain
InterPro IPR000571 Zinc finger, CCCH-type
InterPro IPR003954 RNA recognition motif domain, eukaryote
InterPro IPR009145 U2 auxiliary factor small subunit
InterPro IPR035979 RNA-binding domain superfamily
PFam PF00076 RNA recognition motif domain
PFam PF00642 Zinc finger, CCCH-type
Superfamily SSF54928 RNA-binding 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
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