About Gene List

PF3D7_1120300 (MIT1)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:766,084..768,879(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: CorA-like Mg2+ transporter protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 2

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005739 mitochondrion
Function GO:0015095 magnesium ion transmembrane transporter activity
Process GO:0015693 magnesium ion transport

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 not expressed 0.05 0.97
Trophozoite possibly expressed 0.34 0.79
Schizont not expressed 0.18 0.87
Gametocyte not expressed 0.14 0.91

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1120300

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: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: 0.316 | #Insertions: 5

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Dispensable (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_1017000)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 1.01 ± 0.08
  • Confidence: 6.33

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Not different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PY17X_0929900)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-4782

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IIG4

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: 15P (peg 1500, Local RMSD=0.87) with 5T3U (Global RMSD=22.47)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_102708

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9HD23

TM-align score: 0.64 | RMSD: 3.51

Seq Identity: 0.17 | Length: 325 / 529

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000124532 magnesium transporter MRS2

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 6 19 5 27
disruptive 5 43 18 46
missense 5 42 17 43

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 9 36 18 28
disruptive 16 85 51 106
missense 12 69 40 59

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 91

Non-coding: 65 | Synonymous: 16 | Nonsynonymous: 10 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 529 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 63.252

UniProt ID(s): A0A143ZZ84, Q8IIG4

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 8.47

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR039204 Magnesium transporter MRS2-like
PFam N/A N/A
Superfamily N/A N/A

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
34494883 A Prioritized and Validated Resource of Mitochondrial Proteins in PlasmodiumIdentifies Unique Biology. van Esveld SL, Meerstein-Kessel L, ..., Huynen MA 10.1128/mSphere.00614-21
35517506 Regulation of Peroxisome Homeostasis by Post-Translational Modification in theMethylotrophic Yeast Komagataella phaffii Ohsawa S, Oku M, Yurimoto H, Sakai Y 10.3389/fcell.2022.887806
30110338 The binding of Chp2's chromodomain to methylated H3K9 is essential for Chp2'srole in heterochromatin assembly in fission yeast Maksimov V, Oya E, ..., Nakayama JI 10.1371/journal.pone.0201101