About Gene List

PF3D7_1126700 (ATG23)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:1,040,447..1,048,468(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: conserved Plasmodium protein, unknown function

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
Function GO:0051959 dynein light intermediate chain binding
Function GO:0008017 microtubule binding
Process GO:0031122 cytoplasmic microtubule organization
Process GO:0030705 cytoskeleton-dependent intracellular 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 0.10 0.95
Trophozoite not expressed 0.13 0.93
Schizont expressed 1.51 0.56
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.95 0.53

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1126700

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: 0.917 | MFS: -3.049 | #Insertions: 1

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0921700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.58 ± 0.10
  • Confidence: 6.04

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0921700)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2583

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8II97

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: BTN (biotin, Local RMSD=10.00) with 2EJ9 (Global RMSD=36.13)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_533442

No human ortholog(s)

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 13 46 26 54
disruptive 15 39 32 105
missense 14 36 30 97

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 20 80 31 69
disruptive 30 111 72 181
missense 18 92 65 135

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 493

Non-coding: 446 | Synonymous: 33 | Nonsynonymous: 14 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 926 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 110.116

UniProt ID(s): Q8II97

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.54

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro N/A N/A
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
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
15556634 Atg21p is essential for macropexophagy and microautophagy in the yeast Hansenulapolymorpha Leao-Helder AN, Krikken AM, ..., Kiel JA 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.10.055
35443167 Dimerization-dependent membrane tethering by Atg23 is essential for yeastautophagy Hawkins WD, Leary KA, ..., Ragusa MJ 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110702
16230342 Molecular mechanisms and regulation of specific and nonspecific autophagypathways in yeast Nair U, Klionsky DJ 10.1074/jbc.R500016200
28927260 The Roles of the SNARE Protein Sed5 in Autophagy in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Zou S, Sun D, Liang Y 10.14348/molcells.2017.0030
17700056 Overexpression of autophagy-related genes inhibits yeast filamentous growth Ma J, Jin R, ..., Kumar A 10.4161/auto.4784