About Gene List

PF3D7_1130100 (RPL38)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:1,162,731..1,164,039(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 60S ribosomal protein L38

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0022625 cytosolic large ribosomal subunit
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003735 structural constituent of ribosome
Process GO:0022618 ribonucleoprotein complex assembly
Process GO:0006412 translation

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 1.49 0.41
Trophozoite expressed 2.05 0.19
Schizont expressed 0.58 0.68
Gametocyte expressed 1.29 0.38

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1130100

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: 0.12 | MFS: -3.006 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8II62

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101624

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P63173

TM-align score: 0.94 | RMSD: 0.77

Seq Identity: 0.40 | Length: 70 / 87

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000172809 ribosomal protein L38

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 0 1 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 1 0 0
disruptive 0 0 0 0
missense 0 0 0 0

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 63

Non-coding: 62 | Synonymous: 1 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 87 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 10.314

UniProt ID(s): Q8II62

PDB ID(s): 3J79, 3JBN, 3JBO, 3JBP, 5UMD

Isoelectric Point: 11.42

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002675 Ribosomal protein L38e
PFam PF01781 Ribosomal protein L38e
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
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
24913268 Cryo-E M structure of the Plasmodium falciparum 80 S ribosome bound to theanti-protozoan drug emetine Wong W, Bai XC, ..., Scheres SH 10.7554/eLife.03080
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596