About Gene List

PF3D7_1131800

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:1,226,559..1,233,099(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: oxysterol-binding protein, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0043231 intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Function GO:0008289 lipid binding
Function GO:0032934 sterol binding
Function GO:0015248 sterol transporter activity

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 0.39 0.84
Trophozoite expressed 0.71 0.61
Schizont expressed 0.51 0.74
Gametocyte expressed 0.60 0.66

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1131800

Resistome Missense Mutations: N704S

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: BCH070

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 1 (1 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 1 | MFS: -0.001 | #Insertions: 7

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0916600)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.87 ± 0.11
  • Confidence: 5.74

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0916600)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2558

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8II47

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: 2Y5 ((2r)-1-{[(r)-hydroxy{[(1r,2r,3r,4r,5s,6r)-2,3,5,6-tetrahydroxy-4-(phosphonooxy)cyclohexyl]oxy}phosphoryl]oxy}-3-(octadecanoyloxy)propan-2-yl (5z,8z,11z,14z)-icosa-5,8,11,14-tetraenoate, Local RMSD=0.32) with 4PH7 (Global RMSD=3.24)

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101373

Most Similar Human Ortholog: C9J7J0

TM-align score: 0.68 | RMSD: 0.98

Seq Identity: 0.00 | Length: 25 / 1576

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000110048 oxysterol binding protein
ENSG00000184792 oxysterol binding protein 2

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 16 68 41 93
disruptive 110 223 126 278
missense 48 148 96 198

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 30 120 70 114
disruptive 163 420 195 395
missense 78 286 143 258

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 355

Non-coding: 124 | Synonymous: 123 | Nonsynonymous: 108 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1576 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 184.693

UniProt ID(s): Q8II47

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.16

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR000648 Oxysterol-binding protein
InterPro IPR001849 Pleckstrin homology domain
InterPro IPR037239 Oxysterol-binding protein superfamily
PFam PF00169 Pleckstrin homology domain
PFam PF01237 Oxysterol-binding protein
Superfamily SSF144000 Oxysterol-binding protein superfamily
Superfamily SSF50729

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