About Gene List

PF3D7_1144000 (RPS21)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:1,754,466..1,756,072(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: 40S ribosomal protein S21

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0022627 cytosolic small ribosomal subunit
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003735 structural constituent of ribosome
Process GO:0000447 endonucleolytic cleavage in ITS1 to separate SSU-rRNA from 5.8S rRNA and LSU-rRNA from tricistronic rRNA transcript (SSU-rRNA, 5.8S rRNA, LSU-rRNA)
Process GO:0000461 endonucleolytic cleavage to generate mature 3'-end of SSU-rRNA from (SSU-rRNA, 5.8S rRNA, LSU-rRNA)
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 not expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.20 0.90
Trophozoite expressed 0.32 0.80
Schizont possibly expressed 0.05 0.96
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.12 0.92

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1144000

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: 0.776 | MFS: 0 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0905000)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.13 ± 0.15
  • Confidence: 5.19

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IHS5

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101819

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q8WVC2

TM-align score: 0.95 | RMSD: 0.68

Seq Identity: 0.46 | Length: 80 / 82

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000171858 ribosomal protein S21

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 4 6 6
disruptive 0 0 1 4
missense 0 0 1 4

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 0 12 8 6
disruptive 0 3 5 27
missense 0 3 4 18

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 73

Non-coding: 73 | Synonymous: 0 | Nonsynonymous: 0 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 82 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 9.145

UniProt ID(s): Q8IHS5

PDB ID(s): 3J7A, 3JBN, 3JBO, 3JBP

Isoelectric Point: 8.5

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001931 Ribosomal protein S21e
PFam PF01249 Ribosomal protein S21e
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
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
34934010 Release of the ribosome biogenesis factor Bud23 from small subunit precursors inyeast Black JJ, Johnson AW 10.1261/rna.079025.121
36996028 Impact of the yeast S0/uS2-cluster ribosomal protein rpS21/eS21 on rRNA foldingand the architecture of small ribosomal subunit precursors Poll G, Griesenbeck J, Tschochner H, Milkereit P 10.1371/journal.pone.0283698