About Gene List

PF3D7_1145100 (SEC21)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:1,782,875..1,787,222(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: coatomer subunit gamma, putative

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0030126 COPI vesicle coat
Component GO:0005794 Golgi apparatus
Component GO:0000139 Golgi membrane
Component GO:0005829 cytosol
Component GO:0005783 endoplasmic reticulum
Component GO:0005793 endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi intermediate compartment
Component GO:0016020 membrane
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Process GO:0006888 endoplasmic reticulum to Golgi vesicle-mediated transport
Process GO:0006891 intra-Golgi vesicle-mediated transport
Process GO:0009306 protein secretion
Process GO:0006890 retrograde vesicle-mediated transport, Golgi to endoplasmic reticulum
Process GO:0016192 vesicle-mediated transport

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite possibly expressed N/A N/A
Ring expressed 0.37 0.82
Trophozoite expressed 0.42 0.74
Schizont expressed 0.44 0.72
Gametocyte possibly expressed 0.33 0.80

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1145100

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

MIS: 0.133 | MFS: -3.165 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Slow (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0903900)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.38 ± 0.28
  • Confidence: 3.94

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: Different from wild type (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0903900)

Modification: Disrupted | RMgm-2487

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8IHR6

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_101348

Most Similar Human Ortholog: Q9UBF2

TM-align score: 0.67 | RMSD: 4.90

Seq Identity: 0.34 | Length: 657 / 1068

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000158623 COPI coat complex subunit gamma 2
ENSG00000181789 COPI coat complex subunit gamma 1

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 19 70 53 96
disruptive 19 90 66 142
missense 11 84 63 116

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 27 166 63 86
disruptive 31 219 118 255
missense 22 187 98 181

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 238

Non-coding: 165 | Synonymous: 53 | Nonsynonymous: 20 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 1068 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 124.369

UniProt ID(s): Q8IHR6

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 6.84

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002553 Clathrin/coatomer adaptor, adaptin-like, N-terminal
InterPro IPR009028 Coatomer/calthrin adaptor appendage, C-terminal subdomain
InterPro IPR013040 Coatomer, gamma subunit, appendage, Ig-like subdomain
InterPro IPR013041 Clathrin adaptor, appendage, Ig-like subdomain superfamily
InterPro IPR016024 Armadillo-type fold
InterPro IPR017106 Coatomer gamma subunit
InterPro IPR032154 Coatomer subunit gamma, C-terminal
PFam PF01602 Clathrin/coatomer adaptor, adaptin-like, N-terminal
PFam PF08752 Coatomer, gamma subunit, appendage, Ig-like subdomain
PFam PF16381 Coatomer subunit gamma, C-terminal
Superfamily SSF48371 Armadillo-type fold
Superfamily SSF49348 Clathrin adaptor, appendage, Ig-like subdomain superfamily
Superfamily SSF55711 Coatomer/calthrin adaptor appendage, C-terminal subdomain

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
11493663 Three dimensional configuration of the secretory pathway and segregation ofsecretion granules in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rambourg A, Jackson CL, Clermont Y 10.1242/jcs.114.12.2231
7929113 Yeast beta- and beta'-coat proteins (COP). Two coatomer subunits essential forendoplasmic reticulum-to-Golgi protein traffic Duden R, Hosobuchi M, ..., Schekman R https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7929113/
7926789 Large-scale analysis of gene expression, protein localization, and genedisruption in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Burns N, Grimwade B, ..., Snyder M 10.1101/gad.8.9.1087
7810913 Ultrastructural modifications of vesicular and Golgi elements in theSaccharomyces cerevisiae sec21 mutant at permissive and non-permissivetemperatures Rambourg A, Clermont Y, Jackson CL, Kepes F 10.1002/ar.1092400104
8070655 BFR1, a multicopy suppressor of brefeldin A-induced lethality, is implicated insecretion and nuclear segregation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Jackson CL, Kepes F 10.1093/genetics/137.2.423
12925749 Suppression of coatomer mutants by a new protein family with COPI and COPIIbinding motifs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sandmann T, Herrmann JM, ..., Spang A 10.1091/mbc.e02-11-0736
8253840 Retrograde lipid traffic in yeast: identification of two distinct pathways forinternalization of fluorescent-labeled phosphatidylcholine from the plasmamembrane Kean LS, Fuller RS, Nichols JW 10.1083/jcb.123.6.1403
11260526 Dsl1p, an essential protein required for membrane traffic at the endoplasmicreticulum/Golgi interface in yeast Vanrheenen SM, Reilly BA, Chamberlain SJ, Waters MG 10.1034/j.1600-0854.2001.020307.x
9927415 Retrograde transport from the yeast Golgi is mediated by two ARF GAP proteinswith overlapping function Poon PP, Cassel D, ..., Johnston GC 10.1093/emboj/18.3.555
9639310 The Saccharomyces cerevisiae early secretion mutant tip20 is synthetic lethalwith mutants in yeast coatomer and the SNARE proteins Sec22p and Ufe1p Frigerio G 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199805)14:7<633::AID-YEA267>3.0.CO;2-3
9580559 Recycling of the yeast v-SNARE Sec22p involves COPI-proteins and the ERtransmembrane proteins Ufe1p and Sec20p Ballensiefen W, Ossipov D, Schmitt HD 10.1242/jcs.111.11.1507
28235825 Genome-Wide Screen Reveals sec21 Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae AreMethotrexate-Resistant Wong LH, Flibotte S, ..., Nislow C 10.1534/g3.116.038117
9049245 COPI-independent anterograde transport: cargo-selective ER to Golgi proteintransport in yeast COPI mutants Gaynor EC, Emr SD 10.1083/jcb.136.4.789
10547350 The sorting determinant guiding Hsp150 to the COPI-independent transport pathwayin yeast Suntio T, Shmelev A, Lund M, Makarow M 10.1242/jcs.112.22.3889