About Gene List

PF3D7_1203700 (NAPL)

Genome location: Pf3D7_12_v3:185,860..188,842(-)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: nucleosome assembly protein

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: None

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Component GO:0005737 cytoplasm
Component GO:0005634 nucleus
Function GO:0003682 chromatin binding
Function GO:0042393 histone binding
Function GO:0005515 protein binding
Process GO:0006334 nucleosome assembly

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 2.14 0.22
Trophozoite expressed 2.03 0.18
Schizont expressed 0.97 0.48
Gametocyte expressed 1.13 0.44

More info:

Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1203700

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: 0.139 | MFS: -3.031 | #Insertions: 0

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: Essential (Pb ortholog: PBANKA_0602700)

  • Relative Growth Rate: 0.18 ± 0.16
  • Confidence: 5.10

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: Q8I608

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

No associated EC numbers

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100833

Most Similar Human Ortholog: H0YCI4

TM-align score: 0.75 | RMSD: 2.84

Seq Identity: 0.35 | Length: 178 / 347

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000187109 nucleosome assembly protein 1 like 1
ENSG00000205531 nucleosome assembly protein 1 like 4
ENSG00000273562 nucleosome assembly protein 1 like 4

Genetic Variation

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

Homozygous genotype calls only

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 5 27 16 22
disruptive 0 2 5 19
missense 0 2 4 15

Any inclusion in genotype call

variant type common rare doubleton singleton
synonymous 9 49 17 24
disruptive 1 20 19 101
missense 0 16 16 68

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 191

Non-coding: 171 | Synonymous: 19 | Nonsynonymous: 1 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 347 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 40.488

UniProt ID(s): Q8I608

PDB ID(s): 3FS3, 3GYV, 3GYW

Isoelectric Point: 4.49

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR002164 Nucleosome assembly protein (NAP)
InterPro IPR037231 NAP-like superfamily
PFam PF00956 Nucleosome assembly protein (NAP)
Superfamily SSF143113 NAP-like superfamily

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
15899528 Biochemical characterization of the two nucleosome assembly proteins fromPlasmodium falciparum. Chandra BR, Olivieri A, ..., Sharma A 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2005.04.006
16267556 A protein interaction network of the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. LaCount DJ, Vignali M, ..., Hughes RE 10.1038/nature04104
16638744 The two Plasmodium falciparum nucleosome assembly proteins play distinct roles inhistone transport and chromatin assembly. Navadgi VM, Chandra BR, Mishra PC, Sharma A 10.1074/jbc.M602243200
22293287 Involvement of Plasmodium falciparum protein kinase CK2 in the chromatin assemblypathway. Dastidar EG, Dayer G, ..., Doerig C 10.1186/1741-7007-10-5
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
30379851 Identification of Plasmodium falciparum nuclear proteins by mass spectrometry andproposed protein annotation. Briquet S, Ourimi A, ..., Vaquero C 10.1371/journal.pone.0205596